The Essential Guide to Nursing Practice: Applying ANA’s Scope and Standards in Practice and Education

Nurses who use ANA's Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (2010), and Nursing's Social Policy Statement (2010) will find The Essential Guide to Nursing Practicea valuable resource for understanding and applying these two foundational texts. Written by nurse experts from across the profession, this guide will facilitate teaching and instruction in both nursing courses and the professional development activities of hospitals and healthcare organizations. Each of the 16 Standards of Professional Nursing Practice is presented in its own uniformly structured chapter, each of which provides: The underlying definitions, concepts, processes, and other information necessary for understanding the standard … Applications of the standard in the practice setting of education, administration, quality improvement, and research … One or more case studies and accompanying discussion topics … References and online resources