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Intellectual and developmental disabilities nursing; scope and standards of practice.

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Intellectual and developmental disabilities developmental disabilities (DD),
n.pl the pathologic conditions that have their origin in the embryology and growth and development of an individual. DDs usually appear clinically before 18 years of age.
 nursing; scope and standards of practice.

American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
  • American Association (19th century), active from 1882 to 1891.
  • American Association (20th century), active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997.
 on Mental Retardation mental retardation, below average level of intellectual functioning, usually defined by an IQ of below 70 to 75, combined with limitations in the skills necessary for daily living. . Nursing Division.

nursebooks.org

2004

116 pages

$16.95

Paperback

RC570

These 15 standards provide direction for nurses caring for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and represent the current level of knowledge and practice in outcomes identification, planning, coordination, ethics ethics, in philosophy, the study and evaluation of human conduct in the light of moral principles. Moral principles may be viewed either as the standard of conduct that individuals have constructed for themselves or as the body of obligations and duties that a  and leadership. An appendix reprints the Statement on the scope and standards for the nurse who specializes in developmental disabilities and/or mental retardation published in 1998.

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