Policies/standards/practices/acts/ethics

Front 1

social policy statement

Back 1

expresses nursing's social contract w/ the society we serve

defines what we do in the context of out relationship w/ society & our obligation to the recipients of our care

Front 2

ANA practice standards

Back 2

competent level of care:
assessment
diagnosis
outcome identification
planning
implementation
evaluation

Front 3

ANA performance sandards

Back 3

define competent levelsof professional nursing behaviors:
quality of practice
education
professional practice evaluation
collegiality
collaboration
ethics
research
resource utilization
leadership

Front 4

nurse practice acts

Back 4

state basesd
regulate licensure and practice
role of state boards of nursing

Front 5

ICN code of ethics for nurses

Back 5

4 fundamental responsibilities:
promote health
prevent illness
reatore health
alleviate suffering

4 principal elements:
nurses and people
nurses and practice
nurses and the profession
nurses and co-workers

Front 6

ANA code of ethics for nurses

Back 6

practices w/ respect for dignity of client, regardless of socioeconomic status or health problems
committment to patient
promotes/protects health, safety, and right of patient
responsible for their own practice
preserve their own integrity/safety/competence as they would for their patients
works to improve/maintain healthcare environments and conditions
contributes to practice, education, administration, and knowledge development of profession
collaborates w/ other health care professionals in effort to meet needs
profession of nursing is responsible for stating/maintainging nursing values