Table 5 Respondent reports of RN performance of activities permitted to all NICU nurses (%)
From: Examining professional boundaries between nurses and physicians in neonatal intensive care units
Reply: agree that nurses perform this activity | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Activity | RNs N = 81 | Nursing graduates of PBE course N = 235 | Physicians N = 46 |
Semi-automatic defibrillation | 0 | 1 | 89 |
Connecting/disconnecting patients to and from respirators for suctioning | 49 | 63 | 20 |
Administer unit of blood by two RNs | 44 | 39 | 39 |
Peripheral IV Heparin flush | 31 | 69 | 24 |
Administering OTC medication | 30 | 17 | 52 |
Central lines and alternate systems Heparin push | 14 | 50 | 24 |
Central line removal | 9 | 23 | 70 |
Decision to administer adrenalin in emergency situations | 0 | 0 | 91 |