BRN guidelines VS private FNP guidelines

Advanced Practice Columnist / Guide · May 11, 2015

Could you be more specific with your question? When you say BRN, is that California's Board of Registered Nursing? and also, what exactly are private FNP guidelines?

rntobsntonp · May 12, 2015

What I mean is what are the differences between the Board of Registered Nurses guidelines (for nurse practitioners) and the guidelines that a private office have for instance what are the guidelines that you work under and the ones that the BRN states that you need to follow.

Advanced Practice Columnist / Guide · May 13, 2015

Anyone practicing as an NP in California must do so under existing California legislative regulation enforced by the BRN. The most basic explanation of the regulation is the requirement for Standardized Procedure, a document that clarifies the NP's role in any particular setting in terms of assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients (roles deemed as Practice of Medicine in California) as agreed upon by the NP, the "supervising physician", and the setting under which the practice operates. It doesn't matter whether the NP is an FNP working in private practice, he/she is still subject to laws governing the scope of practice for all nurse practitioners in the state.

Jules A, MSN · May 14, 2015

Anyone practicing as an NP in California must do so under existing California legislative regulation enforced by the BRN. The most basic explanation of the regulation is the requirement for Standardized Procedure, a document that clarifies the NP's role in any particular setting in terms of assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients (roles deemed as Practice of Medicine in California) as agreed upon by the NP, the "supervising physician", and the setting under which the practice operates. It doesn't matter whether the NP is an FNP working in private practice, he/she is still subject to laws governing the scope of practice for all nurse practitioners in the state.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but Scope of Practice also lies within our own personal experience and competence. It doesn't matter what the BON says you can do if you haven't been properly trained to do a procedure you shouldn't be doing it.