As used in ORS 678.010 to 678.415: (1) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse means a: (a) Clinical nurse specialist; (b) Nurse practitioner; or (c) Certified registered nurse anesthetist. (2) Certified registered nurse anesthetist means a registered nurse who has been licensed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing as a certified registered nurse anesthetist. (3) Clinical nurse specialist means a licensed registered nurse who has been licensed by the board as qualified to practice the expanded clinical specialty nursing role. (4) Diagnosing means the process of identifying a patients disease or medical condition through the evaluation of the patients history and clinical symptoms, a physical evaluation and any relevant diagnostic tests. (5) Long term care facility means a licensed skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility as those terms are used in ORS 442.015, an adult foster home as defined in ORS 443.705 that has residents over 60 years of age, or a residential care facility, including an assisted living facility, as defined in ORS 443.400. (6) Nurse intern means a person who holds a nurse internship license issued under ORS 678.392. (7) Nurse practitioner means a registered nurse who has been licensed by the board as qualified to practice in an expanded specialty role within the practice of nursing. (8) Physician means a person licensed to practice under ORS chapter 677. (9)(a) Practice of nursing means autonomous and collaborative care of persons of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick and well, and in all settings to promote health and safety, including prevention and treatment of illness and management of changes throughout a persons life. (b) Practice of nursing includes: (A) Executing medical orders prescribed by a physician, dentist, clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, certified registered nurse anesthetist or other licensed health care provider licensed or certified by this state and authorized by the board by rule to issue orders for medical treatment, or as otherwise described in ORS 678.010 to 678.415; (B) Providing supervision of nursing assistants and nurse interns; and (C) The performance of additional services that: (i) Require education and training; and (ii) Are recognized by the board by rule and the nursing profession as services to be properly performed by a nurse licensed under ORS 678.010 to 678.415. (c) Practice of nursing does not include the execution of medical orders described in this subsection by a member of the immediate family for another member or by a person designated by or on behalf of a person requiring care as provided by board rule if the person executing the order is not licensed under ORS 678.010 to 678.415. (10) Practice of practical nursing means the application of knowledge drawn from basic education in the social and physical sciences in planning and giving nursing care and in assisting persons toward achieving of health and well-being. (11) Practice of registered nursing means the application of knowledge drawn from broad in-depth education in the social and physical sciences in assessing, planning, ordering, giving, delegating, teaching and supervising care that promotes the persons optimum health and independence. (12) Treating means selection and performance of therapeutic measures essential to the effective execution and management of the nursing care and execution of the prescribed medical orders. [Amended by 1957 c.316 2; 1973 c.584 1; 1975 c.205 1; 1975 c.659 1; 1995 c.763 3; 1997 c.204 1; 1999 c.498 4; 2001 c.465 1; 2017 c.132 1; 2019 c.358 21; 2021 c.189 1; 2022 c.38 7; 2023 c.275 3; 2023 c.346 3; 2025 c.124 1]
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