Education, training, utilization, and legal parameters for nurses are guided by a number of organizations and acts/laws. Which of the following is not one of these organizations or acts/laws?
a. State Nurse Practice Act
b. ANA
c. IOM
d. State Boards of Nursing
C
The scope of nursing practice, education, training, utilization, and legal parameters of nursing practice are guided and defined by a number of organizations and legal acts. Some of these include: 1) State Nurse Practice Act; 2) ANA; 3) NCSBN (not the IOM, which is the Institute of Medicine); and 4) State Boards of Nursing.
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