title: Nursing delegation. Implications for home care.
abstract: Consumers are advocating for client-directed care and are influencing legislation that regulates delegation within nurse practice acts. Almost 18 months ago, the Visiting Nurse Association of Texas implemented the delegation of insulin administration for appropriate patients. Results indicate that the program is a success and the time invested in developing the program was well spent.
authors.affiliation: Patient Care, Visiting Nurse Association of Texas, Dallas, Texas, USA. mollj@vnatexas.org
authors.forename: Janet A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tripp
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003663:Decision Trees; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D013781:Texas
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin