PENNSYLVANIA, October 26 - teaching of the patient, the patient's family or other

representatives by a competent and experienced direct care

registered nurse. The term includes an intensive care unit, a

burn center, a coronary care unit or an acute respiratory unit.

"Direct care registered nurse" or "direct care professional

nurse." A registered nurse who:

(1) Currently holds an unencumbered license issued by

the State Board of Nursing to engage in professional nursing

with documented clinical competence as defined in the act of

May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as The Professional

Nursing Law.

(2) Has accepted a direct, hands-on patient care

assignment to implement medical and nursing regimens and

provide related clinical supervision of patient care while

exercising independent professional judgment at all times in

the interests of a patient.

"Hospital." An entity located in this Commonwealth that is

licensed as a hospital under this act. The term includes a

critical access and long-term acute care hospital.

"Hospital unit" or "clinical patient care area." An

intensive care or critical care unit, a burn unit, a labor and

delivery room, antepartum and postpartum, a newborn nursery, a

postanesthesia service area, an emergency department, an

operating room, a pediatric unit, a step-down or intermediate

care unit, a specialty care unit, a telemetry unit, a general

medical/surgical care unit, a psychiatric unit, a rehabilitation

unit or a skilled nursing facility unit as established by the

Centers for Disease Control's 2020 edition of "Master CDC

Locations and Descriptions" found in "CDC Locations and

Descriptions and Instructions for Mapping Patient Care

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