Question

Please provide me with a one-page paper on The Scope of Practice according to the law in Mississippi. This must be in your own words. Do not copy and paste the papers position but your interpretation of the position the State holds on medical assistants in the State of Mississippi.

Please provide for me what MA's can and can not do according to the article provided

Answer 1

#. Mississippi Nursing Law Practice - Purpose

In order to safeguard life and health, any person practicing or offering to practice as a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse in Mississippi for compensation shall hereafter be required to submit evidence of

qualifications to practice and shall be licensed or hold the privilege to practice as hereinafter provided. It shall be unlawful for any person not licensed or holding the privilege to practice under the provisions of this chapter:

(a) To practice or offer to practice as a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse;

(b) To use a sign, card or device to indicate that such person is a registered nurse or a licensed

practical nurse.

Any person offering to practice nursing in Mississippi must be licensed or otherwise authorized to practice as

provided in this chapter.

#. Mississippi Nursing Law Practice - Definitions

Board means the Mississippi Board of Nursing.

(2) The practice of nursing by a registered nurse means the performance for compensation of services

which requires substantial knowledge of the biological, physical, behavioral, psychological and

sociological sciences and of nursing theory as the basis for assessment, diagnosis, planning,

intervention and evaluation in the promotion and maintenance of health; management of

individuals' responses to illness, injury or infirmity; the restoration of optimum function; or the

achievement of a dignified death. Nursing practice includes, but is not limited to, administration,

teaching, counseling, delegation and supervision of nursing, and execution of the medical regimen,

including the administration of medications and treatments prescribed by any licensed or legally

authorized physician or dentist. The foregoing shall not be deemed to include acts of medical

diagnosis or prescriptions of medical, therapeutic or corrective measures, except as may be set

forth by rules and regulations promulgated and implemented by the Mississippi Board of Nursing.

(3) "Clinical nurse specialist practice" by a certified clinical nurse specialist means the delivery of

advanced practice nursing care to individuals or groups using advanced diagnostic and

assessment skills to manage and improve the health status of individuals and families; diagnose

human responses to actual or potential health problems; plan for health promotion, disease

prevention, and therapeutic intervention in collaboration with the patient or client; implement

therapeutic interventions based on the nurse specialist's area of expertise and within the scope of

advanced nursing practice, including, but not limited to, direct patient care, counseling, teaching,

collaboration with other licensed health care providers; and, coordination of health care as

necessary and appropriate and evaluation of the effectiveness of care.

(4) "Advanced nursing practice" means, in addition to the practice of professional nursing, the performance of advanced-level nursing approved by the board which, by virtue of graduate education and experience are appropriately performed by an advanced practice registered nurse.

The advanced practice registered nurse may diagnose, treat, and manage medical conditions.

This may include prescriptive authority as identified by the board. Advanced practice registered

nurses must practice in a collaborative/consultative relationship with a physician or dentist with an

unrestricted license to practice in the state of Mississippi and advanced nursing must be performed

within the framework of a standing protocol or practice guidelines, as appropriate.

(5) The practice of nursing by a licensed practical nurse means the performance for compensation ofservices requiring basic knowledge of the biological, physical, behavioral, psychological and sociological sciences and of nursing procedures which do not require the substantial skill, judgment and knowledge required of a registered nurse.