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Examine the importance of professional associations in nursing. Choose a professional nursing organization that relates to a specialty area of interest. In a 750‐1,000-word paper, provide a detailed overview of the organization and its advantages for members. Include the following:

  1. Describe the organization and its significance to nurses in the specialty area. Include its purpose, mission, and vision. Describe the overall benefits, or “perks,” of being a member.
  2. Explain why networking is important for a nurse in this specialty field. Discuss how this organization creates networking opportunities for members.
  3. Discuss how the organization keeps its members informed of health care changes and changes to practice that affect the specialty area.
  4. Discuss opportunities the organization provides for continuing education and professional development.

You are required to cite a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be appropriate for the assignment and relevant to nursing practice.  

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

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Rubric Criteria

1)The professional organization associated with a specialty area is comprehensively and thoughtfully described in detail, including its purpose, mission, vision, and overall benefits of being a member.

2)A comprehensive explanation of why networking is important for a nurse in this specialty field is included. Discussion of how this organization cr

3)A comprehensive and detailed description of how the organization keeps its members informed of health care changes and changes to practice that affect the specialty area is included.

4)A comprehensive, relevant, and thoughtful discussion of the opportunities the organization provides for continuing education and professional development is included.

5)The thesis, position, or purpose is clearly communicated throughout and clearly directed to a specific audience

6)The thesis, position, or purpose is logically advanced throughout. The progression of ideas is coherent and unified. A clear and logical conclusion aligns to the development of the purpose.

7)Specific and appropriate evidence is included. Relevant perspectives of others are clearly considered

8)No mechanical errors are present. Appropriate language choice and sentence structure are used throughout.

9)Uses appropriate style, such as APA, MLA, etc., for college, subject, and level; documents sources using citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., appropriate to assignment and discipline.

 

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Professional Association Membership

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Professional Association Membership

Examine the importance of professional associations in nursing. Choose a professional nursing organization that relates to your specialty area, or a specialty area in which you are interested. In a 750-1,000 word paper, provide a detailed overview the organization and its advantages for members. Include the following:

  1. Describe the organization and its significance to nurses in the specialty area. Include its purpose, mission, and vision. Describe the overall benefits, or “perks,” of being a member.
  2. Explain why it is important for a nurse in this specialty field to network. Discuss how this organization creates networking opportunities for nurses.
  3. Discuss how the organization keeps its members informed of health care changes and changes to practice that affect the specialty area.
  4. Discuss opportunities for continuing education and professional development.

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E.L. is a 84 year-old-woman who lives in her own home with a full-time caregiver and attends a day program on weekdays. E.L. has a history of bipolar disorder and moderate dementia. At baseline she is cantankerous and opinionated. More recently her caregiver reports that behaviors are agitated and oppositional.

E.L. is refusing most cares, is paranoid that, when her caregiver is on the phone, she is talking about E.L. She has been resisting sleep, staying up late and waking in the middle of the night.

Her caregiver denies aggressive behaviors, but E.L. is arguing with other participants in her day program and is at risk of being kicked out of the program.

Current medications are depakote 1500 mg daily (last level was therapeutic), quetiapine 100 mg qhs, and bupropion 75 mg qd.

 

Write an assessment and tentative treatment plan. You may use the Assessment and Plan sections from the PMHNP SOAP note template for this, or choose to write this out in a paragraph form. However, both the Assessment and Plan sections must be clearly identified and all components in these sections, as described in the PMHNP SOAP note template, must be included. Assessment — Identify preliminary diagnoses, supporting information, and target symptoms. Plan: Tentative treatment plan and rationale. Using proper citations and APA formatting, you must include references for your statements.

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