Essentials of Nursing Practice Package 2026
Nurses seeking to create exemplary practice environments refer to ANA’s Essentials of Nursing Practice Package to guide them in their daily practice, thinking and decision-making.
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Nurses seeking to create exemplary practice environments refer to ANA’s Essentials of Nursing Practice Package to guide them in their daily practice, thinking and decision-making.
Whether you’re new to nursing, an experienced nurse who wants to stay updated, or you have legal, agency or regulatory interests in nursing, these books provide an important knowledge base.
The all-new, three-book series includes updated versions of:
- Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 5th Edition (new in 2026)
- Code of Ethics for Nurses (updated in 2025)
- Guide to Nursing’s Social Policy Statement: Understanding the Profession from Social Contract to Social Covenant
These are the authoritative texts on nursing that provide essential information on the foundation of the profession. The series helps you:
- Better understand the scope of the practice and professional standards of nursing
- Become better prepared to meet the challenges of everyday practice
- Grasp the implications and importance of nursing within society
A must-have for faculty, students, researchers, in-service trainers, chief nursing officers, boards of nursing, agencies, organizations, regulators, legislators, lawyers, judges, health care consumers and others.
Downloads and Licensing
ANA Digital Download Policy
An ANA eBook site license entitles Licensees to share an electronic book or multiple books through a secure network for research, teaching, or study purposes.
The ANA site license gives authorized users seamless simultaneous access to the evidence- and research-based nursing knowledge and information that they need—when and where they need it.
To obtain a site license, please provide the following information:
- Title or list of ANA eBooks that will be included in the site license
- Duration of term needed
- Projected number of people expected to access the material
- Complete contact information, including primary contact, mailing address, e-mail address, and phone numbers
Please send site license request to sales@ana.org. A site license coordinator will contact the primary contact via email to confirm the price and complete the transaction.
Site Licenses for eBooks
An eBook site license entitles you to share an electronic book with others in your facility or academic institution only, either by posting to a secure intranet site or by providing other means of secure access. The ANA site license gives everyone in your organization seamless simultaneous access to the evidence- and research-based nursing knowledge and information that they need—when and where they need it.
For use on a hospital intranet or university electronic reserve, please provide the following information:
- Title or list of ANA eBooks that will be included in the site license
- Duration of term needed
- Projected number of people expected to access the material
Please send site license request to copyright@ana.org. Please also include with your request, complete contact information, including your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and phone numbers. A site license coordinator will contact the primary contact via email to confirm the price and complete the transaction. Prepayment is required. If you have any questions, please contact copyright@ana.org.
See Sample Site License Agreement [PDF]
