MA Nurse Practice Act/Standards

[Salls25]

I was hoping to provide a new nurse some resources that I actually can not even locate myself. Can someone help me find resources for Mass BSN scope of practice, standards, rules and regulations, Practice Act, ect. I have been all over the Mass.gov site and MNA site, what i have found seems so limited. such as the MNA's nurse practice link: http://www.massnurses.org/nurse_practice/np_act.pdf

they talk about delegation more than anything else.

The ANA seem like a joke, you have to be a paying member to access their resources.

What I really want to know is: for an RN practicing in mass, who is the law and where is it written?

Thank you!

[Leda]

Try this link:

http://www.mass.gov/dph/boards/rn

Click on Statues, Rules and Regulations.

[Salls25]

Thank you Leda,

I did take a look at this previously, which contains information about licensure, code of conduct, and mandatory reporting, ect. I was hoping to find if there is a place recording the more specifics out there. For example, I was told during my training that it is out of scope for the nurse to administer propofol as a push med. Not sure if this is more than our facility's policy, or statewide. Regardless, where are specifics of nursing practice hiding?

[Thornbird]

They don't give you much in the way of specifics, just the Decision-making Model. What specifics there are can be found under the "Nursing Practice" heading in the same section of the website, often under Advisory Rulings. I believe this would cover your question : http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=7&L0=Home&L1=Provider&L2=Certification%2c+Licensure%2c+and+Registration&L3=Occupational+and+Professional&L4=Nursing&L5=Nursing+Practice&L6=Advisory+Rulings+on+Nursing+Practice&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=dph_quality_boards_nursing_p_conscious_sedation&csid=Eeohhs2