- (1) When the patient enters the chronic pain phase, the advanced registered nurse shall reevaluate the patient by treating the situation as a new disease.
(2) The chronic pain treatment plan must state the objectives that will be used to determine treatment success and must include, at a minimum:
- (a) Any change in pain relief;
- (b) Any change in physical and psychosocial function; and
- (c) Additional diagnostic evaluations or other planned treatments.
- (3) After treatment begins, the advanced registered nurse practitioner shall adjust drug therapy to the individual health needs of the patient.
- (4) The advanced registered nurse practitioners shall complete patient notification in accordance with the provisions of WAC 246-840-4651.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.79.800 and 2017 c 297. WSR 18-20-086, § 246-840-470, filed 10/1/18, effective 11/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.79.400. WSR 11-10-064, § 246-840-470, filed 5/2/11, effective 7/1/11.]