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Assignment:

1. Visit the Scope of Practice. webpage on the American Nurses Association website and review what nursing is.

The American Nurses Association published a book about nursing's social policy statement. In brief:

Nursing's social policy statement is about the many ways that nursing helps others. It is about the relationship-the social contract-between the nursing profession and society and their reciprocal expectations. This arrangement authorizes nurses as professionals to meet the needs involved in the care and health of patients and clients, and the health of society. It helps nurses engage in political and legislative action that supports nursing education, research, and practice to better influence that health and care, and to understand the social ethics and justice that affect global and individual health.

2. Answer the following questions:

• What does the definition of nursing mean to you? How does it relate to the issue of racism, discrimination, and bias in nursing?
• What is the social contract that nursing has with society? How does that relate to the definition of nursing and, in turn, to the issue of racism, discrimination, and bias?
• How do you view your responsibility to yourself and others related to this social contract into which you are entering?