The greatest mystery of quantum mechanics is how its ideas have remained so weird while it explained more and more about the world around us. Perhaps it is time to revisit the ideas with the benefit of hindsight, to see if either quantum mechanics is less weird than we usually think it is or the world around us is more so.
What a health professional can and cannot do to or for a patient is dependent on that health professionals scope of practice (SOP), which is defined by state boards of medicine, boards of nursing, etc., oftentimes with the guidance or instruction (via statute) of the stateâs legislature.
In addition to law, the State Board for Nursing has issued opinions regarding the legal scope of practice for licensed practical nurses. While not law or regulation, these opinions are binding upon the profession. Decisions may vary by practice setting (acute care; long term care; community). Prior to performing any task that is part of the LPNâs legal scope of practice, the LPN must be trained in the task and must have demonstrated initial and continuing competence in the task.