- A registered nurse certified by the department can plan, develop, coordinate, and deliver the registered nurse train–the-trainer program to train employees to:
- Perform health related activities
- Administer prescribed oral, topical prescribed medication
- Administer topical over-the counter musculoskeletal medication
- Administer oxygen and metered dose inhaled medication
- Administer prescribed medication through stable labeled gastrostomy and jejunotomy tubes
- Administer prescribed insulin through subcutaneous injection, inhalation, and insulin pump
- Administer prescribed mediation through the treatment of metabolic glycemic disorders through subcutaneous injection
- Have a valid license with the Ohio board of nursing
- Have a minimum of sixty months of fulltime /part time equivalent practicing as a registered nurse with at least 24 months being the field of developmental disabilities
- Have a knowledge of laws and rules that regulate the practice of nursing experience with the principles of adult education
- Have a certification as a registered nurse trainer and complete the department provided registered nurse instructor orientation
- Have a valid license with the Ohio board of nursing
- Have a minimum of eighteen months of fulltime /part time equivalent practicing as a registered nurse
- Have previous experience caring for an individual with developmental disabilities
- Have internet access and computer literacy for entering data in the medication administration information system database, receiving and sending electronic mail
- Successfully complete a registered nurse train-the-trainer program authorized by the Ohio board of nursing which requires the registered nurse to:
- Submit a completed application to the registered nurse instructor
- Attend the entire registered nurse train the trainer program
- Participate in registered nurse train the trainer program class discussions and activities
- Complete the post program requirements to demonstrate core knowledge and preparedness for teaching
- Submit a completed evaluation
- A registered nurse may be a registered nurse instructor for a period of two years
- Registered nurse instructors make entries in the medication Administration information database
- To maintain certification the registered nurse shall compete a minimum of four contact hours of continuing education related to the role of the registered nurse trainer. CPR, FA and universal precautions shall not count in those four hours
- Be a minimum eight hours; one hour equals sixty minutes of classroom instruction
- Review of section 4723.071 and 5123.41 to 5123.47 of the Revised Code
- Quality measures and quality assessment requirements
- Documentation requirements for licensed nurses and developmental disabilities personnel
- Principles of developmental disabilities (DD) personnel certification and nursing delegation