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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2048 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Lakesia Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 65/50-10 was 225 ILCS 65/5-10225 ILCS 65/50-75225 ILCS 65/60-35 Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that registered professional nursing practice is a scientific process founded on a professional body of knowledge. It is a learned profession based on the understanding of the human condition across the life span and environment, includes all nursing specialties, and means the performance of any nursing act based upon professional knowledge, judgment, and skills acquired by means of completion of an approved professional nursing education program. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate nursing interventions and tasks (rather than nursing interventions) to other registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate tasks to unlicensed personnel based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that a registered professional nurse is prohibited from delegating work requiring nursing knowledge, assessment, judgment, inference, decision making (including medication administration), the development of a plan of care, and the evaluation of a plan of care to unlicensed non-nurse personnel. Removes provisions concerning delegation of nursing interventions and administration of medications in community-based or in-home care settings. Makes other changes. Effective August 1, 2025. LRB104 10051 AAS 20122 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2048 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Lakesia Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 65/50-10 was 225 ILCS 65/5-10225 ILCS 65/50-75225 ILCS 65/60-35 225 ILCS 65/50-10 was 225 ILCS 65/5-10 225 ILCS 65/50-75 225 ILCS 65/60-35 Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that registered professional nursing practice is a scientific process founded on a professional body of knowledge. It is a learned profession based on the understanding of the human condition across the life span and environment, includes all nursing specialties, and means the performance of any nursing act based upon professional knowledge, judgment, and skills acquired by means of completion of an approved professional nursing education program. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate nursing interventions and tasks (rather than nursing interventions) to other registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate tasks to unlicensed personnel based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that a registered professional nurse is prohibited from delegating work requiring nursing knowledge, assessment, judgment, inference, decision making (including medication administration), the development of a plan of care, and the evaluation of a plan of care to unlicensed non-nurse personnel. Removes provisions concerning delegation of nursing interventions and administration of medications in community-based or in-home care settings. Makes other changes. Effective August 1, 2025. LRB104 10051 AAS 20122 b LRB104 10051 AAS 20122 b A BILL FOR
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7	7	Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that registered professional nursing practice is a scientific process founded on a professional body of knowledge. It is a learned profession based on the understanding of the human condition across the life span and environment, includes all nursing specialties, and means the performance of any nursing act based upon professional knowledge, judgment, and skills acquired by means of completion of an approved professional nursing education program. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate nursing interventions and tasks (rather than nursing interventions) to other registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate tasks to unlicensed personnel based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that a registered professional nurse is prohibited from delegating work requiring nursing knowledge, assessment, judgment, inference, decision making (including medication administration), the development of a plan of care, and the evaluation of a plan of care to unlicensed non-nurse personnel. Removes provisions concerning delegation of nursing interventions and administration of medications in community-based or in-home care settings. Makes other changes. Effective August 1, 2025.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended by changing
17	17	5 Sections 50-10, 50-75, and 60-35 as follows:
18	18	6 (225 ILCS 65/50-10) (was 225 ILCS 65/5-10)
19	19	7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
20	20	8 Sec. 50-10. Definitions. Each of the following terms, when
21	21	9 used in this Act, shall have the meaning ascribed to it in this
22	22	10 Section, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
23	23	11 "Academic year" means the customary annual schedule of
24	24	12 courses at a college, university, or approved school,
25	25	13 customarily regarded as the school year as distinguished from
26	26	14 the calendar year.
27	27	15 "Address of record" means the designated address recorded
28	28	16 by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application
29	29	17 file or license file as maintained by the Department's
30	30	18 licensure maintenance unit.
31	31	19 "Advanced practice registered nurse" or "APRN" means a
32	32	20 person who has met the qualifications for a (i) certified
33	33	21 nurse midwife (CNM); (ii) certified nurse practitioner (CNP);
34	34	22 (iii) certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA); or (iv)
35	35	23 clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and has been licensed by the
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44	44	Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that registered professional nursing practice is a scientific process founded on a professional body of knowledge. It is a learned profession based on the understanding of the human condition across the life span and environment, includes all nursing specialties, and means the performance of any nursing act based upon professional knowledge, judgment, and skills acquired by means of completion of an approved professional nursing education program. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate nursing interventions and tasks (rather than nursing interventions) to other registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that registered professional nurses may delegate tasks to unlicensed personnel based on a comprehensive nursing assessment. Provides that a registered professional nurse is prohibited from delegating work requiring nursing knowledge, assessment, judgment, inference, decision making (including medication administration), the development of a plan of care, and the evaluation of a plan of care to unlicensed non-nurse personnel. Removes provisions concerning delegation of nursing interventions and administration of medications in community-based or in-home care settings. Makes other changes. Effective August 1, 2025.
