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Contributors
Co-Chairs
Jennifer H. Matthews, PhD, ACNS-BC
Carola M. Bruflat, MSN, RNC, WHNP-BC/FNP-BC
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
Workgroup Members
Robin Chard, PhD, RN, CNOR
Association of perioOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
William R. Donovan, MA, RN
Lisa A. Gorski, MS, HHCNS-BC, CRNI, FAAN
Infusion Nurses Society (INS)
Debra Hobbins, MSN, APRN
Patricia Leo Holloman, BSN, RN, CNOR
David M. Keepnews, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN
Theresa Ann Posani, MS, RN, CNS, APRN-BC, CCRN, CNE
Thomas E. Stenvig, PhD, RN, MPH, CNAA
ANA Staff
Lisa Summers, DrPH, CNM – Content Editor
Yvonne Humes, MSA – Project Coordinator
Maureen E. Cones, Esq. – Legal Counsel
Eric Wurzbacher – Project Editor
About ANA
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is the only full-service professional organization
representing the interests of the nation’s 3.1 million registered nurses through its
constituent member nurses associations, its organizational affiliates, and the Center for
American Nurses. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards
of nursing practice, promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive
and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on
health care issues affecting nurses and the public.
This ANA publication—ANA’s Principles for Nursing Documentation—reflects the thinking
of the nursing profession on various issues and should be reviewed in conjunction with
state board of nursing policies and practices. State law, rules, and regulations govern the
practice of nursing, while this publication guides nurses in the application of their
professional skills and responsibilities.
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