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Components of Professional Practice Models
Zane Robinson Wolf1, Chantal Cara, Noreen Bernard
1Author Affiliations: Dean Emerita and Professor (Dr Wolf), School of Nursing and Health Sciences, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA; Full Professor (Dr Cara), Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada; Distinguished Caring Science Scholar, Boulder, CO (Dr Cara), Watson Caring Science Institute; Invited Professor/Caring Scholar (Dr Cara); University of Colorado, Boulder; Invited Professor (Dr Cara), Institut et Haute École La Source, Switzerland; Researcher (Dr Cara), RRISIQ, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Chief Nursing Officer (Dr Bernard), Longs Peak Hospital and Broomfield Hospital, University of Colorado Health, Aurora; Affiliate Associate Professor (Dr Turkel), Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; and Senior Fellow (Dr Drenkard), AARP Center for Health Equity through Nursing, AARP Center for Health Equity through Nursing, Washington, DC.
Objective:
This study describes common components of nursing professional practice models (NPPMs) of Magnet ® -designated nursing service organizations.
Background:
Components of professional practice models have not been consistently analyzed, suggesting a need to identify their concepts. Evidence-based guidelines may be unavailable to assist in the creation and revision of models.
Methods:
A checklist was used to analyze 56 Web-based NPPMs of Magnet-designated nursing departments.
Results:
Checklist items showed a match with parent organizations, an emphasis on patient- or family-centered care, a commitment to quality nursing services, and nursing's professional distinctiveness. Responses indicated engagement in shared governance and support of nursing staff's professional development. The concepts of health, care of sick and well people, and scope of nursing services were inconsistently addressed and call for further research.
Conclusion:
Nurse leaders should examine concepts in NPPMs and the extent they distinguish nursing's professional identity both within and externally to the organization.
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