Report: Nursing Practice Regulations, Ethics, and Standards

This report delves into the regulations governing nursing practice, emphasizing the roles of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) in ensuring quality healthcare. It differentiates between validated and invalidated data, highlighting the importance of ethical and legal practices within the profession. The report explores professional nursing standards, clinical competency, and the value of theoretical frameworks like the HITECH Act and Nurse Practice Acts. It also covers the influence of regulatory bodies such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and state governments. The conclusion underscores the impact of these regulations on improving nursing services and upholding patient rights and privacy.

Regulation for
Nursing Practice

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ANA stands to ensure:
American Nurses Association
(ANA)
• By enhancing the development in the
field of healthcare by encouraging both
individuals and organizations optimal
patient care can be achieved .
• Give all nurses the best opportunity,
from being a supporter in the halls of
the Congress to the certification bar
globally (ANA, 2019).

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How validated data can
identify gaps in practice.
• Shared interest among nurses accompanying each
other may not meet.
• Along with the creation of nursing certificate tests to
provide license provision of services for practice may
not have met.
• Promotion in the healthcare education and impact on
public health may not have met (Gordon et al.,
2016).
• Safety and welfare practices need to be followed
else repeated cases of patient vulnerability may
encountered.

Difference between
validated and
invalidated data
• Validated Data: the data those
are proven to work in
restoration of health for the
individuals in need (NCSBN.
(2019).
• Invalidated Data: the data
those are not proven but
practiced unethically which is
against the nursing practice. page 4
U.S. Members Associate Members
Exam User MembersMember Support

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Leagal and Ethical Practice
The board ensures to provide best health care
professionals in the states by protecting and
maintaining the safety norms of nursing practices .
This also regulates the practices of nurses based on
ethical practices which ensures:
• Position of practice
• Their knowledge of healthcare is valid and had proven
on various grounds.
• Their location of practice states that what, how and
when they need to practice and what laws they need
to maintain while practicing them (Milstead, 2004).

Importance of Standards
There stands high need for Professional nursing standards
to describe:
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• Caring at the level of competency
• Caring at each phase of nursing process
• Clinical competency checklists or technical reviews
are also used as analytical measures to assess a
nurse's treatment if the supervisor assumes that the
nurse has acquired unhealthy operating patterns or
has failed to follow proven operational protocols.
• Used to evaluate the treatment provided by a nurse,
if the client believes that the nurse has acquired
unhealthy workplace practices or does not obey

Delivery
Delivery of
facilities
improved for
the clinicians
and
healthcare
providers
Cost
The cost for the
clients
increased as
well in order to
ensure
minimum
chances for the
breaches
possible
Access to
Healthcare
Enhance and
more secure
facilities have
been provided
to minimize the
chances of fault
in maintaining
the act
Value of
theoretical
frameworks
used for
nursing
informatics
Nursing IT is a sector
of nursing or
discipline that
focuses on the search
for ways of enhancing
data management
and collaboration
among nurses to
improve efficiency,
decrease healthcare page 7

The HITECH Act (a framework
model)
As per the HHS webpage, the Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
(HITECH) Act was adopted in February 2009 with a view
of:
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• Encouraging the "acceptance and use of health-
related information technology."
• Investigations of suppliers of healthcare services to
decide whether they conform with the privacy and
safety regulations of the HIPAA.

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A Nurse Practice Act (NPA) is a theoretical
framework model which the Board of nursing
governs. However, their stands other practices and
legalizations which may impact the rules and
regulations of this board. Board of Midwifery or
public health are certain examples which runs the
practices for Midwives and nurses (Rn.ca.gov.
2020).
A theoretical framework

Regulatory bodies
WHO ANA NCSBN State
boards of
Nursing
State
Government
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World Health
Organization
American
Nursing
Association
National
Council of
State
Boards of
Nursing
Nursing
Regulation
board at each
state
Governance by
the state
Government

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However, their stands other practices and legalizations which may
impact the rules and regulations of this board. Doing so ethical
breaching such as patients rights and privacy are not violated.
Board of Midwifery or public health are certain examples which
runs the practices for Midwives and nurses. These practices also
frames certain rights for the nurses to hold practices which have
been proven in scholarly articles (Milstead, 2004).
Evaluate ethical and legal
practices

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• Therefore it can be concluded that following the act had
improved the service providing of the nurses and also the
board NCSBN had set down standards to filter nurses who
can provide quality health services when needed.
Conclusion

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References
ANA. (2019). Nursing Scope of Practice | American Nurses Association. Retrieved 19 December 2019, from
https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/scope-of-practice/
Milstead, J. A. (Ed.). (2004). Health policy and politics: A nurse's guide. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
NCSBN. (2019). Membership | NCSBN. Retrieved 19 December 2019, from
https://www.ncsbn.org/membership.htm
Rn.ca.gov. (2020). California Board of Registered Nursing. Retrieved 3 January 2020, from https://www.rn.ca.gov/
Gordon, D. B., de Leon-Casasola, O. A., Wu, C. L., Sluka, K. A., Brennan, T. J., & Chou, R. (2016). Research gaps in
practice guidelines for acute postoperative pain management in adults: findings from a review of the evidence
for an American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guideline. The Journal of Pain, 17(2), 158-166.

Thank You
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