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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals
Jane A. Hardley
Grand Canyon University
NRS-430V-0102: Professional Associations Membership
Mrs. Barbara Hennie
July 18, 2021
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The American Nurses Association (ANA) is one of more than 100 national nursing
organizations (Matthews, 2012). Nursing organizations like the ANA and the National League
for Nursing (NLN) all have a broad focus, encompassing the entire nursing profession. Whereas
organizations like the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the Society of
Pediatric Nurses, the National Association of Orthopedic Nurses, and others are focused on
disease processes (diabetes, renal, cardiac), healthcare settings (hospital, clinic, surgical), age
(pediatric, geriatrics), or advanced practice. Nursing Organizations are the backbone of
professional development.
BENEFITS
Belonging to a nursing organization connects you with your peers and the nursing world.
nurses need to unite to have a strong voice in the political issue on local, state, and national
levels that concern nursing. When nurses stand as one, the organization will be reckoning with in
every aspect. Belonging to any organization comes with benefits, so is the nursing organization
have the following opportunities, like continuing education/lifelong learning, certification
opportunities in your specialty, role-related competencies training, up to date on evidence-based
practice so one can continue to be at the forefront of practice changes, annual nursing
conferences, networking to stay informed, others know you can be trusted, of high standards,
mature and dependable (Mrs. Barbara Hennie GCU, 2021)
and educational conferences.
ANA the brain behind standard and scope of practice, provide guidelines for nursing
performance believes in legislative order to protect, promote, and preserve the public health,
safety, and welfare through legislative regulation and control of registered professional nursing
education and practice so it will continue to advocate for its member as well as the patient care
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals
Jane A. Hardley
Grand Canyon University
NRS-430V-0102: Professional Associations Membership
Mrs. Barbara Hennie
July 18, 2021
This study source was downloaded by 100000836546216 from CourseHero.com on 05-13-2022 11:59:32 GMT -05:00
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The American Nurses Association (ANA) is one of more than 100 national nursing
organizations (Matthews, 2012). Nursing organizations like the ANA and the National League
for Nursing (NLN) all have a broad focus, encompassing the entire nursing profession. Whereas
organizations like the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the Society of
Pediatric Nurses, the National Association of Orthopedic Nurses, and others are focused on
disease processes (diabetes, renal, cardiac), healthcare settings (hospital, clinic, surgical), age
(pediatric, geriatrics), or advanced practice. Nursing Organizations are the backbone of
professional development.
BENEFITS
Belonging to a nursing organization connects you with your peers and the nursing world.
nurses need to unite to have a strong voice in the political issue on local, state, and national
levels that concern nursing. When nurses stand as one, the organization will be reckoning with in
every aspect. Belonging to any organization comes with benefits, so is the nursing organization
have the following opportunities, like continuing education/lifelong learning, certification
opportunities in your specialty, role-related competencies training, up to date on evidence-based
practice so one can continue to be at the forefront of practice changes, annual nursing
conferences, networking to stay informed, others know you can be trusted, of high standards,
mature and dependable (Mrs. Barbara Hennie GCU, 2021)
and educational conferences.
ANA the brain behind standard and scope of practice, provide guidelines for nursing
performance believes in legislative order to protect, promote, and preserve the public health,
safety, and welfare through legislative regulation and control of registered professional nursing
education and practice so it will continue to advocate for its member as well as the patient care
This study source was downloaded by 100000836546216 from CourseHero.com on 05-13-2022 11:59:32 GMT -05:00
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