Professional Standards and Guidelines

The following Professional Standards and Guidelines are used by the SoN academic programs:

Required Professional Standards & Guidelines:

The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021, April)
NTF Criteria for the Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Programs (NTF, 2012)
Washington NCQAC Administrative Code

Specialty Standards & Guidelines:

Competencies and Curricular Expectations for Clinical Nurse Leader Education and Practice (AACN, 2013)
Nurse Educator Competencies: Creating An Evidence-Based Practice For Nurse Educators (Halsted, 2007)
Nursing Administration: Scope and Standards of Practice (ANA, 2009)
Consensus Model for APRN Regulation (LACE, 2008)

Nurse Practitioner Competencies in Specialty Areas:

Additional Professional Standards & Guidelines used in the Nursing courses:

Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2015);
Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Ed. (ANA, 2010);
Nursing’s Social Policy Statement: Essence of the Profession (ANA, 2010)
End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) guidelines (http://www.aacn.nche.edu/elnec/elnec-publications);
Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses (QSEN) (http://qsen.org/competencies/)
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) Test Plan