Actions and procedures | Prepare | Partially prepare | Do not prepare |
---|---|---|---|
Actions legally assigned and historically recognized as nurses' activities | |||
Insert nasogastric, nasoenteric, and urethral intubation | 99.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Apply dressings | 99.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Administer medications | 99.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
Conduct health education groups | 98.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Execute health promotion actions | 97.2 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
Administer vaccines | 96.7 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
Plan and execute vaccination campaigns | 96.3 | 2.8 | 1.0 |
Perform compulsory notifications | 95.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
Execute family planning | 95.3 | 3.8 | 1.0 |
Perform Pap smear | 94.5 | 3.7 | 1.9 |
Perform pediatric consultation | 93.6 | 4.6 | 1.8 |
Interpret Pap smear | 91.5 | 3.2 | 5.3 |
Perform low-risk prenatal care | 90.9 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
Receive patients with risk classification | 87.2 | 11.0 | 1.8 |
Prescribe dressings | 83.9 | 10.7 | 5.4 |
Perform electrocardiograms | 83.2 | 9.3 | 7.5 |
Insert peripheral venous catheters | 81.3 | 10.2 | 8.4 |
Perform artery punctures | 76.3 | 10.7 | 12.9 |
Average | 92.2 | 5.1 | 2.7 |
Actions legally permitted for nurses but historically recognized as exclusive to the physiciana | |||
Interpret laboratory tests | 75.2 | 22.0 | 2.7 |
Interpret imaging tests | 53.2 | 25.6 | 21.1 |
Request laboratory tests | 47.7 | 29.4 | 22.9 |
Prescribe medications provided for in institutional protocols | 46.7 | 46.7 | 6.7 |
Perform normal deliveries | 42.1 | 18.7 | 39.2 |
Request imaging tests | 23.1 | 24.1 | 52.7 |
Prescribe anthelmintics | 19.6 | 15.9 | 64.5 |
Prescribe antifungals | 13.1 | 9.8 | 77.1 |
Prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs | 12.0 | 6.5 | 81.5 |
Prescribe antibiotics | 9.3 | 15.9 | 74.7 |
Average | 34.2 | 21.5 | 44.3 |
Actions exclusive to the physician | |||
Perform abscess drainage | 47.1 | 14.1 | 38.7 |
Communicate nosological diagnoses to patientsb | 26.9 | 12.9 | 60.2 |
Prescribe medications for people with chronic illness diagnosed by the physician | 17.6 | 18.5 | 63.9 |
Renew medical prescriptions | 12.8 | 5.3 | 81.9 |
Apply suturesc | 11.1 | 17.6 | 71.3 |
Perform local anesthesiac | 9.7 | 7.5 | 82.8 |
Confirm death | 8.7 | 7.6 | 83.7 |
Prescribe psychoactive drugs | 5.4 | 3.3 | 91.3 |
Make nosological diagnosesb | 4.3 | 2.1 | 93.6 |
Average | 16.0 | 9.9 | 74.2 |