Professional Nursing and State-level Regulations
The Mississippi Board of Nursing regulates all nursing practice within Mississippi State. The board’s mission is to promote registered professional nursing practice through advocacy, education, research, and partnership (MNA, 2020). This mission ensures the protection of the public from any nursing malpractice and unethical behavior among nurses. The board establishes regulations and standards of practice in the nursing profession and ensures compliance. The board is mandated with licensure to ensure that only qualified and competent nurses are allowed to practice (MNA, 2020). The board ensures strict compliance with standards and takes disciplinary measures to those who violate the standards. The existence of the board, therefore, promotes the patient’s safety and ensures professional nursing practice.
Nursing Board’s regulations can significantly impact on nursing practice. There are laws and statutes that define the conduct of a nursing professional, and these laws may impose liability that may result in legal action and penalties (Nursingcente, n.d.). Some of the regulations ensure that nursing professionals respect the privacy of the patient, regulation of the use of a patient’s protected information, outlines negligence and unprofessional conduct, respect a patient’s right to choice of medical care, and also the requirement to report elder or child abuse (Nursingcenter, n.d.). These regulations are, therefore, critical in governing nursing practice within the state.
The requirements and regulations of nursing practice vary from one state to another. Some of the key nursing practice regulations in Mississippi include requiring a collaborative or consulting physician’s supervision. However, there is no such requirement in the state of Alaska, where nurses are given full authority to practice as long as they are licensed (Staff Writers, 2019). One is required to be a registered nurse in Mississippi to obtain an APRN certification (Nursinglicensure, n.d). A nurse must hold a nursing license from Alaska or any other compact state to be certified as an APRN.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) board regulations also vary from one state to another. To become an APRN in Mississippi State, one is required to be a Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP), a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), and Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) (Nursinglicensure-Mississippi, n.d.). However, there is an additional requirement on top of the requirements in Mississippi, for one to become an APRN in Maryland State. One is required to have the four requirements in Mississippi, namely CNP, CRNA, CNM, CNS, and Nurse Psychotherapist (Nursinglicensure-Maryland, n.d.). Regulations for qualifications can, therefore, consider a person without a Nurse Psychotherapist Certification be considered unqualified to practice as an APRN in the state of Maryland.
References
MNA. (2020, April 27). Home. Retrieved from https://www.msnurses.org/
Nursinglicensure. (n.d.). Maryland APRN license requirements | How to become a nurse practitioner in Maryland. Retrieved from https://www.nursinglicensure.org/np-state/maryland-nurse-practitioner.html
Nursinglicensure. (n.d.). Mississippi APRN license requirements | How to become a nurse practitioner in Mississippi. Retrieved from https://www.nursinglicensure.org/np-state/maryland-nurse-practitioner.html
Staff Writers. (2019, November 15). How does NP practice authority vary by state? Retrieved from https://www.nursepractitionerschools.com/faq/how-does-np-practice-authority-vary-by-state/
Nursingcenter. (n.d.). Chapter 3: Legal aspects of nursing. Retrieved from https://www.nursingcenter.com/upload/static/403753/ch03.html