The American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) has posted its draft acute care nurse practitioner scope of practice, standards of practice and standards of professional performance for public comment at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5GXW9XK. Please access the files and provide your recommendations and comments for each section before the closing deadline of April 7, 2017.
ANA’s Committee on Nursing Practice Standards seeks public comment on its “Draft Recognition of a Nursing Specialty, Approval of a Specialty Nursing Scope of Practice Statement, Acknowledgment of Specialty Nursing Standards of Practice, and Affirmation of Focused Practice Competencies.”
This 2017 document will replace and reflects significant revision of ANA’s 2010
“Recognition of a Nursing Specialty, Approval of a Specialty Nursing Scope of Practice Statement,
and Acknowledgment of Specialty Nursing Standards of Practice.” Access the draft document and
response survey at www.nursingworld.org/PublicComment-DraftRecognitionNursingSpecialty.
Please use this opportunity to contribute to ANA’s focus on transparency and recognition of the
important insights of public examination of its products. Do encourage colleagues, students,
organizations and other stakeholders to also review and submit comments.
The closing date for submission of comments is midnight EDT April 24, 2017.
If you have any questions, contact: Carol J. Bickford, PhD, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN (carol.bickford@ana.org)