Laws and Rules of Florida Nursing Practice

Description
This program provides nurses with continuing education on the laws and rules governing the practice of nursing in Florida as per Rule 64B9-5.013. Florida statutes Chapters 456 (Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions), Chapter 464 (Nurse Practice Act), and the rules outlined in Title 64B9 of the Florida Administrative Code. Nurses will learn how laws and rules, as regulated by the Board of Nursing, provide safe parameters within which to work as well as protect patients from unprofessional and unsafe nursing practice.

1. Review the basics of Florida’s regulatory and legislative processes.
2. Describe the authority of Department of Health and Board of Nursing.
3. Examine the laws and rules governing nursing practice in Florida.
4. Examine unprofessional conduct in terms of nursing’s code of ethics.
5. Summarize the types of rule violations and corresponding discipline imposed