California Nurse's Scope Of Practice

For this discussion I will be defining the nurse’s scope of practice based on our reading assignment and describe the California nurse’s scope of practice. I will also describe my experience as a student during clinical where I believe I applied the California nurse’s scope of practice. Lastly, I will provide my opinion on why I believe every nurse should be aware of their state’s nursing scope of practice.

The American Nurses Association (2010) book states that the nurse’s scope of practice is a guide or a set of regulations to deliver safe care to clients. This guide provides all the answers to what nursing practice is and it regulates or describes what nurses can and cannot do. It also describes that it is the nurse’s responsibility to be

The book also explains that factors like the nurse’s education, role and experience affects how the nurse utilizes the scope of nursing practice (American Nurses Association, 2010).

To learn about the California nurse’s scope of practice, I visited the (“California Legislative Information”) website. Through this website I found that the nurse’s scope of practice described in our book is broader then the information provided in the California Legislative website. Our book serves as a global reference to the expectations and standards that a nurse should be performing. The information provided in the California Legislative Website is similar to that of our book but more specific. It specifically outlines what the nurse is able to do and not do. For example when talking about the standards of practice, the nurse is responsible for the assessment of the client and to monitor his/her condition. It also highlights that the nurse is responsible for observing signs

Therefore, I do not have a specific example to write about however, I will be discussing my experience during clinical assignments. As you all are aware of as a student it is very crucial to follow hospital policies if you do not want to get removed from your program but also because it is the right thing to do, to provide safe client care. Before getting our patient assignment we had to communicate and collaborate with assigned RN and Certified Nurse Assistance to agree on the care plan for the client, this help illustrate Standards 11. Communication and Standard 13. Collaboration (American Nurses Association, 2010). After this short meeting I would gather pertinent information from both report and the medical record before proceeding to the head to toe assessment. Based on the information from the assessment and from the report, I collaborated with the client to come up with meaningful interventions, sometimes this worked and sometimes it did not, this helps understand Standards 1. Assessment, Standard. 2. Diagnosis and Standard 3. Outcome Idenification (American Nurses Association, 2010). I presented my plan to the nurse in order to get feedback as well as acquire more information that I could give the client. So there was always a constant of communicating back and forth with the nurse. Once again covering standard 13. The education that I continually provided to the clients was based on my knowledge