General Nursing Practice Information

Board staff receive phone calls and emails regularly regarding nursing practice issues and questions. This section of the Texas Board of Nursing (BON or Board) website contains nursing practice topics and various resources for vocational nurses (LVNs), registered nurses (RNs), advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), and those who work with licensed nurses in the State of Texas.

• Nursing Practice Quick Links and Popular Topics
• COVID-19 and Nursing Practice Settings
• Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
• APRN Scope of Practice
• RN Scope of Practice
• LVN Scope of Practice
• Aesthetic Nursing/Complementary Modalities/IV Hydration Therapy
• Communication/Documentation
• Duty to a Patient
• Employment/Workplace
• Graduate Vocational Nurse, Graduate Nurse, Newly Licensed Nurse, and Experienced Nurses Returning to Practice
• Licensure
• Medications/Orders
• Nursing Delegation
• Nursing Peer Review - Incident Based
• Nursing Peer Review - Safe Harbor
• Professional Boundaries/Electronic Communication/Social Media
• Pronoucement of Death
• Reporting/Complaints
• School Nursing
• Substance Abuse Disorder/Fitness to Practice/Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses (TPAPN)