The purpose of the ______________________________ is to define and establish the scope of nursing practice and provide the framework for the nursing process
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American Nurses Association
ANA
Rationale: There are many frameworks for critical thinking in the health care professions. Nursing has developed its own unique tool, the nursing process, to frame critical thinking. The nursing process is the framework on which the ANA developed the Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice. These standards give the profession broad guidelines to which nurses can be held accountable in their practice.
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