University Policy

Nursing Guidelines - General

Accommodations for Patients who are Sensory Impaired and/or who have a Limited English Proficiency

Allergies, height and weight

Allevyn sacrum foam dressing 

Assigning and Reporting Patient's Conditions 

Assisting Physician with Liver Biopsy 

Blakemore Esophagogastric Tamponade Tube

Bridle for Nasal Tube Retaining System (NG/NJ Tubes)

Bronchoscopy(Emergent and Non-Emergent)

Cardiac rehabilitation consult services 

Care of Patients Receiving Neuromuscular Blocking Agents(NMBA)

Cervical/lumbar/thoracic/epidural infusion of local anesthetics and/or opioids for pain management

Communication of new and revised policy and guideline changes

Computer downtime

Discharge Planning for Heart Failure Patients

Dry Ice Cryoamputation of an Extremity 

Electrolyte infusion 

Eporostenol(Veletri/Flolan) Administration

Fall Prevention 

Handoff Communication

Identification and Communication of Restricted Extremity Use 

Inability to Report to Work as Scheduled

Indwelling Foley Catheter Care with Nurse Driven Protocol 

Inpatient leave of absence (LOA)

KVO Protocol

Leech Therapy 

Management of a Patient Receiving Induced Hypothermia per Arctic Sun

Maintenance of records, reports and statistical information

MY01: Continuous Compartment Pressure Monitoring

Nasojejunal and Oral Jejunal Tube Placement

Nursing licensure verification

Nursing research

Pain management

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)

Patient-controlled Epidural Analgesia 

Payroll system

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters

Phlebotomy in the Adult Patient

Postoperative Tracheostomy

Publications

Review of Nursing Staffing Data

Safety management of the traumatic brain injury or closed head injury 

Safety of Pediatric Patients

Standard Gastric Residual Volume

Suicide Risk Assessment and Precautions

Supporting breastfeeding employees

Time Schedules and Revision in Posted Schedules

Treatment of Retroperitoneal Bleed

Use of RotoProne Bed

Utilization of controlled substances

Utilization of outside sources for nursing personnel

Last Updated: 2/16/26