American Nurses Association

Discuss the mission of the organization.

Select one nursing issue listed on the organization’s website.

Describe your chosen issue and how it supports the mission of the organization.

Discuss what impact the issue has on professional nursing practice. 

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The American Nurses Association

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Florida Southwestern State College

Professional Roles and Dimension NUR390

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Founded in 1896, the American Nurses Association is the leading organization in

representing the interests of the United States’ four million registered nurses. It has always been

in the forefront of working on the improvement of the quality of healthcare. With several

members from all fifty states and across the entire United States territories, the American Nurses

Association is acknowledged as the strongest and noticeable voice for the profession. Its

existence is triggered by the need to advance the nursing profession by promoting high standards

of nursing practice, advocate on health care issues affecting both the public and nurses,

promoting an ethical and safe working environment, as well as encouraging the wellness and

health of nurses (Ziebarth, & Solari-Twadell 2020). Since it represents the needs and interests of

the registered nurses, several stakeholders have directed their support towards the organization

including career development resources and lobbying congress on particular issues that influence

the affairs and welfare of the registered nurses.

Mission of American Nurses Association

The American Nurses Association describes nurses being a promoter, protector,

optimizer of health and its abilities, nurses prevent illness and injury, facilitate healing, and

alleviate suffering for patients, families, and the public” (Finkelman, 2019). Consequently, the

American Nurses Association’s mission statement is “lead the profession to shape the future of

nursing and health care”. When individual nurses accomplish their full capacities and unite a

group, the American Nurses Association can accomplish its mission. It is recognized as the voice

of its members together with their needs. In moments of dramatic health care reform, the

American Nurses Association is always recognized for its effort to protect the needs of both the

nurses and healthcare consumers.

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The American Nurses Association has always been focused on advocating that nursing

expertise plays a critical role in shaping and developing policy initiatives. In a bid to push its

mission, the American Nurses Association has always reiterated its longstanding ideologies for

health system transformation. In order to accomplish its mission, the system ought to ensure a

universal access to a standard package of fundamental health care services for all residents and

citizens. It also seeks to optimize preventive, community-based, and primary services while

supporting the cost-effective use of hospital-based, acute, technology driven, and innovative

services for every healthcare consumer.

The American Nurses Association’s mission is also advanced by the need to promote

mechanisms for stimulating economic access and use of health care services while helping

individuals who do not have effective means of sharing in costs. The mission is also geared by

the strive to create and maintain adequate supply of skilled workforce that focuses on the

provision of high quality care services.

Nursing issue: Empowering Registered Nurses

The American Nurses Association has always focused on empowering registered nurses

among other key issues. For over a century, the American Nurses Association has prioritized and

directed its energy and resources to multiple issues including helping to improve the health care

work environment, obtaining federal finances for educating and training nurses as well as taking

an expanded role advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) and Registered Nurses (RN) in

the delivery of primary and basic health care. It undertakes to empower nurses by launching

programs and initiatives that impact the effectiveness of their services and fighting foe what the

members of American Nurses Association.

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Registered nurses have always been termed as the largest group with the most demanding

role in the entire medical field across the world (Munro, & Hope 2020). In addition to lobbying

on matters that directly influence the role of registered nurses, the American Nurses Association

takes valiant stances on matters that, not only empower nurses but are also vital to its members.

In connection to this issue, the American Nurses Association has always taken a steady and

uncompromised positions on a range of issues including workplace violence, Medicare reform,

the essence of safe nursing staffing, whistleblower protections for health care staffs, and

sufficient reimbursement for health care services.

The selected issue i.e., empowering of registered nurses supports the mission of

American Nurses Association by supporting nurses to lead change. The American Nurses

Association understands that acknowledging the essential value of nurses is a critical starting

point for every nursing organization. Nurses work in all healthcare settings and own distinctive

view given in several diverse specialties and roles. Due to this, nurses can contribute to and

provide insights on the most viable ways of improving health care in a country (Tluczek et.al

2019). This can only be accomplished by considering nurses to be paramount.

While the dedication portrayed by the registered nurses often implies that self-care is not

among the top priorities, it is important to focus on the main agenda. Heathier and empowered

nurses are associated with greater staff retentions for organizations, and improved patient

outcomes. The American Nurses Association believes that treating nurses with respect that their

commitment deserves is an important way of leading the nursing profession to shape the future

of health care and nursing.

Impact of Nursing Issue on Professional Nursing Practice

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Empowering registered nurses and the general work environments that support

professional practice is often related to positive nurse outcomes and satisfying patient care.

Higher empowerment basically facilitates the professional practice environments and

commitment of the registered nurses. Empowerment also makes the nurses feel that they have

satisfaction in their job, the power to authorize their job, and develop a feeling of appreciation.

Nursing empowerment generally the patient care outcomes which reflects positively on the

nursing practice.

Conclusion

The American Nurses Association is among the most recognized nursing organizations

across the world with a significant role in the health care system. It plays a critical role in

advocating for the rights of registered nurses based on their practices and specialties. By

focusing on nursing empowerment, as one of its major issues, the American Nurses Association

plays a considerable part in improving healthcare service delivery, patient outcomes, and the

general performance of the nursing practice.

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References

Finkelman, A. (2019). Professional nursing concepts: Competencies for quality leadership (4th

ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Munro, C. L., & Hope, A. A. (2020). Empowering Nurses in 2020, the Year of the Nurse.

Tluczek, A., Twal, M. E., Beamer, L. C., Burton, C. W., Darmofal, L., Kracun, M., … & Turner,

M. (2019). How American Nurses Association Code of Ethics informs genetic/genomic

nursing. Nursing ethics, 26(5), 1505-1517.

Ziebarth, D. J., & Solari-Twadell, P. A. (2020). American Nurses Association, Regional, State,

and Denominational Faith Community Nursing Organizations. In Faith Community

Nursing (pp. 253-259). Springer, Cham.

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