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The topic is "Professional Nursing Organizations".
Professional Nursing Organizations
Professional organizations and associations in nursing are critical for generating the energy, flow of ideas, and proactive work needed to maintain a healthy profession that advocates for the needs of its clients and nurses, and the trust of society (Matthews, J.H., 2012). These organizations are helpful to get the nurses together from all around the nation and share ideas, thoughts, congregate, talk among themselves, and advocate for their causes. Associations also make it possible for nurse to advocate for the removal of barriers to the use of advanced practice nurses, to allow them to practice to their full scope of practice across all settings and in all states and also to receive just payment for their services rendered. Such organizations provide webinars, scholarly manuscripts and publish the latest advanced knowledge in a specialty area and/or the profession to help nurses maintain current knowledge of changes in practices and Continued Education with Contact hour credits.
Very few policy changes take place without the concerted efforts of many advocates working together to bring about a common goal. Joining a professional nursing organization is an important way to enhance individual advocacy efforts. Nurses in an organized professional association have more resources, and are able to strategize more effectively to bring nursing's perspective to health policy decision makers than do individual nurses. Professional nursing organizations are able to monitor public policy and offer ways for their members to learn about health policy. They also serve as a resource for reliable information related to policy issues and policy makers (Abood, S., 2007). These organizations contribute to the accountability and voice of the profession to society (Matthews, J.H., 2012). The more notable nursing associations are the following:
American Nurses Association (ANA)
The ANA has a link on the site that is directly connected to policy. When on this site, there are current documents of legislature that affect nursing care. Currently, the site is offering information about the Health Care Law. The ANA has always been active in public affairs The ANA expects its members and even non-members to stay abreast of any legislature that affect practice (https://www.nursingworld.org/, n.d.) and contact their fellow congress people or senators to express their opinions.