OAR 410-132-0030: Definitions

(1) “Activities of daily living or ‘ADL’” means activities usually performed in the course of a normal day in an individual's life including: (a) Eating: Assisting the individual in feeding or fluid intake by any means from a receptacle into the body, including monitoring to prevent choking or aspiration; (b) Bathing: Assisting the individual with cleansing the body, washing hair, shaving, nail care, and using assistive devices when necessary to get in and out of the bathtub or shower; (c) Dressing: Assisting the individual with putting on, fastening, and taking off all items of clothing, braces, and artificial limbs, including obtaining and replacing items from their storage area in the immediate environment; (d) Toileting: Assisting the individual in getting to and from, on and off, the toilet, commode, or bedpan for elimination of feces and urine. This includes cleansing after elimination and adjusting clothing as necessary; (e) Maintaining Continence: Including external cleansing of Foley catheter, emptying catheter drainage bag, maintenance bowel care, changing and replacing incontinence products, including colostomy or ileostomy bags; (f) Transferring: Assisting the individual with mobility, transfers, and repositioning by any means including use of an assistive device and includes turning or adjusting padding for physical comfort or pressure relief and encouraging or assisting with range of motion exercises. (2) “Admission” means acceptance of the client into the private duty nursing program contingent upon meeting the criteria as stated in rule. (3) “Basic tasks of client/nursing care” means procedures that do not require the education or training of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse that cannot be performed by the client independently. Basic tasks of client/nursing care also means procedures that may be directed by the client. These basic tasks include, but are not limited to, activities of daily living. Basic tasks may vary from setting to setting depending on the client population served in that setting and the acuity and complexity of the client's care needs. Basic tasks may require the assignment and supervision of a licensed nurse. The need for supervision is at the discretion of the registered nurse. See State Board of Nursing rules that govern the practice of nursing. (4) “Critical/fluctuating condition” means a situation where the client's clinical and behavioral state is of a serious nature expected to rapidly change and be in need of continuous reassessment and evaluation. (5) “Delegation” means that a registered nurse authorizes an unlicensed person to perform tasks of nursing care in selected situations and indicates that authorization in writing. The delegation process includes nursing assessment of a client in a specific situation, evaluation of the ability of the unlicensed persons, teaching the task, ensuring supervision of the unlicensed persons, and re-evaluating the task at regular intervals. For the purpose of these rules, the unlicensed person, caregiver, or certified nursing assistant performs tasks of nursing care under the Registered Nurse’s delegated authority. (6) “Discharge” means the client no longer meets the Division rules and criteria of the private duty nursing program. (7) “Habilitation” means services that are provided in order to assist an individual to acquire a variety of skills including self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills. Habilitation is aimed at raising the level of physical, mental, and social functioning of an individual. Habilitation is contrasted to rehabilitation, which involves the restoration of function an individual lost. (8) “Home” means a place of temporary or permanent residence, not including a hospital, intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/ID), nursing facility, or licensed residential care facility. (9) “Instrumental activities of daily living or ‘IADL’” means activities usually performed in the course of a normal day in an individual's life and include: (a) Personal Hygiene: Perform or assist with activities required to keep one’s appearance neat, secure clothing, comb/brush hair, nail care, foot care, skin care, mouth care, and oral hygiene, etc.; (b) Light Housework: Perform or assist with housekeeping tasks necessary to maintain the individual in a healthy and safe living environment; (c) Laundry: Perform or assist with laundering or cleaning of clothing, bedding, and other linens; (d) Meal Preparation: Perform or assist with healthy meal planning and preparation, insuring special diets are followed; (e) Transportation: Assist the individual in getting to and from necessary appointments and community activities through available means of transportation; (f) Grocery Shopping: Perform or assist the individual in planning for and purchasing basic needs and household items; (g) Using the Telephone: Perform or assist the individual in arranging necessary appointments and making desired phone calls; (h) Medication Management: Assist with medications that are ordinarily self-administered, including administering medication and observing to insure the individual is taking medication as ordered, documenting and monitoring any notable side effects, and refilling prescriptions in a timely manner. Assist with use, maintenance, and cleaning