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Read Chapter 14. APA Style. Minimum 2 references
1-Do you think it is important for nurses to be involved in their professional organizations? Why or why not?
2. The Affordable Care Act (“ObamaCare”) has been both praised and vilified. Debate the pros and cons of this legislation and of health-care reform in general.
3. What is your vision of nursing’s future? How will you contribute to shaping it?
4. Interview a nurse educated in a diploma program at least 20 years ago.
a-How did that nurse’s education differ from your education today?
5. Locate the website of a professional organization related to nursing. Bring a copy of the organization’s mission, membership criteria, and standards of practice.
6. Ask five people of different ages and gender who do not work in the health-care field what they think most nurses do. Compile their answers with the answers your classmates collected and summarize them. Compare the summary to what you know nurses actually do.
a-Were the answers realistic?
b-Did they over- or underestimate the responsibilities most nurses have?
c-Did they recognize the wide variety of things nurses do?
d-Was there a difference by age or gender of the person answering the question?
e-What do the results tell you about the public’s image of nursing?
f-What do you think influences their image the most? Explain your answer.
7. Describe the nurse of the future.
a-What does he or she do?
b-Do you think nursing will become a more powerful force in health care?
c-Why or why not?
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1. Why I believe that professional organizations are vital for nurses.
There are various nursing professional organizations, and I believe it is advisable for
nurses to be involved in them because of multiple benefits. According to Weiss and Tappen in
their book Essential of Nursing Leadership Management, the first advantage of nurses’
professional organizations is that their concerns are more likely to be heard and acted upon as a
collective organizational voice as it is hard to ignore unlike an individual voice. The second
advantage still according to the two is that professional organizations empowers the nurses in
that it does not only enhances their commitment to improving the health and well-being of their
clients, but it also gives them the opportunity to work with people in the same field on issues
critical to their careers(Weiss & Tappen, 2014).
Other advantages of being part of a professional organization according to Lancaster is
that professional organizations aids one in networking, provides career assistance, and helps an
individual stay up to date with current news and changes in the field ( Lancaster, 2018). They are
valid reasons why all the nurses should be part of at least one professional organization.
2. Cons and pros of Obamacare
One of the things the previous president of the United States, Barrack Obama, did during
his term was the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, also known as the Obamacare, in 2010.
The law was meant to ensure that all Americans have ...
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