ANA Scope and Standards of Nursing
Practice with Answers
What is the ANA - American Nurses Association
What is the ANA concerned with? - -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? - -political
-financial
-professional
ANA definition of nursing - 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? - -
assessment
-diagnosis
-outcome identification
-planning
-implementation
-evaluation
what are the ANA standards of professional performance? - -quality of care
-performance appraisal
-education
-collegiality
-ethics
-collaboration
-research
-resource utilization
-leadership
Nurse Practice Acts (NPA's) - -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 - -graduated from an approved school of nursing
-qualified by national exam to be a RN
Practice with Answers
What is the ANA - American Nurses Association
What is the ANA concerned with? - -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? - -political
-financial
-professional
ANA definition of nursing - 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? - -
assessment
-diagnosis
-outcome identification
-planning
-implementation
-evaluation
what are the ANA standards of professional performance? - -quality of care
-performance appraisal
-education
-collegiality
-ethics
-collaboration
-research
-resource utilization
-leadership
Nurse Practice Acts (NPA's) - -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 - -graduated from an approved school of nursing
-qualified by national exam to be a RN
