AACN DOMAINS FOR NURSING
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Domain 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice - Answerintegration, translation, and
application of established and evolving disciplinary nursing knowledge and ways of
knowing, as well as knowledge from other disciplines, including a foundation in liberal
arts and natural and social sciences. This distinguishes the practice of professional
nursing and forms the basis for clinical judgment and innovation in nursing practice.
Contextual Statement: Knowledge of Nursing Practice provides the context for
understanding nursing as a scientific discipline. The lens of nursing, informed by nursing
history, knowledge, and science, reflects nursing's desire to incorporate multiple
perspectives into nursing practice, leading to nursing's unique way of knowing and
caring.
Domain 2: Person-Centered Care - AnswerPerson-centered care focuses on the
individual within multiple complicated contexts, including family and/or important others.
Person-centered care is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate,
coordinated, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate. Person-centered care
builds on a scientific body of knowledge that guides nursing practice regardless of
specialty or functional area.
Contextual Statement: Person-centered care is the core purpose of nursing as a
discipline. This purpose intertwines with any functional area of nursing practice, from the
point of care where the hands of those that give and receive care meet, to the point of
systems-level nursing leadership.
Domain 3: Population Health - AnswerPopulation health spans the healthcare delivery
continuum from public health prevention to disease management of populations and
describes collaborative activities with both traditional and non-traditional partnerships
from affected communities, public health, industry, academia, health care, local
government entities, and others for the improvement of equitable population health
outcomes
Contextual Statement:
-Nurses play a critical role in advocating for, developing, and implementing policies that
impact population health globally and locally. In addition, nurses respond to crises and
provide care during emergencies, disasters, epidemics, or pandemics. The purpose of
these collaborative activities, including development of interventions and policies, is to
strive towards health equity and improved health for all.
Domain 4: Scholarship for Nursing Practice - AnswerThe generation, synthesis,
translation, application, and dissemination of nursing knowledge to improve health and
transform health care.
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