American Nurses Association

helps nurses to bring the kind of network connections nurses needed with the group that they belong, colleagues support, and resources they need in any situation. According to Guerrieri (2010), "Belonging to a professional nursing organization brings increasedprofessionalism, autonomy, and self-regulation while offering additional benefits such as social interactions and peer support" (p.47).…

posting is to discuss the nurse’s scope of practice as defined by the American Nurses Association and the Ohio nurse’s scope of practice as defined by the Ohio Board Of Nursing. The nurse standard of practice according the American Nurses “coincide with the nursing process to represent the directive nature of the standards as the professional nurse completes each component of the nursing process” (ANA, 2010 p3). In terms, the nurse should have a clear understanding of the nursing process,…

Nurse Practitioner Role In this world and in our history, we have seen the impact that opposition against the norm has either caused chaos or a positive change to occur. In many circumstances, had it not been for those going against the norm and seeking justice and fairness, our country would not be as far as it is now. Through opposition, we see that flowers can go through concretes and bloom. The role of nurses evolving into nurse practitioners has faced many oppositions and setbacks since it…

ER Nurse: One of the affiliations that support ER nurses is called Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). ENA was formed by Judith C. Kelleher, RN and Anita M. Dorr, RN since 1971. Now, ENA has more than 40,0000 members over 35 countries around the world. I learned that they have their own standard and deliver quality emergency services to patient. Moreover, they provide continue education to ER nurses. They also gather and concern their opinions about Emergency care. I like how they aim for…

skills and leadership skills among the BSN prepared nurses. Registered nurses today are the primary care givers and directly responsible for the coordination of care for their patients and work as part of an interdisciplinary team. Through formal education a BSN prepared nurse is prepared for community education and case management, these areas provide coordination of patient care within and outside the hospital setting. The ADN prepared nurse due to being technical/skill educated lacks…

NUR 562 Health Policy & Bioethics: Nursing Certifications Nurses today are taking on new responsibilities in healthcare. From coordinating care from various providers, organizing caseloads of patients with various healthcare needs, and assisting patients out of hospitals and into homes or other settings, nurses are diligently working towards opening new paths in all areas of nursing. They have become champions for illness prevention and wellness promotion and have cemented their positions as…

adopted laws in regard to staffing for nurses. These states include Oregon, Washington, Ohio Illinois, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Texas. The difference between the other seven states and California, however, is that California has a fixed nursing-to-patient ratio. Majority of the other states tend to model the American Nurses Association Safe Staffing Principles model, which only requires that hospitals have staffing committees, consisting of 50-55% nurses who will develop staffing guidelines…

certification, and education (LACE) considerations differ for APN clinical roles (for each one, MIDWIFE, ANESTHETIC, CLINICAL SPECIALIST AND FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER))for these three states: California, Washington, and Illinois? Provide evidence for your response APN clinical roles Advanced practice nurses involve nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, family nurse practitioners, anesthetic and clinical specialists. The APNs are important in healthcare because they ensure that the general public…

practice. I will discuss the nurse’s scope of practice as defined by the American Nurse’s Association, Pennsylvania Nurse’s Association, and to explain a clinical scenario in which I have successfully applied the scope of practice in a clinical setting. As defined by the American Nurse’s Association, nursing is to improve the health of the public through prevention, diagnosis, treatment and advocacy (American Nurses Association, 2013). The nurse’s scope of practice is defined for nurse’s to…

worked as nurses for centuries. Men are said to be the first nurses, it is believed that during the black plague in the 1300’s, a group of men started the first hospitals to take care of the patients. The word nurse has a long and deep cultural association with women. Nursing is seen as this nurturing, soft, very caring kind of profession. Men choose nursing for the same reason as women to…