Securing an adequate workforce is of primary importance to ensure the health and wellbeing of the population in an efficient manner. Occupational licensing laws and related restrictions on scope of practice (SOP) are features of the market for healthcare professionals and are also controversial. At...
Ricky Tiwana, Senior Director of Pharmacy Operations for Rexall Drugstore, considered this expanded scope of practice for pharmacists a big win for community members' access to health care. (Credit: Getty Images) “This is game changing because of the...
Scope of Practice and the Anesthesia Care Team The term scope of practice is used to specify the extent of privileges permitted by state law for a given class of allied health provider based on specific criteria like education, training, experience, and special qualifications. There is no defined...
Broadly defined, the scope of practice defines the healthcare services that a prehospital provider is authorized to perform under professional licensure. The scope of practice in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is regulated by state-level licensure. To become licensed, an EMS provider must provide ...
MedAdvisor's case study,,Australia'sExpanded Scope of Practice: Empowering Pharmacists, Transforming Healthcare, highlights the impact of this groundbreaking initiative. It emphasizes the vital role pharmacists play in ad...
This research compared the scope of practice (SoP) of PAs with other healthcare professionals who have some level of prescribing authority from the point of registration, to establish the need for PAs to prescribe POM and to explore which of the prescribing authority options would fit the PA ...
"Scope of practice" has a variety of meanings amongst midwives, other health professionals, health organizations, and consumers of midwifery care. For some, it refers to the Standards for the Practice of Midwifery; for others, it encompasses the legal base of practice; still others equate it wi...
they may practice in every healthcare setting and specialty. Each state has aPA licensing boardand specific laws outlined in its Physician Assistant Practice Act. Because a physician assistant’s scope of practice varies by state, it’s essential that they know and understand the laws governing th...
SCOPE OF PRACTICE FOR NURSES Nursing… A nurse is a health care professional who cares for ill or disabled individuals, their families and communities ensuring that they attain, maintain or recover optimum health and functioning. Nurses are classified according to their education and experiences as,...
observation of women's labour and birth care followed by semi-structured interviews.#The core category of promoting normal birthing: aspiring to develop a midwife-led scope of practice conceptualises midwives working to develop their scope of practice to promote and facilitate normal birthing for ...