You are orienting a new nursing professional development specialist to the position. How best would you describe the ANA and National Staff Development Organization's Standards of Nursing Professional Development?
1. The standards cover assessment, outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
2. The standards tell us specifically what we need to do and how to meet these requirements in our department and as nursing professional development specialist.
3. The standards describe quality care and needs.
4. The standards provide guidelines for staff development functions and professional issues of staff development specialists.
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Explanation: 1. The standards do cover these aspects, but include many more aspects of staff development in the 16 standards, five of which are assessment, outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
2. These are standards and do not clarify how to implement with a specific department.
3. The standards relate to quality care but do not describe it and its needs.
4. The standards describe functions and also professional issues related to staff development specialist such as collegiality, collaboration, ethics, advocacy, and leadership.
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