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74	74	1 Department. All advanced practice registered nurses licensed
75	75	2 and practicing in the State of Illinois shall use the title
76	76	3 APRN and may use specialty credentials CNM, CNP, CRNA, or CNS
77	77	4 after their name. All advanced practice registered nurses may
78	78	5 only practice in accordance with national certification and
79	79	6 this Act.
80	80	7 "Advisory Board" means the Illinois Nursing Workforce
81	81	8 Center Advisory Board.
82	82	9 "Approved program of professional nursing education" and
83	83	10 "approved program of practical nursing education" are programs
84	84	11 of professional or practical nursing, respectively, approved
85	85	12 by the Department under the provisions of this Act.
86	86	13 "Board" means the Board of Nursing appointed by the
87	87	14 Secretary.
88	88	15 "Center" means the Illinois Nursing Workforce Center.
89	89	16 "Collaboration" means a process involving 2 or more health
90	90	17 care professionals working together, each contributing one's
91	91	18 respective area of expertise to provide more comprehensive
92	92	19 patient care.
93	93	20 "Competence" means an expected and measurable level of
94	94	21 performance that integrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and
95	95	22 judgment based on established scientific knowledge and
96	96	23 expectations for nursing practice.
97	97	24 "Comprehensive nursing assessment" means the gathering of
98	98	25 information about the patient's physiological, psychological,
99	99	26 sociological, and spiritual status on an ongoing basis by a
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110	110	1 registered professional nurse and is the first step in
111	111	2 implementing and guiding the nursing plan of care.
112	112	3 "Consultation" means the process whereby an advanced
113	113	4 practice registered nurse seeks the advice or opinion of
114	114	5 another health care professional.
115	115	6 "Credentialed" means the process of assessing and
116	116	7 validating the qualifications of a health care professional.
117	117	8 "Dentist" means a person licensed to practice dentistry
118	118	9 under the Illinois Dental Practice Act.
119	119	10 "Department" means the Department of Financial and
120	120	11 Professional Regulation.
121	121	12 "Email address of record" means the designated email
122	122	13 address recorded by the Department in the applicant's
123	123	14 application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained
124	124	15 by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.
125	125	16 "Focused nursing assessment" means an appraisal of an
126	126	17 individual's status and current situation, contributing to the
127	127	18 comprehensive nursing assessment performed by the registered
128	128	19 professional nurse or advanced practice registered nurse or
129	129	20 the assessment by the physician assistant, physician, dentist,
130	130	21 podiatric physician, or other licensed health care
131	131	22 professional, as determined by the Department, supporting
132	132	23 ongoing data collection, and deciding who needs to be informed
133	133	24 of the information and when to inform.
134	134	25 "Full practice authority" means the authority of an
135	135	26 advanced practice registered nurse licensed in Illinois and
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146	146	1 certified as a nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist,
147	147	2 or nurse midwife to practice without a written collaborative
148	148	3 agreement and:
149	149	4 (1) to be fully accountable to patients for the
150	150	5 quality of advanced nursing care rendered;
151	151	6 (2) to be fully accountable for recognizing limits of
152	152	7 knowledge and experience and for planning for the
153	153	8 management of situations beyond the advanced practice
154	154	9 registered nurse's expertise; the full practice authority
155	155	10 for advanced practice registered nurses includes accepting
156	156	11 referrals from, consulting with, collaborating with, or
157	157	12 referring to other health care professionals as warranted
158	158	13 by the needs of the patient; and
159	159	14 (3) to possess the authority to prescribe medications,
160	160	15 including Schedule II through V controlled substances, as
161	161	16 provided in Section 65-43.
162	162	17 "Full practice authority-pending advanced practice
163	163	18 registered nurse" means an advanced practice registered nurse
164	164	19 licensed in Illinois and certified as a nurse practitioner,
165	165	20 clinical nurse specialist, or nurse midwife who has provided a
166	166	21 notarized attestation of completion of at least 250 hours of
167	167	22 continuing education or training in the advanced practice
168	168	23 registered nurse's area of certification and at least 4,000
169	169	24 hours of clinical experience after first attaining national
170	170	25 certification and who has submitted an application to the
171	171	26 Department to be granted full practice authority.
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182	182	1 "Hospital affiliate" means a corporation, partnership,
183	183	2 joint venture, limited liability company, or similar
184	184	3 organization, other than a hospital, that is devoted primarily
185	185	4 to the provision, management, or support of health care
186	186	5 services and that directly or indirectly controls, is
187	187	6 controlled by, or is under common control of the hospital. For
188	188	7 the purposes of this definition, "control" means having at
189	189	8 least an equal or a majority ownership or membership interest.
