ANA is working together with our Constituent Member (State) Associations to help remove geographic and practice setting limitations for APRNs. We are still working state by state to ensure that state laws affecting Advanced Practice Registered Nurses are both fair and consistent across the country, and that your scope of practice is not unfairly limited. In addition to this work, we have a number of projects that ANA collaborates on to keep APRNs working to the full potential of their
Nurses are face with ethical dilemmas on a daily basic therefore, must examine their own personal and professional values and morals in order to maintain a caring and compassionate relationship with their patients. When complex ethical issues involving health care arise, the Ethics Committee may be needed for additional resources to aid the patient and family. The Ethics Committee is made up of multidisciplinary groups drawn from the institution and the local community. It is important for nurses to know how to deal with ethical decisions so that patient rights and values are honored without compromising their own moral values. Nurses should respect
Abstract Planning and delegating nursing care efficiently and effectively is an essential skill for all registered nurses to develop and master. The nursing process will assist the registered nurse to effectively plan and implement nursing interventions as well as to appropriately delegate nursing interventions to co-workers. Additionally, following the professional standards for nurses will assist in safely managing a patient load. Equally important is the use of communication. Effective communication is essential to ensure patient safety and positive outcomes, as is effective communication between nurses and the multidisciplinary team.
Professional Roles and Values Project !1 Professional Roles and Values Project Trisha Thorman Western Governors University Professional Roles and Values Project !2 Professional Roles and Values Project Not only is nursing calling and a passion, it is a profession. As part of a collaborative group of healthcare workers nurses must adhere to their professional role and also keep at the front of the mind the values of this role. The role of a nurse is broad and the values of a nurse are many, thus it is important to define one’s role as a nurse and to contemplate upon the multiple values of the profession. A. Functional Differences Professional nursing organizations (PNO), such as the American Nurses Association (ANA), exist to better the field of nursing by representing nurses country-wide. Nurses across the country can sign up to join the ANA in order to broaden their career by making an impact in the nursing profession.
Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing NUR/391 February 3, 2014 Patricia Shaw Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Nurses today face many ethical dilemmas in the delivery of patient care. What can or should be done for the patient versus the wishes of the patient’s physician conflicting with the personal beliefs the nurse holds to be true. The client’s wishes may conflict with the institutional policies, physician professional opinion, the client’s family desires, or even the laws of the state. According to the nursing code of ethics, the nurse’s first allegiance is to the client (Blais & Hayes, 2011, pg. 60).
Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Diane Eckert, Christen Rosa, Gary Pagdilao, Melissa Mendoza Nurs 391 April 20, 2015 Willie Goodwin Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing The nurse plays an important role in the safety and well-being of the sick and vulnerable. In two different cases, one involving the care of the unresponsive patient without advanced directives and the second involves the nurse observing negligent behavior by another nurse. The nurse is responsible not only ethically but legally for the care of the patient. The American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics serves to protect the welfare of the sick, injured and helpless. Nurses are relied upon to advocate for our patients dignity, privacy, confidentiality, improper and incompetent care.
Hence, nurses have the responsibility to advocate patients and help them out. Nurses engaged in professional activities should have the manner that protects patients’ autonomy in order to advocate for patients. According to Mahlin’s article, “Individual Patient Advocacy, Collective Responsibility and Activism Within Professional Nursing Associations”, “Patient autonomy is an essential part of patient advocacy” (Mahlin, 2010). Every patient has the right to choose whether to be involved in planning their health plan or not, because patients have autonomy to make the decision. As nurses, we should seek available resources to help patients to formulate decisions to utilize their rights and achieve their expectations if they confront a dilemma or they have inadequate health knowledge.
Concept Comparison and Analysis across Theories Lori Hamilton NUR/513 October 14, 2013 Georgia Swank Concept Comparison and Analysis across Theories As a profession, nursing theorists have come up with different theories that support and guide nursing practice. This paper will discuss the role of nursing in both Virginia Henderson’s Need Theory and Dorothea Orem’s Self Care Theory. The premise of each theory is the nurse will care for the patient until the patient can care for his or her self. By comparing and analyzing each theory, one will be able to get a better understanding of how to best apply the nursing theory in practice. In both, Henderson’s Need Theory and Orem’s Self Care Theory, the ‘role of nursing’ is the core concept.
Code of nursing influence After careful review of each of the two case studies we, as professionals, can be influenced by the American Nurses Association Code of Nursing Ethics. We can use the code to give us a guideline in difficult decision-making situations. In provision 2, according to “Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretative Statements” (2015), “The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, community, or population” (p. 5). In this particular instance, we can see how the code would be able to assist us, by keeping our commitment to our patient at hand. By being our patient’s advocate, (Hanks, 2013, p. 164) in a time where she cannot speak for herself and the family might be ignorant of the different options available.
Lastly, I will share a scenario in which I have safeguarded principles of beneficence and respect for autonomy for my patients. Functional Differences There are functional differences between a regulatory agency, and a professional nursing organization (PNO). Regulatory agencies are government institutions that were established to regulate, implement, and enforce nursing practice to protect the public’s health and welfare (National Council of State