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Abstract: The scope and standards of professional nursing practice define and guide high-quality nursing care. This article describes the collaboration between the International Home Care Nurses Organization and the American Nurses Association to develop evidence-based scope and standards of practice relevant to home-based nursing around the world., (Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)

These nurses provide care in a patient's home, wherever home may be., (Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)

Community blood drives provide a significant quantity of the donated blood needed in the U.S. annually. The American Red Cross collaborates with thousands of blood drive sponsors to make donating easier for individuals. Faith community nurses (FCNs) can promote blood donation by involving churches as sponsors for blood drives. This article shares details on the partnership of the Red Cross and a host church; church member statements about motivation to donate, as well as inability to participate, further inform FCNs.

Throughout the world, healthcare is increasingly being provided in home and community-based settings. There is a growing awareness that the most effective, least costly, patient-preferred setting is patients' home. Thus, home healthcare nursing is a growing nursing specialty, requiring a unique set of nursing knowledge and skills. Unlike many other nursing specialties, home healthcare nursing has few professional organizations to develop or support its practice. This article describes how an international network of home healthcare nurses developed international guidelines for home healthcare nurses throughout the world. It outlines how the guidelines for home healthcare nursing practice were developed, how an international panel of reviewers was recruited, and the process they used for reaching a consensus. It also describes the plan for nurses to contribute to future updates to the guidelines.