Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Telehealth Nursing

The Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Telehealth Nursing, 6th Edition aligns telehealth nursing with extensive health care environmental and technological transformation. The Standards presents new thinking about telehealth as an integral component of today’s professional health care practice. This edition of the Scope and Standards of Telehealth Nursing reflects current professional norms, practices, and expectation, and recognizes the constantly evolving landscape or professional health systems.

Sixteen standards are included in the publication with the first six standards addressing the six phases of the nursing process. The remaining 10 standards address professional performance in telehealth practice. The Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Telehealth Nursing, 6th Edition, can be used in a wide variety of agencies to develop the structures and processes of telehealth nursing including policies, procedures, role descriptions and competencies