Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing 2017 - Cynthia Murray

Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing 2017

By Cynthia Murray

  • Release Date: 2018-03-15
  • Genre: Science & Nature

Description

The Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing promotes effective clinical and administrative management of increasingly complex ambulatory care RN roles and responsibilities in a changing health care environment. The 9th Edition contains significant revisions from previous versions, including an updated Scope of Practice statement, as well as updates for the 16 standards of professional ambulatory care nursing practice. The scope of practice statement addresses the definition and unique characteristics of ambulatory care nursing, the conceptual framework, its history over the past 30 years, the diverse types of ambulatory care settings, the roles of ambulatory care RNs, the trends and issues in ambulatory care and future directions. The standards specify the competencies needed for professional clinical and administrative practice.

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