NUR 304 Final
- Nursing scope of practice
Answer services that a trained health professional is deemed competent to perform and permitted to undertake according to the terms of their professional nursing license
- Nursing standards of practice
Answer Authoritative statements of the actions and behaviors that all registered nurses, regardless of role, population, specialty, and setting, are expected to perform competently
- Nursing standards of professional performance
Answer ethics, advocacy, respectful and equitable practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, scholarly inquiry, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource steward- ship, environmental health
- State boards of nursing
Answer protect the public by licensing nurses, licensing, patient safety resources, file a complaint, scope of practice (Nurse practice act)
- Health care licensure
Answer all are state based, some variability between qualifications for licensure and re-licensure for each state
- How to define scope of practice
Answer 1) The state legislature passes a law, known as a "nurse practice act." 2) Regulatory bodies then create and implement rules and regulations, intended to protect the public 1 / 2
- Standards set by ANA as well as nursing practice act in each state, nurses must adhere to
Answer employer policies, procedures, protocols, centers for Medicare/Medicaid, federal regulations
- 3 nursing professional organizations
Answer southern CT black nurses association, American association for men in nursing, & American holistic nurses association
- Quality based practice
Answer nursing practice is safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, and person centered
- Evidence based practice
Answer Utilizing evidence-based practice means that nurses and nursing students provide patient care based on research studies and clinical expertise and do not just do something "because that's the way we've always done it."
- Primary care
Answer promote wellness and disease prevention
- Secondary care
Answer acute care
- Tertiary
Answer addressing long term effects of chronic conditions
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