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Standards of Practice: A Measure of Competence

Home Healthcare NursePublished 1 June 2001
JEANNE TOWNES, Patricia Cook
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TL;DR

The American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Scope and Standards of Home Health Nursing Practice (1999) are an external influence on home health quality of care, employment, and competencies.

Abstract

Jeanne Townes, MSN, RN, is Instructor and Coordinator of Nursing Skills Labs, School of Nursing, University of South Carolina at Aiken, Aiken, SC where Patricia R. Cook, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor and Assistant Head. Address for correspondence: Patricia R. Cook, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, University of South Carolina at Aiken, 471 University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801; email: [email protected]

Keywords

Health ProfessionsNursing