Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Contributors

vii

 

Endorsing Organizations

xiii

 

Overview of the Content

xvii

 

Foundational Documents of Professional Nursing

xvii

 

Audience for this Publication

xviii

 

Scope of Nursing Practice

1

 

Definition of Nursing

1

 

Professional Nursing’s Scope and Standards of Practice

1

 

Description of Scope of Nursing Practice

2

 

Development and Function of Nursing Standards

2

 

The Function of Competencies in Standards

2

 

The Nursing Process

3

 

Tenets Characteristic of Nursing Practice

4

 

Healthy Work Environments for Nursing Practice

5

 

Model of Professional Practice Regulation

8

 

Standards of Professional Nursing Practice

9

 

Standards of Practice

9

 

Standards of Professional Performance

10

 

Professional Competence in Nursing Practice

12

 

Definitions and Concepts Related to Competence

12

 

Competence and Competency in Nursing Practice

13

 

Evaluating Competence

13

 

Professional Registered Nurses Today

14

 

Statistical Snapshot

14

 

Licensure and Education of Registered Nurses

14

 

Roots of Professional Nursing

15

 

Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

15

 

Specialty Practice in Nursing

17

 

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Roles

18

 

Nurses in Advocacy and Society

20

 

Progression of Nursing Education

20

 

IOM Influences on the Quality and Environment of Nursing Practice

21

 

Integrating the Science and Art of Nursing

22

 

The Science of Nursing

22

 

The Art of Nursing

23

 

Nursing’s Societal and Ethical Dimensions

24

 

Caring and Nursing Practice

25

 

Continued Commitment to the Profession

26

 

Professional Trends and Issues

26

 

Summary of the Scope of Nursing Practice

29

 

Standards of Professional Nursing Practice

31

 

Significance of Standards

31

 

Standards of Practice

32

 

Standard 1 Assessment

32

 

Standard 2 Diagnosis

34

 

Standard 3 Outcomes Identification

35

 

Standard 4 Planning

36

 

Standard 5 Implementation

38

 

Standard 5A Coordination of Care

40

 

Standard 5B Health Teaching and Health Promotion

41

 

Standard 5C Consultation

43

 

Standard 5D Prescriptive Authority and Treatment

44

 

Standard 6 Evaluation

45

 

Standards of Professional Performance

47

 

Standard 7 Ethics

47

 

Standard 8 Education

49

 

Standard 9 Evidence-Based Practice and Research

51

 

Standard 10 Quality of Practice

52

 

Standard 11 Communication

54

 

Standard 12 Leadership

55

 

Standard 13 Collaboration

57

 

Standard 14 Professional Practice Evaluation

59

 

Standard 15 Resource Utilization

60

 

Standard 16 Environmental Health

61

 

Glossary

63

 

References and Bibliography

69

Appendix A

ANA’s Principles of Environmental Health for Nursing Practice

73

Appendix B

Professional Role Competence: ANA Position Statement

75

Appendix C

the Development of Professional Nursing and Its Foundational Documents

87

 

A Time Line of Development

87

 

Some Specialty Nursing Practice Scope and Standards

90

Appendix D

Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (2OO4)

93

 

Index

149