Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) definition
Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) means individuals trained to function in an assistive role to nurses in the provision of patient care, as delegated by and under the supervision of the regis- tered nurse. Typical activities performed by unlicensed assistive per- sonnel include, but are not limited to: Taking vital signs; bathing, feeding, or dressing patients; assisting patient with transfer, ambu- lation, or toileting. Definition includes: Nursing assistants; order- lies; patient care technicians/assistants; and graduate nurses (not yet licensed) who have completed unit orientation. Definition ex- cludes: Unit secretaries or clerks; monitor technicians; therapy as- sistants; student nurses fulfilling educational requirements; and sit- ters who are not providing typical UAP activities.
Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) means individuals trained to function in an assistive role to nurses in the provision of
Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) means any person who is not licensed under ch. 441, Stats., and who is at least 18 years old to whom nursing acts may be delegated and has received the appropriate education and documented training required to perform the delegated acts.
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Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) means any unlicensed person who is at least 18 years old to whom nursing acts may be delegated and has received the appropriate education and documented training required to perform the delegated acts.
Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) means any person who is not licensed under ch. 441, Stats. to whom nursing acts may be delegated and has received the appropriate education and documented