National Nursing Organizations
Established in 1952 with the assistance of the ANA and the NLN, the NSNA is the national organization for students enrolled in nursing education programs
What is the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA)?
THE PRIMARY ROLE OF THE NURSE; care that provides physical, emotional, intellectual, sociocultural, and spiritual needs; the nurse integrates the roles of communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, and collaborator to promote wellness through activities that prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate coping with disability or death
Who is a caregiver?
There is a growing population of hospitalized patients who are older and more acutely ill and there is a shortage of nurse
What is the aging population?
Established in 1952, its objective is to foster the development and improvement of all nursing services and nursing education
What is the National League for Nurses (NLN)?
the protection of human or legal rights and the securing of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make informed decisions about their own health and lives
What is to advocate?
Multiple healthcare professionals from different professional backgrounds working together with patients, families, caregivers, and communities to deliver the highest quality of care possible
What is interprofessional collaboration?
Founded in the late 1800s, its membership is comprised of the state nurses’ associations to which individual nurses belong
What is the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
the right to self-determination; the nurse respects patients’ rights to make their own decisions about their health care
What is autonomy?
Released “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System” that shocked the world when it claimed that almost 50K people in US hospitals die because of preventable medical errors
What is the IOM Report?
National accreditation for collegiate nursing programs is provided (based on meeting standards) through the AACN by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
What is the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)?
interpersonal and therapeutic communication skills to establish and maintain helping relationships with patients of all ages in a wide variety of health care settings
Who is a communicator?
Addresses the challenges of preparing future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the healthcare systems within which they work
What is QSEN (Quality and Safety and Education for Nurses)?