Nursing Role Capacity Paper

Professor and Class,

The term Nursing Role Capacity, is defined by the ANA Nursing Standards of Practice and regulated by each states Nursing Practice Act. The Nursing Practice Act lists the professional responsibilities and scope of practice for the nurses that practice within that state (Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2014, week7). The ANA developed nursing practice acts to regulate professional care and assure quality care (Motacki & Burke, 2011). My professional role capacity is based on the Florida State Nurse Practice Act. Therefore, I work by following the rules and regulations based on said Act. Week 7 lecture states, "The nurse is authorized by the Nurse Practice Act to be the care coordinator and have broad decision-making authority

Ultimately, it will be important and a must for the nurse to act as a patient advocate at all times. This week’s lecture also states "to ensure capacity, which is necessary for a safe patient care environment, the professional nurse must be informed and advocate functioning at full capacity (Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2014, week 7). Included in my professional role as a nurse is to be as up to date and informed on the patient or patients history and plan of care as I possibly can. I do so by following through with doctors’ orders, and asking doctors questions about the patient and their plan of care. I refer to and read through my assigned patients’ chart including their history and physical to gather the data necessary as well as changes and updates in the plan of care to provide the best quality care possible to improve patient outcomes. Furthermore, I interview each of my patients doing a head to toe assessment as well as collaborate with other members of the health care team. This is another way of ensuring that I am providing patient care and functioning at full capacity to my assigned patients during my shift. An organization should work together with nurses to ensure they are individually and