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(a) A licensed nurse shall write a patient care plan for each patient in consultation with other patient care personnel and the patient. (b) The patient care plan must reflect analysis of patient problems and needs, treatment goals, medication prescribed and, upon discharge, instructions given to the patient and the patient’s family regarding medication management, including any risks, side effects, and benefits expected, and including any recommended activities and diet. (c) Each facility must have a registered nurse as the director for nursing services. The director shall perform the following duties:

(1) assure that all nurses comply with the requirements of (a) of this section;

(2) provide a sufficient number of registered nurses to meet patient needs;

(3) write an annual evaluation on the performance of each nurse;

(4) maintain records on the number of nurses employed and the hours and weeks of employment;

(5) delegate to a registered nurse the responsibility to plan, assign, supervise, and evaluate the nursing care for each patient;

(6) select and promote nursing personnel based on their qualifications and terminate employees when necessary; and

(7) establish and implement a standard procedure for the safe administration of medications. (d) Only a registered nurse who has been appropriately trained may perform a blood transfusion. All other nursing services may be performed only under the direction of a registered nurse. A licensed practical nurse may administer medications, or perform limited infusion therapy functions, if

(1) the licensed practical nurse is authorized under AS 08 to perform these services;

(2) these services are authorized in the facility program standards; and

(3) the program standards have been approved by the hospital administrator and the pharmacist. (e) Licensed nursing personnel who meet the requirements under (d) of this section to administer medications, and who have been authorized in writing by the hospital administrator and the pharmacist, may perform the following services if a pharmacist is not available:

(1) inventory and restocking of emergency drugs at least every 30 days; and

(2) removal of a single dose of a prescribed drug for a patient or any drug packaged by a pharmacist from the licensed pharmacy or drug room.