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If I was going to adopt a new procedure for my hospital, the first thing I would do, is check to make sure it was going to be within my scope of practice. It is important to make sure we are not practicing under or over our scope. Every nurse should know the Nursing Practice Act (NPA) and be aware of other laws and rules that govern nursing practice. The NPA is the most important legislation affecting nursing. It defines the scope of practice for specific nursing roles and gives nurses the legal authority to practice within their scope (McDaniel, 2014). Another excellent source for nurses to use, is their local Board of Nursing. The Board of Nursing is specific to each state and goes into more detail as to what we can and can’t do within our practice. Some BONs publish periodic newsletters that are available on their websites and contain information about changes to their statutes. Whenever a BON makes a change to rules and regulations, public hearing notices must be posted. (Hartigan, 2016). According to Hartigan, is imperative we ask ourselves a few questions before embarking on new procedures or adopting new polices at our place of work. Do you possess the requisite knowledge, clinical skills, abilities, and judgments to safely and effectively perform this activity/role/ task/procedure/intervention based on your prelicensure educational program, postgraduate program, or continuing education program? Is this education documented? (2016). Once I was sure this procedure was appropriate to my scope of practice, I would take the idea to leadership and collaborate on how to bring the idea forward to physicians and other disciplines. In summary, nurses must work smart we have gone through too much to get our license to lose it for practicing outside of our scope.
References:
Hartigan, C. (2016). Scope of Practice. Critical Care Nurse, 36(5), 70-72. doi:10.4037/ccn2016325McDaniel, R. (2014). Know Your Nursing Practice Act. Missouri State Board Of Nursing Newsletter, 16(1), 1-6.
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The scope of practice describes the services that a qualified Nurse professional is competent to perform and allowed to undertake, following their nursing license terms. I feel that for effective nursing practices, protecting and advancing the scope of practice every Nurse should efficiently adhere to working rules and regulations.
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