The American Nurses Association proud to release the Fourth Edition of the Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice in Spring 2021. Discover how this updated version guides you and all other Registered Nurses (RN) and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN). You will learn about the most significant changes to this foundational document from the Co-Chairs of the 2019-2020 Nursing Scope and Standards Revision Workgroup, such as:
More information about the Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice is available here.
PATTY BARTZAK, DNP, RN, CMSRN, TCRN
Patty is a Staff Nurse in Infectious Disease at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Massachusetts, where she also serves as Research Chair for Shared Governance. She worked as a staff nurse on the Burn/Trauma Unit at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston for many years. Patty also serves on the Trauma Prevention Committee with the Society of Trauma Nurses and is a frequent author in the MEDSURG Nursing Journal. She also serves on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Committee (MACRA) Clinical Subcommittee on Sepsis. Patty reviews cases for attorneys and has provided expert opinions on more than 50 cases in the last 5 years.
KAHLIL DEMONBREUN, DNP, RNC-OB, WHNP-BC, ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Dr. Demonbreun is currently the Women’s Health Medical Director at a major medical center in the southeast US. Dr. Demonbreun received a Diploma in Nursing from the Henry Ford Hospital School of Nursing, Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing and Master’s of Science in Nursing degrees from the University of South Carolina (SC), and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the Medical University of SC. He holds board certifications as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, an Adult Nurse Practitioner, and an Inpatient Obstetric Nurse. He is a Fellow and a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, member of the American Nurses Association, the Association of Women’s Health Nurse Practitioners (NPWH), and the South Carolina Nurses Association. He is the AANP State Representative for South Carolina and serves on the AANP Health Policy Committee, the Veteran Health Administration’s National APRN Council, Board of Directors for the NPWH, and Chair for the SC Board of Nursing’s Advanced Practice Committee.
KATIE BOSTON-LEARY, PHD, MBA, MHA, NEA-BC
Katie Boston-Leary is the Director of Nursing Programs at the American Nurses Association overseeing the Nursing Practice and Work Environment Division and Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation. She is also the Co-Lead for Project Firstline, a multi-million-dollar grant collaborative with the CDC for training on Infection Prevention and Control. She is also Adjunct Faculty and an Advisory Board Member with the Nurse Leadership Institute at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
She was previously the Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Union Hospital of Cecil County in Maryland for 5 years. Katie led her team at Union to their second ANCC Pathway to Excellence designation and to win the coveted annual ANCC Pathway to Excellence award in 2017.
She also has strong partnerships with deans and chairs of nursing programs in the communities she has worked in to improve nursing curriculums and effectively preparing nurses to transition from novice to experts and has developed many nurse leaders from charge nurses to executives. She was a featured guest at the Inaugural SEHA nursing conference in Abu Dhabi which was a hospital system seeking ANCC Pathway Designation. She has also been invited to Capitol Hill in Washington DC with the American Nurses Association to discuss the havocs of regulatory burden on hospitals. She was recently identified August 2019 Health Leaders Journal as “One of Five Chief Nursing Officers Changing Healthcare”. Her most recent research was a qualitative study on nurses’ perceptions of power dynamics in the hospital setting. She is a well-known speaker nationally and internationally with many publications and podcast guest invitations. She recently completed her PhD at Walden University in Health Services, obtained a dual degree MBA and MHA from the University of Maryland Global Campus and her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Bowie State University in Maryland. She is a board-certified Nurse Executive and obtained a nurse executive leadership certificate from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been interviewed for stories in numerous print, online and televised media outlets namely CNBC, Cheddar TV, HR Maximizer and Bloomberg News. She recently co-authored an article titled, The US COVID‐19 Crisis: Facts, Science and Solidarity, which was published in the International Nursing Review (INR), the official journal of the International Council of Nurses (ICN).