. Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:18 -0500 From: "Barbara Acello, RN" <bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Net-Gold] ANA Releases Newly Revised Nursing Professional Development: Scope and Standards of Practice . ANA Releases Newly Revised Nursing Professional Development: Scope and Standards of Practice 07/27/10 The American Nurses Association (ANA) and co-publisher National Nursing Staff Development Organization announced this month the release of Nursing Professional Development: Scope and Standards of Practice, the long-awaited update of a key resource. Last updated in 2000, the revised edition, reflects the complex and rapidly developing factors that influence its current and future practice: globalization, dynamic practice environments, evidence-based practice, and the technologies of nursing and health care. For more information and ordering, go to <http://www.nursesbooks.org> <snip> While Nursing Professional Development: Scope and Standards of Practice is a reference guide and primarily for practicing nurses and nursing faculty and students, it is also an essential source for others in related areas of professional development, healthcare providers, researchers, and scholars, along with those involved in funding, legal, policy, and regulatory activities. <http://tinyurl.com/273vdbf> "Barbara Acello, RN" <bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx> .