Question

 1. Discuss the importance of membership in a professional nursing association.

 2. Based on your respective area of practice, identify a professional nursing association that would help strengthen and improve your respective nursing practice as a new baccalaureate prepared nurse.

 3. How might your membership in a professional association be of benefit to your respective organization and your respective community?

 4. What are your plans for joining a professional nursing association?

Answer 1

Q. No. 1. Answer :

Importance of membership in a professional nursing association :

* we can know the up to date news and information related to the nursing profession and practice.

* We can access continuing education often at discounted rates.

* it is useful to improve the clinical skills and like both professional and future career prospects.

* They can get scholarships for higher education.

Q. No. 2. Answer :

There are some professional nursing associations ,those are

1. American nursing association,

2. State nursing association,

3. American Red Cross,

4. Hospice and palliative care association,

5. National student nurses association.

National student nursing association is help ful for student nurses then can become state nursing association members.

* It is non profit organization, started in 1952, in the United States.

* To mentor the student nurses to get licensure and professional development.

* In these the students get scholarships to complete their professional education.

* they can get new knowledge and technological skills and trends.

Q. No. 3. Answer :

Membership in a professional association benefits to respective community or organization :

* To update their knowledge in an organization,

* we can acquire new job skills and ideas through seminars and workshops.

* Through the online courses the association members can improve the knowledge in an organization to implement their knowledge.

Q. No. 4. Answer :

Plans for joining a professional nursing association :

* It is one of the vital component of life long learning process.

* It is a source of mentor our knowledge.

* It define and promote Excellence in practice though new skills.

* These associations mekes a positive impact on health policies.

* career and leadership development.

* create a future nurses.

So by joining as an association members we can get all these benefits, so we can plan like join in professional association members.