Published by the Institute for Functional Nursing (IFN) — advancing the role of nurses in functional medicine through education, leadership, and innovation.
In my recent blog, Are Labs Within a Nurse’s Scope of Practice? Let’s Reframe the Conversation , we explored one of the most common roadblocks nurses face when transitioning into holistic or functional practice: lab testing. The feedback I received afterward was overwhelming, and familiar. “I want my patients to have access to labs, but I’m terrified of crossing scope boundaries." “My patients are asking for testing, but I don’t have a safe way to support them.” “I feel st