The nurse may practice hypnosis when:
a. licensure laws allow it as part of nursing practice
b. advanced academic education in psychology has been undertaken
c. she or he is an advanced practice psychiatric mental-health nurse
d. the client requests that it be one of the modalities
A
In nursing practice the use of hypnosis is governed by licensure laws in each state. Nurses who practice hypnotherapy must have formal training in the use of the modality. Most often this training is accompanied by a graduate degree and always by a period of supervised work with a faculty member who is an advanced practitioner.
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