Nursing Administration: Scope and Standards of Practice

The premier resource for today's nurse administrator, Nursing Administration: Scope and Standards of Practice, Second Edition is informed by ongoing advances in health care, professional nursing, and organizational and administrative management. It covers all aspects of a nurse administrator's practice in any setting or role and at any level of influence and authority. Topics discussed include core role accountabilities, role qualifications (including certification and education), and ethics of this nursing specialty, as well as the issues, opportunities and trends that every nurse administrator must know. The core accountabilities alone illustrate the depth and breadth of nursing administration practice: Accountability and advocacy for employees. Clinical care delivery and optimal patient outcomes. Healthy work environments. Legal and regulatory compliance. Networking, partnering and collaborating. Patient and population health advocacy. Safety, quality and risk management. Strategic, financial and human resource management. The publication's 17 competency-based standards will help in evaluating practice outcomes and goals and delineating what is expected of all nurse administrators. Its scope of practice - the who, what, where, when, why, and how of their practice - is the context for these standards. This book is a professional development must-have for the practicing or aspiring nurse administrator or nurse executive, or any registered nurse or nursing student. About ANA's Specialty Nursing Standards. Since the late 1990s, ANA has partnered with other nursing organizations to establish a formal process for recognition of specialty areas of nursing practice. This includes the criteria for approving the specialty itself and the scope statement, and an acknowledgment by ANA of the standards of practice for that specialty. Because of the significant changes in the evolving nursing and health care environments, ANA's approval of specialty nursing scope statements and its acknowledgment of specialty standards of practice remain valid for five years, starting from the publication date of the documents. The standards in this publication are based on language from ANA's Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, Third Edition, a helpful supplement to this specialty text, which in turn is of optimal use with two complementary ANA texts: Guide to Nursing's Social Policy Statement and Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses. Together these three books help guide nursing practice, thinking and decision-making. The set is proving useful as a professional reference, classroom textbook, in-service training guide and credentialing exam resource.

Table of Contents:
Scope of Practice of Nursing Administration Function of the Scope Statement Introduction Definitions Evolution of Nursing Administration Practice Administration of Nursing Schools Administration of Public Health Nursing Administration of Nursing in Hospitals Magnet Recognition Program® Institute of Medicine Report Practice Settings and Span of Influence System-Wide Influence Organization-Wide Influence Service/Department/Program Influence Unit/Team-Wide Influence Role Accountabilities Safety, Quality, and Risk Management Patient and Population Health Advocacy Clinical Care Delivery and Optimal Patient Outcomes Healthy Work Environment Strategic, Financial, and Human Resource Management Legal and Regulatory Compliance Networking, Partnering, and Collaborating Role Qualifications Education Certification Competencies Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Ethics in Nursing Administration Trends, Issues, and Opportunities Improving the Patient Care Experience Advancing the Health of Populations Reducing Per-Capita Cost of Health Care Standards of Nursing Administration Practice Standards of Practice for Nursing Administration Standard 1. Assessment Standard 2. Identification of Problems, Issues, and Trends Standard 3. Outcomes Identification Standard 4. Planning Standard 5. Implementation Standard 5A. Coordination Standard 5B. Promotion of Health, Education, and a Safe Environment Standard 6. Evaluation Standards of Professional Performance for Nursing Administration Standard 7. Ethics Standard 8. Culturally Congruent Practice Standard 9. Communication Standard 10. Collaboration Standard 11. Leadership Standard 12. Education Standard 13. Evidence-Based Practice and Research Standard 14. Quality of Practice Standard 15. Professional Practice Evaluation Standard 16. Resource Utilization Standard 17. Environmental Health Glossary References Appendix A. ANCC Certification Assessment Content Appendix B. Nursing Administration: Scope and Standards of Practice (2008)