Standards of Nursing Practice

6 standards of nursing practice

1.Assessment - collect comprehensive data pertinent to health 2.Diagnosis - analyze assessment data 3.Outcomes Identification - identify outcomes to plan care 4.Planning - develop a plan 5.Implementation - put the plan in action 6.Evaluation - evaluate progress toward the outcome

Standards of Professional performance

1.Quality of Practice - enhance quality of nursing 2.Education - attain knowledge 3.Professional Practice Evaluation - evaluate one's own nursing practice 4.Collegiality - interact with peers and colleagues 5.Collaboration - partner with patient, family and others to provide care 6.Ethics - adhere to ANA Code of Ethics 7.Research - apply evidence-based practice 8.Resource Utilization - consider the impact of safety, effectiveness and cost when providing care 9.Leadership - provide leadership within the professional practice

Professionalism

The conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize a profession or professional person.

Negligence

a failure to use ordinary care, that is, failing to do that which a person of ordinary prudence would have done under the same or similar circumstances or doing that which a person of ordinary prudence would not have done under the same or similar circumstances.

Ordinary Care

degree of care that a person of ordinary prudence would use under the same or similar circumstances.

profession

includes individuals engaged in a calling requiring specialized knowledge and extensive academic preparation.

Standard of Care

the minimal requirements that define an acceptable level of care, which is to exercise ordinary and reasonable care to see that no unnecessary harm comes to the patient.

Plagiarism

using another person's intellectual property without giving proper credit or attribution.