RNs can perform nursing functions and administer properly ordered treatment, but prescribing and individualized treatment decisions remain separate responsibilities.
Clinical governance reviewed by Armando A Falcon, MD (FL ME 84789) · Florida regulatory framework reviewed August 2026.
An RN can perform professional nursing functions within Florida scope and may administer medications or treatments properly prescribed or authorized by a practitioner legally permitted to prescribe them. An RN license does not create independent prescribing authority. Use the RN for nursing — not as a substitute prescriber.
The RN may participate in nursing assessment, patient education, administration under an appropriate order, monitoring, documentation, and escalation. The prescriber remains responsible for diagnosis, prescribing, changing the prescription, and individualized decisions requiring prescriptive authority.
Use the RN for nursing, not as an informal replacement for the prescriber. Confirm assignments against Board of Nursing rules.
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