190	190	9 A hospital affiliate shall be 100% owned or controlled by any
191	191	10 combination of hospitals, their parent corporations, or
192	192	11 physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches
193	193	12 in Illinois. "Hospital affiliate" does not include a health
194	194	13 maintenance organization regulated under the Health
195	195	14 Maintenance Organization Act.
196	196	15 "Impaired nurse" means a nurse licensed under this Act who
197	197	16 is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety because
198	198	17 of a physical or mental disability as evidenced by a written
199	199	18 determination or written consent based on clinical evidence,
200	200	19 including loss of motor skills, abuse of drugs or alcohol, or a
201	201	20 psychiatric disorder, of sufficient degree to diminish his or
202	202	21 her ability to deliver competent patient care.
203	203	22 "License-pending advanced practice registered nurse" means
204	204	23 a registered professional nurse who has completed all
205	205	24 requirements for licensure as an advanced practice registered
206	206	25 nurse except the certification examination and has applied to
207	207	26 take the next available certification exam and received a
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218	218	1 temporary permit from the Department.
219	219	2 "License-pending registered nurse" means a person who has
220	220	3 passed the Department-approved registered nurse licensure exam
221	221	4 and has applied for a license from the Department. A
222	222	5 license-pending registered nurse shall use the title "RN lic
223	223	6 pend" on all documentation related to nursing practice.
224	224	7 "Nursing intervention" means any treatment based on
225	225	8 clinical nursing judgment or knowledge that a nurse performs.
226	226	9 An individual or entity shall not mandate that a registered
227	227	10 professional nurse delegate nursing interventions if the
228	228	11 registered professional nurse determines it is inappropriate
229	229	12 to do so. A nurse shall not be subject to disciplinary or any
230	230	13 other adverse action for refusing to delegate a nursing
231	231	14 intervention based on patient safety.
232	232	15 "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine
233	233	16 in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
234	234	17 "Podiatric physician" means a person licensed to practice
235	235	18 podiatry under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987.
236	236	19 "Practical nurse" or "licensed practical nurse" means a
237	237	20 person who is licensed as a practical nurse under this Act and
238	238	21 practices practical nursing as defined in this Act. Only a
239	239	22 practical nurse licensed under this Act is entitled to use the
240	240	23 title "licensed practical nurse" and the abbreviation
241	241	24 "L.P.N.".
242	242	25 "Practical nursing" means the performance of nursing
243	243	26 interventions requiring the nursing knowledge, judgment, and
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254	254	1 skill acquired by means of completion of an approved practical
255	255	2 nursing education program. Practical nursing includes
256	256	3 assisting in the nursing process under the guidance of a
257	257	4 registered professional nurse or an advanced practice
258	258	5 registered nurse. The practical nurse may work under the
259	259	6 direction of a licensed physician, dentist, podiatric
260	260	7 physician, or other health care professional determined by the
261	261	8 Department.
262	262	9 "Privileged" means the authorization granted by the
263	263	10 governing body of a healthcare facility, agency, or
264	264	11 organization to provide specific patient care services within
265	265	12 well-defined limits, based on qualifications reviewed in the
266	266	13 credentialing process.
267	267	14 "Registered Nurse" or "Registered Professional Nurse"
268	268	15 means a person who is licensed as a professional nurse under
269	269	16 this Act and practices nursing as defined in this Act. Only a
270	270	17 registered nurse licensed under this Act is entitled to use
271	271	18 the titles "registered nurse" and "registered professional
272	272	19 nurse" and the abbreviation, "R.N.".
273	273	20 "Registered professional nursing practice" means a
274	274	21 scientific process founded on a professional body of knowledge
275	275	22 that includes, but is not limited to, the protection,
276	276	23 promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
277	277	24 prevention of illness and injury, development and
278	278	25 implementation of the nursing plan of care, facilitation of
279	279	26 nursing interventions to alleviate suffering, care
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290	290	1 coordination, and advocacy in the care of individuals,
291	291	2 families, groups, communities, and populations. "Registered
292	292	3 professional nursing practice" does not include the act of
293	293	4 medical diagnosis or prescription of medical therapeutic or
294	294	5 corrective measures. Registered professional nursing practice
295	295	6 is a scientific process founded on a professional body of
296	296	7 knowledge. It is a learned profession based on the
297	297	8 understanding of the human condition across the life span and
298	298	9 environment, includes all nursing specialties, and means the
299	299	10 performance of any nursing act based upon professional
300	300	11 knowledge, judgment, and skills acquired by means of
301	301	12 completion of an approved professional nursing education
302	302	13 program. A registered professional nurse provides holistic
303	303	14 nursing care through the nursing process to individuals,
304	304	15 groups, families, or communities, that includes, but is not
305	305	16 limited to: (i) the assessment of healthcare needs, nursing
306	306	17 diagnosis, planning, implementation, and nursing evaluation;
307	307	18 (ii) the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health;
308	308	19 (iii) counseling, patient education, health education, and
309	309	20 patient advocacy; (iv) the administration of medications and
310	310	21 treatments as prescribed by a physician licensed to practice
311	311	22 medicine in all of its branches, a licensed dentist, a
312	312	23 licensed podiatric physician, or a licensed optometrist or as
313	313	24 prescribed by a physician assistant or by an advanced practice
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326	326	1 who assist the registered professional nurse implementing the
327	327	2 plan of care; and (vii) teaching nursing students.
