Posted: January 8th, 2017

The ANA’s standards of nursing practice

What factors need to be considered when determining whether or not identified actions are within the domain of nursing practice? Be sure to cite current literature in your response.

Grading Rubric and Hints for this Discussion Question

Class this question asks how you determine if an action is within your scope of practice. Do not confuse scope of practice (legal regulation) and the ANA’s standards of nursing practice (minimum competencies).

This model from the ANA website may help you conceptualize how we assess our scope of practice. Discussion on the ANA web site and your own Board of Nursing site and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing will also be useful in learning how to assess your scope of practice.

Grading Rubric

Discusses several ( at least three) factors that need to be considered when determining whether or not actions are within the scope of nursing practice? 3 points

Discusses why these factors need to be considered 3 points

Prioritizes factors that need to be considered ( which factor do you check first? second? third? ) 3 points

Cites current literature in response (course lecture is not current literature) 3 points

APA and Writing 3 points

Writing free of grammatical and spelling errors

Correctly formatted in text citations (at least one)

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