| A | B |
|---|
| Scope of practice | Activities person with particular license may legally perform |
| Entry into practice | Minimum preparation professional nursing = BSN; position paper ANA 1965 |
Differentiated nursing practice,  | Nursing roles in practice structured according to education, experience, competency |
| Pew Health Professions Commissions | Defined "21" Competencies |
| Nursing's Agenda for the Future | Identified 10 domains for concern |
| Nursing Advisory Council | Est. 2003: addresses multiple nursing issues; feedback to JCAHO |
| State Board of Nursing | Protects public safety against negligence, malpractice- acts committed by nurses |
| Certification | Refer to standards set by governmental agency |
| Accreditation | Refer to standards set by non-governmental agency |
| NANDA | Group that identifies a diagnostic classification system for nursing diagnosis and approves new ones |
| NIC | Comprehensive standardized language for nursing interventions |
| NOC | Comprehensive standardized language for nursing outcomes |
Safe Harbor,  | Nurse to request "Peer review when "duty to patient" violated |
Nurse Licensure Compact,  | Agreement among states to mutually recognize each others' licensees |
| Party states | States who adopted the compact |
| Home state license | Where the nurse permanently resides |
| Remote state | Where the nurse will pracice using multistate privilege |
