Is it within the advanced practice nurses scope of practice to provide services such as ordering home health services or performing FAA medical examinations for pilots?
Although many categories of advanced practice nurses may have been educated to provide these and many other patient care services, other laws and regulations [such as federal laws, other state laws (e.g., Texas Health and Safety Code), or JCAHO requirements] significantly impact an advanced practice nurse’s ability to provide a specific service. Although the BON may state that the performance of a particular procedure or provision of a specific patient care activity is within an advanced practice nurse’s professional scope of practice, the advanced practice nurse may not perform the procedure or provide the particular service if other laws and regulations prohibit this. The Standards of Nursing Practice in Rule 217.11 remind nurses at all levels of licensure that they are obligated to know and conform to the Nursing Practice Act and BON rules in addition to all federal, state and local laws, rules or regulations affecting their current area of nursing practice [(1)(A)]. BON staff canno
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