Is Functional Nursing within my scope of practice?
Yes — Functional Nursing is taught entirely within nursing scope. You learn to assess, educate, and support patients, with clear boundaries around labs, supplements, and clinical collaboration.
Yes. Every concept — labs, supplements, physiology, assessment, story, and systems thinking — is taught through a nursing lens with explicit scope boundaries for RNs and APRNs. The program emphasizes assessment, patient education, partnership, and collaboration with the wider care team, not diagnosing or prescribing outside your existing licensure. Nurses are always encouraged to check their state Nurse Practice Act.
For more, see our blog: How Nurses Can Safely Integrate Functional Medicine Within Nursing Scope.
Learn more or register on the Functional Nursing: A Functional Medicine Framework for Nurses program page.