Nine Nursing Practice Domains – Nursing Blueprint

NINE DOMAINS

1. Create safe healing environments

2. Build caring relationships with patients and families

3. Assess and manage patient symptoms

4. Administer physical, therapeutic, preventative, and end-of-life care

5. Provide surveillance, vigilant of patient risks, and are ready to intervene

6. Teach patients and families what they need to know to actively participate in their own care and decision-making and manage their own care after hospital discharge

7. Collaborate with and coordinate care within the interprofessional team

8. Advocate for the patient and family, ensuring that their needs and preferences are known and respected within the interprofessional care team

9. Navigate patient transitions in care across and out of the healthcare system