ANA Call for Comment: Nurse Speciality Recognition

April 2, 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 ([email protected])