Nephrology Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, 8th Edition, 2017

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The Nephrology Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice (8th Edition) provides a method of defining the scope of nephrology nursing practice and a conduit for evaluating that practice. This resource serves as a guide in identifying nephrology nurses’ responsibilities to their profession, their colleagues, and the healthcare consumer. The new edition includes:

• an updated definition of nephrology nursing and scope of practice statement
• a new standard related to culturally congruent practice
• defined competencies for the graduate-level prepared nurse (in addition to competencies for the nephrology nurse and nephrology APRN)
  
• examples on how to use the standards in clinical practice featuring vignettes of situations that require intervention by the nephrology nurse
• samples of tools that incorporate the standards into various situations
• a glossary to aid with the understanding of terms used