328	328	3 "Professional assistance program for nurses" means a
329	329	4 professional assistance program that meets criteria
330	330	5 established by the Board of Nursing and approved by the
331	331	6 Secretary, which provides a non-disciplinary treatment
332	332	7 approach for nurses licensed under this Act whose ability to
333	333	8 practice is compromised by alcohol or chemical substance
334	334	9 addiction.
335	335	10 "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
336	336	11 Professional Regulation.
337	337	12 "Unencumbered license" means a license issued in good
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339	339	14 "Written collaborative agreement" means a written
340	340	15 agreement between an advanced practice registered nurse and a
341	341	16 collaborating physician, dentist, or podiatric physician
342	342	17 pursuant to Section 65-35.
343	343	18 (Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-686, eff. 1-1-25.)
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346	346	21 Sec. 50-75. Nursing delegation by a registered
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348	348	23 (a) For the purposes of this Section:
349	349	24 "Delegation" means transferring to a specific individual
350	350	25 the authority to perform a specific nursing intervention or
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361	361	1 task in a specific situation.
362	362	2 "Predictability of outcomes" means that a registered
363	363	3 professional nurse or advanced practice registered nurse has
364	364	4 determined that the patient's or individual's clinical status
365	365	5 is stable and expected to improve or the patient's or
366	366	6 individual's deteriorating condition is expected to follow a
367	367	7 known or expected course.
368	368	8 "Stability" means a registered professional nurse or
369	369	9 advanced practice registered nurse has determined that the
370	370	10 individual's clinical status and nursing care needs are
371	371	11 consistent.
372	372	12 "Task" means work not requiring nursing knowledge,
373	373	13 judgment, or decision making, as defined by the Department by
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375	375	15 (b) This Section authorizes a registered professional
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377	377	17 (1) delegate nursing interventions and tasks to other
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379	379	19 nurses based on the comprehensive nursing assessment that
380	380	20 includes, but is not limited to:
381	381	21 (A) the stability and condition of the patient;
382	382	22 (B) the potential for harm;
383	383	23 (C) the complexity of the nursing intervention or
384	384	24 task to be delegated;
385	385	25 (D) the predictability of outcomes; and
386	386	26 (E) the competency of the individual to whom the
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397	397	1 nursing intervention or task is delegated;
398	398	2 (2) delegate tasks to , and other unlicensed personnel
399	399	3 based on the comprehensive nursing assessment that
400	400	4 includes, but is not limited to:
401	401	5 (A) the stability and condition of the patient;
402	402	6 (B) the potential for harm;
403	403	7 (C) the complexity of the task nursing
404	404	8 intervention to be delegated;
405	405	9 (D) the predictability of outcomes; and
406	406	10 (E) competency of the individual to whom the task
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408	408	12 (3) (2) delegate medication administration to other
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410	410	14 (3) in community-based or in-home care settings,
411	411	15 delegate the administration of medication (limited to oral
412	412	16 or subcutaneous dosage and topical or transdermal
413	413	17 application) to unlicensed personnel, if all the
414	414	18 conditions for delegation set forth in this Section are
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416	416	20 (4) refuse to delegate, stop, or rescind a previously
417	417	21 authorized delegation. ; or
418	418	22 (5) in community-based or in-home care settings,
419	419	23 delegate, guide, and evaluate the implementation of
420	420	24 nursing interventions as a component of patient care
421	421	25 coordination after completion of the comprehensive patient
422	422	26 assessment based on analysis of the comprehensive nursing
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433	433	1 assessment data; care coordination in in-home care and
434	434	2 school settings may occur in person, by telecommunication,
435	435	3 or by electronic communication.
