ANA Scope And Standards Of Nursing Practice Qs & As
What is the ANA ✔️Ans -American Nurses Association
What is the ANA concerned with? ✔️Ans --legal aspects of nursing
-public recognition of significance of nursing practice to health care
-implications for nursing practice regarding trends
What is the ANA active in regarding nursing issues? ✔️Ans --political
-financial
-professional
ANA definition of nursing ✔️Ans -nursing is the protection, promotion,
and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury,
alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities,
and populations
What are the ANA standards of care in regards to professional nursing
practice? ✔️Ans --assessment
-diagnosis
-outcome identification
-planning
-implementation
-evaluation
what are the ANA standards of professional performance? ✔️Ans --
quality of care
-performance appraisal
-education
-collegiality
-ethics
-collaboration
-research
-resource utilization
-leadership
Nurse Practice Acts (NPA's) ✔️Ans --overseen by state boards of nursing
, -regulate the scope of nursing practice
-protect public safety, health, and welfare
-states are different but similar
-NPA's are revised over past decade (more autonomy and expanded roles)
What is a nurse's scope of practice ✔️Ans --graduated from an approved
school of nursing
-qualified by national exam to be a RN
-hold a baccalaureate degree
-care for patients and families
-derive interventions based on desired outcomes
What does the scope of nursing practice serve as? ✔️Ans -caregivers and
qualifications of care
what is the scope of nursing practice role? ✔️Ans --integrate patient
service delivery
- prepare for tests/procedures
- monitor responses to interventions
Licensure ✔️Ans -- Must past the NCLEX exam
- administered by State Boards of Nursing
- Same test in every state
- based on standardized minimum knowledge for RN
Certification ✔️Ans -- can get certified in a specific speciality area of
nursing
- minimum practice requirements are set
- pass initial exam (maintain certification with ongoing education)
Nursing as an art and a science is a blend of what? ✔️Ans -blend of
current knowledge, standards, insight and humane care
What does nursing as an art and science require? ✔️Ans -- evidence
based practice
- critical thinking
- use of common sense and life experiences
- creativity
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