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ANA
CNA
- American Nurse Association
- Canadian Nurse Association
- Official professional organization for nurses in their countries
- Establishing standards of nursing to establish high quality care
- update standards
- Politics, track health care legislation,
- Liaison with government' publishing educational materials
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NLN
- National League of Nursing
- First nursing organization with a goal to establish and maintain a universal standard of education
- Sets standards for all types of nursing programs
- Lobbies with other healthcare organizations
- Funds research on nursing education
- publishes "Nursing Education Perspectives"
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ICN
- International Council of nursing
- Represents nursing on a global level
- Composed of federation of national nursing organizations of 1w0 nations
- Ensure quality health service for all
- Supports global health policies,
- improve. Worldwide health
- improve working conditions
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NSNA
- National student nurses association represents nursing student in the USA
- Elected volunteer who advocate on behalf of student nurses
- Publishes "image"
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STTI
- Sigma Theta Tau International
- International honor society for nursing
- goal: foster nursing scholarship, leadership and research
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Direct care vs. indirect care
Direct care= personal interaction between nurse and clients e.g. giving meds
Indirect care=when they work on behalf of the client e.g. restocking meds
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Purposes of nursing care
- Health promotion: health = a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
- Illness prevention: avoidance of disease, infection and other comorbidities, decrease the risk and exposure
- Health restoration: return to health for those already ill
- End of life care: promoting the respectful care for those who are terminally ill or dying
- Promote comfort, maintain quality of life, provide spiritual care, ease the emotional burden of death
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QSEN
- Quality and safety education for nurses project and the IOM Institute of medicine have identified safety competencies:
- Patient centered care
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Evidence based practice
- Quality improvement
- Safety
- informatics
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Trends in society
- Trends in economy, growing number of older adults
- Increased consumer knowledge
- legislation
- Women's movement
- Collective bargaigning
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