Role of Professional Organizations in Advocating for the Nursing Profession

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Energy Flow ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Nursing Advocacy ◽  
Professional Nursing ◽  
Nursing Organizations ◽  
History Of ◽  
American Nurses Association

Professional organizations and associations in nursing are critical for generating the energy, flow of ideas, and proactive work needed to maintain a healthy profession that advocates for the needs of its clients and nurses, and the trust of society. In this article the author discusses the characteristics of a profession, reviews the history of professional nursing organizations, and describes the advocacy activities of professional nursing organizations. Throughout, she explains how the three foundational documents of the nursing profession emphasize nursing advocacy by the professional organizations as outlined in the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements. The author concludes by encouraging all nurses to engage in their professional organizations and associations, noting how these organizations contribute to the accountability and voice of the profession to society.

The Power of Nursing

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-133
Author(s):  
Debbie Fraser
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Professional Nursing ◽  
Nursing Organizations

IN CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL NURSES WEEK THE ANA AND professional nursing organizations across the United States have come together to address an issue critical to our future—building an even more powerful nursing profession that can take the lead on addressing the complexities of patient care, reshaping the work environment, and influencing health policies to benefit patients and their families. This critical message is being carried to all nurses through each organization’s professional publications.

How one mad scientist grasped the profound potential of humor and changed the face of nursing

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-337
Author(s):  
Karyn Buxman
Keyword(s):  
Health Profession ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Humor Theory ◽  
Mad Scientist ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Nursing ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The history of nursing and the history of humor theory become intertwined with the help of a look-alike-mad-scientist, Dr Paul McGhee. A review is given as to how McGhee played the role of catalyst, pioneer and mentor to many in the health profession and the impact that has resulted in the nursing profession.

scholarly journals Ethics and politics of Great Moravia of the 9th century

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasil Gluchman
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Political Ethics ◽  
Education Literature ◽  
Political Independence ◽  
Political Conception ◽  
History Of ◽  
Culture Education

Abstract The author studies the role of Christianity in two forms of 9th century political ethics in the history of Great Moravia, represented by the Great Moravian rulers Rastislav and Svatopluk. Rastislav’s conception predominantly uses the pre-Erasmian model of political ethics based on the pursuit of welfare for the country and its inhabitants by achieving the clerical-political independence of Great Moravia from the Frankish kingdom and, moreover, by utilising Christianity for the advancement of culture, education, literature, law and legality, as well as by spreading Christian ethics and morality in the form of the Christian code of ethics expressed in ethicallegal documents. Svatopluk’s political conception was a prototype of Machiavellian political ethics, according to which one is, in the interest of the country and its power and fame, allowed to be a lion and/or a fox. Svatopluk abused Christianity in the name of achieving his power-oriented goals. Great Moravia outlived Rastislav; it did not, however, outlive Svatopluk, as, shortly after his death, it broke up and ceased to exist. The author came to the conclusion that Rastislav’s conception was more viable, as its cultural heritage lives on in the form of works by Constantine and Methodius.

The Nursing Profession

Cinema, MD ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 25-46
Author(s):  
Eelco F.M. Wijdicks
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Florence Nightingale ◽  
Feature Films ◽  
History Of ◽  
Role Of Nursing

This chapter explores the different roles of nurses in the history of cinema- from the kind Florence Nightingale to the wicked Nurse Ratched. It is appropriate to ask whether a portrayal is inspiring or off-putting or merely cheap amusement. Nurses in cinema were sweetened and idealized in the late 1930s and 1940s. Films about nurses focused on romantic flings with doctors. Other depictions were misogynistic caricatures and shallow fantasies. Filmmakers seldom portrayed the nursing profession as disciplined and committed because this is not cinematic. It was more interesting to have the nurse look attractive and be courted. However, there are notable exceptions. This chapter recognizes the major role of nursing in the history of medicine and provides context to well-known feature films.

Neurosurgery at the crossroads: leadership role of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons

1979 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald F. Dohn
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Long Range ◽  
American Association ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Long Range Planning ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) reviews the formative history of the major neurosurgical societies, together with their agreement to consolidate their efforts in the joint AANS. As a united group, the Association has been effective in carrying out relations with other professional organizations and with government. Long-range planning is being pursued steadily to increase the role of organized neurosurgery in maintenance of, and improvement in, patient care, education, and research.

The Nursing Code of Ethics: Its Value, Its History

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Epstein ◽  
Martha Turner
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Accreditation Process ◽  
Professional Code ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
History Of ◽  
American Nurses Association

To practice competently and with integrity, today's nurses must have in place several key elements that guide the profession, such as an accreditation process for education, a rigorous system for licensure and certification, and a relevant code of ethics. The American Nurses Association has guided and supported nursing practice through creation and implementation of a nationally accepted Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. This article will discuss ethics in society, professions, and nursing and illustrate how a professional code of ethics can guide nursing practice in a variety of settings. We also offer a brief history of the Code of Ethics, discuss the modern Code of Ethics, and describe the importance of periodic revision, including the inclusive and thorough process used to develop the 2015 Code and a summary of recent changes. Finally, the article provides implications for practicing nurses to assure that this document is a dynamic, useful resource in a variety of healthcare settings.

How Business Enterprises Use Technology: Extending the Demand-Side Turn

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 422-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Yates
Keyword(s):  
Business History ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
History Of ◽  
Business Enterprises ◽  
Technology Users

Today, we are all aware of the importance of technology to modern business, including process technologies as well as consumer and industrial products incorporating technology. The significant role of technology in business (and vice versa) is not, of course, new. Although the history of technology and business history have different professional organizations and often focus on different theoretical and empirical phenomena, the large number of historians who work at the intersection of the two today reflects the importance of each to the other over a much longer time period. Yet historians of both types still too often give short shrift to the role of business enterprises as technology users as well as to the actual business use of technology.

Elaborating the role of reflection and individual differences in the study of folk-economic beliefs

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Arceneaux
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
History Of ◽  
Economic Beliefs

AbstractIntuitions guide decision-making, and looking to the evolutionary history of humans illuminates why some behavioral responses are more intuitive than others. Yet a place remains for cognitive processes to second-guess intuitive responses – that is, to be reflective – and individual differences abound in automatic, intuitive processing as well.

The role of a family history of adenocarcinomas in patients with Barrett oesophagus

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A442-A442
Author(s):  
P TSIBOURIS ◽  
M HENDRICKSE ◽  
P ISAACS
Keyword(s):  
Family History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Barrett Oesophagus
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