I am curious if anyone allows Nurse Practicioner's to order transfusions at their facility. Is this privilege left up to individual facilities to define in policies or is there a regulatory agency that has something specific to say on the subject?

It happens here as well with PA's. I'm assuming that any orders they submit are eventually co-signed by their physician.

Sorry, I don't know the rules re: this subject

In my state, it is allowed for them to order transfusions, but it is still up to our hospital's Medical Staff Credentialing Office to decide what they can do here. At our place, they are allowed to order "routine transfusions". So they would not be allowed to order uncrossmatched blood or sign for incompatible units...anything out of the ordinary requires a doctor to cosign.

At our facility it is required to have a physician order blood products. PA's and Nurse Practicioner's can not order blood products under any circumstances as of yet.