NURSING 5 NURSING 1 Professional Nursing Concepts Name Institution Scope of Practice within Nursing Introduction Professional nursing concepts may be defined as mental images, mental formulation, abstractions, and words that nurses use to construct mental images that help in enhancing practice. Scope of Practice Scope of practice within nursing may be defined as the activities and services that a qualified nurse is authorized to perform according to the terms of their professional licenses (Lubbe & Roets, 2014). According to the NMBA, the