Article - Optimizing full scope of practice for nurse practitioners in primary care: A proposed conceptual model by Lusine Poghosyan, PhD, MPH, RN, FAANa, *, Donald R. Boyd, MPhil, MS, CRNAa, Sean P. Clarke, PhD, RN, FAANb aColumbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY bConnell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
1. What are the majority limitations in the scope of practice for Florida APRN's in comparison to the majority of the other states?
2. What factors/barriers lead to Florida's APRN's limits on their prescribing and capabilities?
3. What are the changes to the APRN's scope of practice for Florida APRN's that will take place as of Jan 2017?
4. How do these changes directly effect the APRN's ability to function within their full scope of practice and education.? Do you feel APRN's now have rights to function fully? Are more changes needed?
5. Why do you feel it took so long to get any changes in Florida APRN's scope of Practice Changed?
6. Do you feel there are still limitations to the scope of practice of Florida APRN's?
7. What will/can you do as an APRN to address scope of practice issues?
8. What are a few pros/cons to allotting APRN's full unrestricted scope of practice and authority without mandated physician supervision to practice?