re: “ Diagnosis is beyond the scope of practice for an RN.”
Yeah .. its like, they have almost NO training in medicine, right?
Have you ever seen the curriculum of courses for a nurse?
https://nursejournal.org/articles/common-courses-you-will-take-for-your-rn-degree/
Yes I have seen the curriculum. Some nurses have a diploma. Some nurses have an associate. Some have a BSN. Some have masters. But unless you are an APRN not a single one of those courses is entitled differential diagnosis or physical diagnosis.
Please tell me where in the nursing curriculum or nursing boards where diagnosis is on their scope of care? This nurse is making a diagnosis. I have simply pointed out it is not in the scope of his care and therefore he is rendering an opinion. Based not on education or training. But apparently based on wanting to be heard.
Nurses, Paramedics………..
Everything is called “Possible”.
Even if the patient has an obvious Compound FX of the Midline Femur with bone sticking out………….it’s a Possible Fracture if and until a Doctor says it is.
Paramedics have their own Licenses to practice Emergency Medicine, but they are using and conducting treatments under the Medical Control Doctor’s License.
Nurses are the same. Whatever facility or Medical System they’re functioning in, they are operating with their license and the Chief Doctor’s License.
A nurse can’t decide to medicate a patient on their own.
They need a Doctor’s order.
There are Standing Orders and Protocols however that are preset by the Medical Control Doctor.