Exploring Nurse Dyads' experiences of scope of practice in nursing homes: A qualitative descriptive study from the FLORENCE project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A nurse's scope of practice includes the full range of roles, functions, responsibilities, and decision-making authority. However, how this scope-particularly in relation to the fundamentals of care-is experienced by registered nurses and non-registered nurses in nursing homes remains underexplored. This study aimed to explore the experiences of nurses regarding their mutual general scope of practice, the differences in their individual scope of practice, and their respective scopes in relation to the fundamentals of care in the context of nursing homes.

Methods

This qualitative study included eight nursing dyads (n = 16) from four nursing homes in south-east Norway. Data were collected through individual, focused interviews, i.e., non-dyadic data, and analysed us

SUBMITTER: Nordaunet OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12513666 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature