Nurse Delegation - What Can NOT be Delegated in Community Based Nurse Delegation

Information on tasks which can NOT be delegated in Community Based Nurse Delegation are written in law and delineated by rules written into Washington Administrative Code (rules written by the Department of Health). For more detailed information, read the state rules in the Washington Administration Code 246-840-910 through 970.

What Can’t Be Delegated in Community Based Nurse Delegation

Registered nurse delegators shall not delegate the following care tasks:

  1. Administration of medications by injection (by intramuscular, intradermal, subcutaneous, intraosseous, intravenous, or otherwise) with the exception of insulin injections.
  2.  Sterile procedures.
  3. Central line maintenance.
  4. Acts that require nursing judgment.