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)
- Standards for Quality Nurse Practitioner Education (NTF, 2022)
- 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:
- Family NP Competencies (2013)
- PMHNP Competencies (2013)
- NONPF NP Core Competencies (2022)
Additional Professional Standards & Guidelines used in the Nursing courses:
- Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2015);
- Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 4th Ed. (ANA, 2021);
- Nursing’s Social Policy Statement: Essence of the Profession (ANA, 2010)
- End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) guidelines (https://www.aacnnursing.org/elnec/about)
- 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