Scope of practice

[sroseo]

Hi all!

I am wondering if someone can link me to something that tells me what an RN can do. All I can seem to find is stuff for APRN. My boss keeps talking about things that are within our scope of practice and I'd like to see this info myself and nor simply go by word of mouth.

Thank you.

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

My state has very vague information, too. And I have found vast differences in each individual facility.

[CraigB-RN, MSN, RN]

Also remember there are some practice acts that include wording to the effect that your hosp policies and procedures dictate scope of practice. Usually restrictive.

[heinz57]

Also remember there are some practice acts that include wording to the effect that your hosp policies and procedures dictate scope of practice. Usually restrictive.

But, unlike Paramedics or EMTs (part of your title), nurses can also have very open wording in their practice acts which allows them to expand skills and medications to adapt to the job. This can include various skills and medications including intubation, ECMO, PICCs, chest tube insertion, arterial line insertion and RSI outside of the hospital walls. EMTs and Paramedics usually have very defined skills which are listed and rarely can they be expanded upon without special permission from their board. While some might say restrictive, other might say a form of quality control. It would be difficult to have 1000 nurses in a hospital all trying to maintain proficiency at PICC or aline insertion or intubation.