Question Description
Question:
Outline the concept of professional accountability as it pertains to nursing. Provide examples of how a nurse demonstrates professional accountability in clinical expertise, the nursing process, and evidence-based practice.
STUDY MATERIALS
Explore the America Nurses Credentialing Center website. In particular, familiarize yourself with the resources describing standards of practice.
https://www.nursingworld.org/ancc/
Explore the “List of Nursing Organizations,” located on the Nurse.org website.
Review the Nurse Practice Act of your home state. A copy of the Nurse Practice Act should be available on the website of your state’s board of nursing or nursing regulatory body.
Review “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) (2010), located on the National Academies of Sciences website.
https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/lib/gcu/detail.action?docID=3378745
Read Chapter 4 in Dynamics in Nursing: Art and Science of Professional Practice.