Professional Standards of Practice for Nursing
The American Nurses Association (ANA) put together a generic scope and standards of nursing including specialty practice as well as standardized terminology for nurses. The ANA defines standards as authoritative statements describing responsibilities that nurses are held accountable for.
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Standards for Assessment
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Assessment is part of the registered nurse's responsibilities, according to the ANA. He must collect comprehensive data that is relevant to the patient's health situation in a systematic and ongoing process. Involving the family of the patient, the patient, and other health care providers is important for holistic data collecting.
Standards for Outcomes Identification
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Registered nurses must individualize the patient's plan for excepted outcomes as well as ensuring there are culturally appropriate outcomes from the diagnoses. He must contemplate associated risks, benefits, clinical expertise, and current scientific evidence when devising expected outcomes, as well as including an estimate on how long it will take to attain expected outcomes.
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Standards for Planning
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Planning is part of the standards that a registered nurse must follow. The plan should lay out strategy and alternatives to obtain expected outcomes as well as addressing each identified diagnoses or issue which may include strategy to restore and promote the patient's health as well as prevent future illness, injury, and disease.
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