title: Creating and using staff development standards.
abstract: This article is an overview of the development of the revised Scope and Standards of Practice for Nursing Professional Development, published by the American Nurses Association in 2000. It provides some background information about the standards, and discusses implications for staff development educators. The framework for these revised standards is continuing competence, which is essential to promote evidence-based practice.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Education and Staff Development, Summa Health System, Akron, OH 44309-2090, USA. bruntb@summa.health.org
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brunt
mesh_terms: D000575:American Nurses' Association; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D013192:Staff Development / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States