Library of Ken Walker International University

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-148) and index.

Overview of the content. Foundational documents of professional nursing -- Audience for this publication -- Scope of nursing practice. Definition of nursing -- Professional nursing's scope and standards of practice : Description of scope of nursing practice ; Development and function of nursing standards ; The function of competencies in standards -- The nursing process -- Tenets characteristic of nursing practice -- Healthy work environments for nursing practice -- Model of professional practice regulation -- Standards of professional nursing practice : Standards of practice ; Standards of professional performance -- Professional competence in nursing practice : Definitions and concepts related to competence ; Competence and competency in nursing practice ; Evaluating competence -- Professional registered nurses today : Statistical snapshot ; Licensure and education of registered nurses ; Roots of professional nursing -- Nursing research and evidence-based practice -- Specialty practice in nursing -- Advanced practice registered nurse roles -- Nurses in advocacy and society -- Progression of nursing education -- IOM influences on the quality and environment of nursing practice -- Integrating the science and art of nursing : The science of nursing ; The art of nursing ; Nursing's societal and ethical dimensions ; Caring and nursing practice -- Continued commitment to the profession -- Professional trends and issues -- Summary of the scope of nursing practice -- Standards of professional nursing practice -- Significance of standards -- Standards of practice. Standard 1. Assessment -- Standard 2. Diagnosis -- Standard 3. Outcomes identification -- Standard 4. Planning -- Standard 5. Implementation : Standard 5A. Coordination of care ; Standard 5B. Health teaching and health promotion ; Standard 5C. Consultation ; Standard 5D. Prescriptive authority and treatment -- Standard 6. Evaluation -- Standards of professional performance. Standard 7. Ethics -- Standard 8. Education -- Standard 9. Evidence-based practice and research -- Standard 10. Quality of practice -- Standard 11. Communication -- Standard 12. Leadership -- Standard 13. Collaboration -- Standard 14. Professional practice evaluation -- Standard 15. Resource utilization -- Standard 16. Environmental health -- Appendix A. ANA's principles of environmental health for nursing practice -- Appendix B. Professional role competence: ANA position statement -- Appendix C. The development of professional nursing and its foundational documents : A time line of development ; Some specialty nursing practice scope and standards -- Appendix D. Nursing: Scope and standards of practice (2004).

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