Question
May nursing assistants perform nursing activities that require nursing judgment?
Answer
Yes. Nursing assistants and other UAP may perform activities that require nursing judgment only in emergency situations. When a patient has no heartbeat, it is an emergency situation in which a nursing assistant may use nursing judgment to follow a POLST order to either perform CPR or to provide comfort care while allowing natural death to occur.
FAQ Category
Portable Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
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