APNP scope on practice: relationship with supervised physician via protocol covered on your portfolio assignment, new introduced controlled substance prescribed abilities, our role on research and evidence based practice, etcetera. It is very important to understand your scope of practice which basically determined yours legal scope of practice.
The scope of practice describes the procedures, actions, and processes that a health care practitioner is permitted to undertake in keeping with the terms of their professional license.
(Scope of practice – Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scope of practice)
Recommended readings:
1. Scope of practice of nurse practitioners: professional role.https://www.aanp.org/advocacy/advocacy-resource/po…
2. State practice environment (AANP).https://www.aanp.org/advocacy/state/state-practice…
3. I want to take an opportunity to discuss our new granted privilege to prescribe controlled substance. There are five classes of substance considered under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, 2019).This privilege was legally approved in Florida, the last state to grant such a privilege for midlevel practitioners, in 2017( Kellangs