Scope Of Nursing Case Study

A nurse is responsible for advocating for her patients and making sure that they receive appropriate care. In order for a nurse to know her scope of practice she needs to read the Texas Board of Nursing Scope of practice. A nurse that reads the nursing scope of practice act will be prepared to adequately care for their patients. The scope of practice outlines procedures, actions, and processes that a nurse is permitted to do in order to maintain her professional license. Thus, professional nursing means the profession that requires specialized judgment, skill, and proper performance. A professional nurse is required to assess the physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing of her patients. The scope of practice differs for different types

Board of Nurse Examiners because the professional nurse must understand that her responsibility is first to the patient and not to the facility she works for. The case Lunsford v. Board of Nurse Examiners is a tragic story of a man dying because both the nurse and the doctor turned a patient away and advised the patient to travel by car to a hospital 24 miles away. The patient came in with chest pain that radiated to the shoulder. The nurse did not take the patients vitals, nor did she do a full assessment on the patient. The nurse’s responsibility is to the patient and not to the facility; when the hospital is full and a patient comes in with chest pain, it is the responsibility of the nurse to assess him and advocate for the patients rights. Thus, when a doctor puts in orders that the nurse does not agree with, it is the nurses right to say no. The nurse saw that the patient clearly had the signs and symptoms of a Myocardial Infarction, but the doctor did not admit the patient. Rather, the doctor sent him to a different hospital, and the nurse did not advocate for the rights or this patient. The patient was advised to drive to a different hospital, but the patient did not make it to the hospital. The patient died on the way to the hospital (Texas Board of Nursing,