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Defining the Scope of Nursing Practice: Actors, Criteria and Economic Implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2021

Nathan Hershey
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This article provides a framework for consideration of two questions: who should decide the scope of professional nursing? and what criteria should be employed in determining the scope of professional nursing? It is my view that professional as well as practical considerations must be reconciled in determining the answers to these questions.

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Research Article
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Nursing Law & Ethics , Volume 1 , Issue 7 , September 1980 , pp. 3 - 12
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1980

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References

1. Fraijov. Hartland Hospital, 160 Cal. Rptr. 246 (1979).Google Scholar
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3. IEU v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., 19 FEP Cases 450 (1979) (unsuccessful); Gunther v. County of Washington, 20 FEP Cases 792 (1979) (successful); Lemons v. City and County of Denver, 10th Cir., No. 78-1499 Apr. 21,1980 (unsuccessful).Google Scholar
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