What document, published in 1965 by the ANA, clearly defined two levels of nursing practice?
a. Licensing standards
b. Position paper
c. Smith-Hughes Act
d. Nurse practice act
ANS: B
The ANA's position paper of 1965 defined two levels of nursing: registered nurse and technical nurse. Licensing standards, the Smith-Hughes Act, and the nurse practice act were not documents defining two levels of nursing practice published in 1965.
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