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Chapter 9
Professional Accountability:
Credentialing and Accreditation
Professional Accountability
• Responsibility that one assumes for their practice
• Obligation to report or account for their actions – To the profession, public, and themselves
Regulation of Nursing
• National, state, and local agencies– Guide regulation to protect the public’s health, safety, and welfare
• Examples of each
Hallmarks of a Profession• University education• Distinct service or practice and discipline
• Research-based body of knowledge• Autonomy (self-governance) and accountability
• Code of ethics• Association membership
Accountability• Begins with preconditions
– Ability– Responsibility– Authority– Ends in accountability
• Alliance for Nursing Accreditation (ANA)
Accreditation and Approval in Nursing
Education• History• Purposes• National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• American Nurses Association (ANA)
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) • History• Purpose• Three categories of state boards
Licensure
• History• NCSBN’s role• National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN)
• APRNs
Mutual RecognitionModel of Nurse Licensure • Goal• Nurse Licensure Compact • Impact on each state’s Nurse Practice Act
Advantages of Compact
• Nurses practice in multiple states without needing multiple licenses
• Collaboration between interstate boards of nursing may increase public safety
• Improved access to nursing care in rural settings
Trends in Mandatory Continuing Education
(MCE) • State specific• Specialty specific• Setting specific• Link between MCE and professional competence
Certification and Credentialing
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• Specialty organizations• Advance practice
Healthcare Accreditation• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)– History– Purpose– Goals
• Magnet Status