Scope of practice in Pennsylvania

[Jodigirl09]

Hi all,

I work in urogynecology and recently was told that when a patient calls with pain or pessary issues regardless of whether it is up in the pelvic area, gone behind a prolapse etc it is my job and within my scope of practice to bring the patient in for a nursing visit and remove the pessary. Does anyone know if removing a pessary under these circumstances, especially where there might be a need for an Internal assessment, if this is within my scope of practice in Pennsylvania. I feel this is beyond my scope but I'd like to make sure I'm not just over reacting

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

Did you try contacting PABoN?

[Jodigirl09]

I've looked at the scope of practice listed there but it isn't specific to my question. I'll try contacting them via email or phone. Thank you!