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Professional Roles and Organizations
Overview
There are many roles a professional nurse may assume. As a member of a professional group, nurses should become active in one or more professional nursing organizations. There are many reasons to get involved-becoming involved in a professional nursing organization provides the nurse with a voice to address issues that impact nursing practice and provides a means to help the nurse stay up to date in their area of practice.
Prerequisites
None
Assignment Instructions
1. Enter Sentinel City® and interview the City Health Director. The City Health Director has additional information about the various roles that a professional nurse may assume.
2. Review course readings and other available resources.
3. Select three professional roles that are available to nurses and discuss how each role may impact the patient, family, or healthcare in general.
4. Identify two professional organizations and discuss how active involvement would advance the nursing profession as well as contribute to your professional development.
· For a list of state, national, and international nursing organizations, visit Nursing.org at
http://nurse.org/orgs.shtml
· Review The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education-resources/BaccEssentials08
· Review the Sentinel Watch. Every Nurse Should Belong to Professional Organization
http://www.americansentinel.edu/blog/2017/01/17/every-nurse-should-belong-to-professional-organizations/
5. To demonstrate mastery, select to complete this assignment:
· 2-3-page paper in APA format,
· 5-6 slide PowerPoint presentation,
· Or 3-5-minute video presentation
6. For questions, contact your instructor.
Learning Objectives
· Identify professional nursing roles
· Analyze how the professional nursing role impacts healthcare
· Identify professional nursing organizations
· Discuss the importance of involvement in a professional nursing organization
Grading Rubric – Professional Roles and Organizations
Assignment Competencies |
Gold Mastery |
Silver Acceptable |
Developing Competency |
Professional Nursing Roles |
Identifies 3 professional nursing roles |
Identifies 1-2 professional nursing roles |
Does not identify professional nursing roles |
Discussion of how three professional nursing roles impact healthcare |
Includes a detailed discussion of 3 professional roles and the impact of these roles on healthcare |
Discusses 1-2 professional roles and their impact on healthcare |
Does not include a discussion of how professional nursing roles impact healthcare |
Professional nursing organizations |
Identifies 2 professional organizations |
Identifies 1 professional organization |
Does not identify professional organizations |
Discussion of how the two professional organizations advance nursing practice and contribute to your professional development |
Provides a detailed discussion on 2 professional organizations and explains the benefit to the nursing profession and self |
Discusses how 1 professional organization benefits the nursing profession and contributes to professional development |
Does not include a discussion of how professional organizations contribute to the nursing profession and professional development |
Conforms to current APA standards for headings, citations and/or reference page |
0-1 APA format error |
2-4 APA format errors |
>4 APA format errors |
Student Mastery Level & Faculty Comments: |