436	436	4 (c) This Section prohibits the following:
437	437	5 (1) An individual or entity from mandating that a
438	438	6 registered professional nurse delegate nursing
439	439	7 interventions if the registered professional nurse
440	440	8 determines it is inappropriate to do so. Nurses shall not
441	441	9 be subject to disciplinary or any other adverse action for
442	442	10 refusing to delegate a nursing intervention based on
443	443	11 patient safety.
444	444	12 (2) The delegation of medication administration to
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446	446	14 facility, including, but not limited to, those facilities
447	447	15 licensed by the Hospital Licensing Act, the University of
448	448	16 Illinois Hospital Act, State-operated mental health
449	449	17 hospitals, or State-operated developmental centers, except
450	450	18 as authorized under Article 80 of this Act or otherwise
451	451	19 specifically authorized by law.
452	452	20 (2.5) A registered professional nurse from delegating
453	453	21 work requiring nursing knowledge, assessment, judgment,
454	454	22 inference, decision making (including medication
455	455	23 administration), the development of a plan of care, and
456	456	24 evaluation of a plan of care to unlicensed non-nurse
457	457	25 personnel.
458	458	26 (3) A registered professional nurse from delegating
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469	469	1 nursing judgment, the comprehensive patient assessment,
470	470	2 the development of a plan of care, and the evaluation of
471	471	3 care to licensed or unlicensed personnel.
472	472	4 (4) A licensed practical nurse or unlicensed personnel
473	473	5 who has been delegated a nursing intervention or task from
474	474	6 re-delegating a nursing intervention or task.
475	475	7 (5) Unlicensed personnel who have been delegated tasks
476	476	8 from redelegating the tasks
477	477	9 (d) A registered professional nurse may delegate tasks to
478	478	10 other licensed and unlicensed persons.
479	479	11 (Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-1160, eff. 6-1-19.)
480	480	12 (225 ILCS 65/60-35)
481	481	13 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
482	482	14 Sec. 60-35. RN scope of practice. The RN scope of nursing
483	483	15 practice is the protection, promotion, and optimization of
484	484	16 health and abilities, the prevention of illness and injury,
485	485	17 the development and implementation of the nursing plan of
486	486	18 care, the facilitation of nursing interventions to alleviate
487	487	19 suffering, care coordination, and advocacy in the care of
488	488	20 individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.
489	489	21 Practice as a registered professional nurse means this full
490	490	22 scope of nursing, with or without compensation, that
491	491	23 incorporates caring for all patients in all settings, through
492	492	24 nursing standards of practice and professional performance for
493	493	25 coordination of care, and may include, but is not limited to,
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504	504	1 all of the following:
505	505	2 (1) Collecting pertinent data and information relative
506	506	3 to the patient's health or the situation on an ongoing
507	507	4 basis through the comprehensive nursing assessment.
508	508	5 (2) Analyzing comprehensive nursing assessment data to
509	509	6 determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and
510	510	7 issues.
511	511	8 (3) Identifying expected outcomes for a plan
512	512	9 individualized to the patient or the situation that
513	513	10 prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable
514	514	11 outcomes.
515	515	12 (4) Implementing the identified plan, coordinating
516	516	13 care delivery, employing strategies to promote healthy and
517	517	14 safe environments, and administering or delegating
518	518	15 medication administration according to Section 50-75 of
519	519	16 this Act.
520	520	17 (5) Evaluating patient progress toward attainment of
521	521	18 goals and outcomes.
522	522	19 (6) Delegating nursing interventions and tasks to
523	523	20 licensed nurses to implement the plan of care.
524	524	21 (6.5) Delegating tasks to unlicensed personnel to
525	525	22 implement the plan of care.
526	526	23 (7) Providing health education and counseling.
527	527	24 (7.5) Advocating for the patient.
528	528	25 (8) Practicing ethically according to the American
529	529	26 Nurses Association Code of Ethics.
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540	540	1 (9) Practicing in a manner that recognizes cultural
541	541	2 diversity.
542	542	3 (10) Communicating effectively in all areas of
543	543	4 practice.
544	544	5 (11) Collaborating with patients and other key
545	545	6 stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.
546	546	7 (12) Participating in continuous professional
547	547	8 development.
548	548	9 (13) Teaching the theory and practice of nursing to
549	549	10 student nurses.
550	550	11 (14) Leading within the professional practice setting
551	551	12 and the profession.
552	552	13 (15) Contributing to quality nursing practice.
553	553	14 (16) Integrating evidence and research findings into
554	554	15 practice.
555	555	16 (17) Utilizing appropriate resources to plan, provide,
556	556	17 and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe
557	557	18 and effective.
558	558	19 (Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)
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