The International Transplant Nurses Society (ITNS) is proud to announce that the American Nurses Association Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics has formally recognized Transplant Nursing as a specialty nursing practice. An ITNS task force, through an intensive 2-year process, developed Transplant Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice which is based upon three foundational nursing documents Nursing’s Social Policy Statement, Second Edition (ANA, 2003), the Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2004), and Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice (ANA, 2004). The Transplant Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice will be instrumental in providing guidance in identifying the components of quality transplant nursing practice.
In a letter dated January 15, 2009, Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Executive Officer of the American Nurses Association wrote “The American Nurses convenes, through its Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics (CNPE), representatives of twenty (20) various specialty nursing groups to address the need for consistency in standards of practice and to identify a formal mechanism to confirm professional recognition of specialty practice based on designated criteria and a multi-level review process. We are pleased to inform you that the American Nurses Association’s Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics (CNPE) formally recognizes the specialty nursing practice of Transplant Nursing. Thank you for supporting the important, thoughtful, and extensive work effort that culminated in the development of the Transplant Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice and the submission for nursing specialty recognition. These are important milestones for both the specialty and the nursing profession.
The American Nurses Association continues to advance the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by informing regulatory agencies on healthcare issues affecting nurses and the public.”
The Transplant Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice should be available in late Spring 2009 for purchase at a modest price. Please contact Cynthia L. Russell, PhD, RN, ITNS Scope and Standards Task Force Chair and ITNS Research Director, for further questions at RussellC@missouri.edu.