of in-home equipment, monitoring client’s condition, and ordering and maintaining necessary supplies; (i) Money Management: Perform or assist with budgeting, making payments for monthly expenses, and use of personal funds for desired items and activities. (10) “Maintenance care” means the level of care needed when the goals and objectives of the care plan are reached, the condition of the client is stable or predictable, the plan of care does not require the skills of a licensed nurse in continuous attendance, or the client, family, foster parents, or caregivers have been taught and have demonstrated the skills and abilities to carry out the plan of care. (11) “Medically Fragile Children's (MFC) program” means a Department of Human Services (Department) organizational unit that coordinates and funds appropriate services for children ages 0 to 18 years with intensive medical needs that require in-home and technological supports and meet MFC clinical criteria. (12) “Member of the household” means any individual sharing a common home as part of a single family unit, including domestic employees and others who live together as part of a family unit, but not including a roomer or boarder. (13) “Plan of care” means written instructions detailing how the client is to be cared for. The plan is initiated by the private duty nurse or nursing agency with input from the prescribing physician. See the "Documentation Requirements" section of the Private Duty Nursing Services administrative rules. (14) “Private duty nursing shift care” means an RN or LPN nursing service for the client's critical/fluctuating conditions requiring the need for reassessment and evaluation with a high probability that complications would arise without skilled nursing management of the treatment program supplied in a specified block of time. (15) “Practice of nursing” means using the nursing process under doctor's orders to diagnose and treat human response to actual or potential health care problems, health teaching and health counseling, the provision of direct client care, and the teaching, delegation, and supervision of others who provide tasks of nursing care to clients. See State Board of Nursing rules that govern the practice of nursing. (16) “Private duty nursing visit” means RN or LPN skilled nursing services for non-critical/stable conditions requiring reassessment and evaluation with a moderate probability that complications would arise without skilled nursing management of the treatment program supplied on an intermittent per visit basis. (17) “Respite” means short-term or intermittent care and supervision in order to provide an interval of rest or relief to family or caregivers. (18) “Responsible unit” means the agency responsible for approving or denying prior authorization. (19) “Shift” means four to twelve hours of private duty nursing. (20) “Skilled nursing services” means client care services pertaining to the curative, restorative, or preventive aspects of nursing performed by or under the supervision of a registered nurse pursuant to the plan of care established by the physician in consultation with the registered nurse. Skilled nursing emphasizes a high level of nursing direction, observation, and skill. The focus of these services shall be the use of the nursing process to diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential health care problems, health teaching, and health counseling. Skilled nursing services include the provision of direct care and the teaching, delegation, and supervision of others who provide tasks of nursing care to clients. These services shall comply with the Nurse Practice Act and administrative rules of the Oregon State Board of Nursing. (21) “Special tasks of client/nursing care” means tasks that require the education and training of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse to perform. Special tasks may vary from setting to setting depending on the client population served in that setting and the acuity/complexity of the client's care needs. Examples of special tasks include, but are not limited to, administration of injectable medications, suctioning, and complex wound care. (22) “Stable/predictable condition” means a situation in which the client's clinical and behavioral status is known and does not require the regularly scheduled presence and evaluation of a licensed nurse. See State Board of Nursing rules that govern the practice of nursing. (23) “Teaching” means the registered nurse instructs an unlicensed person in the correct method of performing a selected task of client/nursing care. See State Board of Nursing rules that govern the practice of nursing. (24) "Unlicensed Person" means an individual who is not licensed to practice nursing, medicine, or any other health occupation requiring a license in Oregon, but who provides tasks of nursing care or is taught to administer non-injectable medications. A certified nursing assistant, as defined by these rules, is an unlicensed person. For the purpose of these delegation rules, unlicensed persons do not include members of the client's immediate family. Family members may perform tasks of nursing care without specific delegation from a Registered Nurse. The terms "unlicensed person" and "caregiver" may be used interchangeably. (25) “Visit” means nursing service supplied on an intermittent basis in the home.