1. Nursing Scope of Practice
As a nursing profession we have a board of nursing that has put together a scope of practice that defines what we can and cannot do as a profession. ... Nurse Practice Act History As Russell points out in the article Nurse Practice Acts Guide and Govern Nursing Practice, there was no nurse practice acts to govern the nurse profession before the 1900s and anyone could call themselves a nurse (2012). ... For this reason, in the early 1900s the first nurse registration law was created to protect the title of a nurse so not just anyone could use the title nurse, and to improve nursing as a prof...
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