The Scope and Standards of Holistic Nursing Practice

Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice

The American Nurses Association published the third iteration of its nursing informatics scope and standards of practice in 2008. This work reflects the significant evolution of the specialty from the original scope of practice statement published in 1994 and the first nursing informatics standards of practice in 1995. Although the definition of nursing informatics remains essentially unchanged...

Pain management nursing: scope and standards of practice.

Standards of holistic nursing practice as guidelines for quality undergraduate nursing curricula.

The accreditation criteria of the Commission for Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) direct faculty to select nationally developed standards for professional practice to guide curricula and to articulate curriculum outcomes. Recently, the CCNE proposed that all undergraduate programs should adopt the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Baccalaureate Education as one...

Nursing Theory in Holistic Nursing Practice

Concept: An abstract idea or notion. Conceptual model: A group of interrelated concepts described to suggest relationships among them. Framework: A basic structure; the context in which theory is developed; the structure that permits theory to be understood. Grand theory: A theory that covers a broad area of the discipline’s concerns. Metaparadigm: Concepts that identify the domain of a discipl...

A peek at the revised Nursing Professional Development: Scope and Standards of Practice.

The American Nurses Association will publish the revised Nursing Professional Development: Scope and Standards of Practice this summer. The new document focuses on outcomes, successes, change, and a global audience. This column highlights key changes within the context of nursing professional development, especially continuing nursing education.