Standards of Practice



Standards of Practice


Sharon M. Weinstein







NURSING PRACTICE

In this section, the Standards address the practice setting; patient-specific populations, including neonatal and pediatric patients and older adult patients; as well as ethics, scope of practice, competencies, quality improvement, the evidence base, and policies and procedures for clinical practice.


The Standards allow for those inside and outside the profession to judge the competency of nurses practicing infusion therapy. As a method of public protection, the Standards address the need for the nurse to be competent in the safe delivery of infusion therapy within his or her scope of practice (INS, 2011).


Throughout this chapter, the authors highlight key standards and the relevant practice criteria. (Standards are printed in italics; practice criteria are not in italics.) How well the nurse integrates the Standards and practice criteria is one way to evaluate competence in specialty IV nursing practice. The reader is referred to the INS for a full copy of the Standards document.


Practice Setting



Neonatal and Pediatric Patients





Scope of Practice



PRACTICE CRITERIA



  • The legal scope of practice for all licensed health care professions is defined in the state statute governing each profession.


  • The method for making scope of practice decisions is different for each state’s Board of Nursing and includes a decision tree model, declaratory ruling, and advisory opinions.


  • Decisions about the scope of practice for each type of personnel involved with infusion therapy should focus on nursing assistive personnel, medical assistant, licensed practical/vocational nurses, registered nurses, infusion nursing specialists (CRNI), and advanced practice nurses.


Quality Improvement



PRACTICE CRITERIA

Jun 19, 2016 | Posted by in NURSING | Comments Off on Standards of Practice

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