POLICY STATEMENT
Issuing Entity: Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission.
Subject: The Nursing Commission has adopted guidelines for when registered nurses may use a protocol to initiate a standing order for a medication or treatment. These guidelines also include requirements for documentation in patient records. This policy replaces the rescinded Joint Statement on Standing Orders and Protocols by the Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission, Nursing Quality Assurance Commission, Board of Pharmacy and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery.
Effective Date: November 17, 2000.
Contact Person: Markay Newton, Department of Health, Nursing Care Commission, P.O. Box 47864, Olympia, WA 98504-7864, (360) 236-4724.