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Best Practices for Developing Specialty Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice

Nursing specialization involves focusing on nursing practice in an identified specific area within the entire field of professional nursing. A defined specialty scope of practice statement and standards of professional practice, with accompanying competencies, are unique to each nursing specialty. These documents help assure continued understanding and recognition of nursing’s diverse professional contributions. The purpose of this article is to demystify the process for specialty nurses who are creating or revising their specialty nursing scope and standards of practice. We provide best practices for the developmental process based on our recently published scope and standards of specialty nursing practice. The conclusion provides strategies to disseminate scope and standards documents to appropriate stakeholders.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-7958
Date31 May 2015
CreatorsFinnell, Deborah S., Thomas, Elizabeth L., Nehring, Wendy M., McLoughlin, Kris A., Bickford, Carol J.
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceETSU Faculty Works

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