Which components are used in determining the standards of professional nursing practice? Select all that apply.

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Standards of nursing practice and care are universal criteria that are used when determining if appropriate, professional care has been delivered. The definition of this minimum acceptable level of care reflects what reasonable, prudent, and careful nurses would do in specific circumstances. The state or province/territory boards of nursing help to regulate these standards. Sources used to define standard of care include statements from professional organizations, agency policies and procedures, textbooks, current literature, expert consensus, the Nurse Practice Act, and statutes from regulatory organizations (Options B, C, and D). (Option A) The standard of care includes objective criteria and does not consider intention. Guidelines are used in determining if duties were performed in an appropriate manner. A nurse can have good intentions but still fail to meet the standards of professional nursing practice. (Option E) Standard of care is determined by objective, third-party authoritative/reasonably reliable sources. Nurses who are suspected of negligence, yet cannot provide documentation of the event in question, can testify about their interpretation of usual custom and practice as it relates to the incident. However, an individual's typical actions are not authoritative in determining the universal standard of nursing care and cannot replace the use of objective, authoritative, and predetermined standards of care. Educational objective: The standards of professional nursing practice and care are defined by what reasonable, prudent nurses would do in specific circumstances. These are based on objective, third-party authoritative sources, including literature, laws (Nurse Practice Act), and professional organizations.

Which Components Are Used in Determining the Standards of Professional