Nursing's Social Policy Statement: The Essence of the Profession, 2010 Edition (American Nurses Association)

Last revised in 2003, this comprehensive revision to an enduring text updates its framework on the social roots and relationships of the nursing profession and nursing practice. An integrated discussion of its organizing topics - the social context of nursing, nursing's social contract, the definition of nursing, nursing's knowledge base, the scope of nursing practice, the standards of nursing practice, and the regulation of nursing - delineates the essential elements of the profession for nurses in anylevel or setting of practice and education. --Publisher's description.