Yet, the limits of the pharmacist's new role was also articulated: As a pharmacist, it's not in my scope of practice to decide this versus this.
Turf battles and concerns about whether service providers are practicing beyond their scope of practice arise, especially when there is an overlapping of roles [ 35].
One woman, for example, sought care from her rheumatologist, a solution she felt worked well until she became ill with something beyond his scope of practice.
Students considered the harm that may come to patients when they are forced to "push the line" and work beyond their scope of practice.
The current situation is that many of these cadres are put in a position where they feel pressured into working beyond their scope of practice to respond to community needs.
When the physiotherapists assessed a patient's condition and felt they were missing information, had attained their limits, or that intervention was beyond their scope of practice, they were more likely to interact with other providers.
Occasionally this referral was for investigations or treatment beyond the scope of practice of the other community postpartum care provider such as for prescription medications...they said, like, if we felt that he was becoming more jaundiced to go see our doctor and then request a blood test just to check his levels.
"I would assume that they [pharmacists] wouldn't take on roles that encroached on the professional roles of nurses for instances in applying wound dressings or giving advice beyond their scope of practice – you know, diagnosis and management of complex conditions would be taking on a challenging task I would have thought".
It identified three dominant motivations: (i) altruism; (ii) self-serving rationale, such as language acquisition, exposure to range of illnesses, or access to high patient volumes; and (iii) the opportunity to work beyond the scope of practice typically allowed for medical students [ 18].
These are generally beyond the current scope of practice and typical care facility for a doctor, and frequently require the involvement of individuals from a public policy background.
