Nurses Doing the Right Thing…And More!
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Nurses Doing the Right Thing…And More!
Teresa L. Anderson, EdD, MSN, RNC-OB, NE-BCPresident, Nebraska Nurses Association
Objectives
1. Recognize the role of the Registered Nurse as an advocate for the patient, the community and the profession.
2. Illustrate successful methods to balance professional and personal values and goals.
Nurses Advocating - Patients
Preserving Human Dignity
Patient Equality
Freedom
from Suffering
Nurses Advocating - Community
Community and Public Health Health Promotion Disease Prevention Risk Reduction Population Health/Education
Individual Rights v. Collective Responsibility Impact of actions on others
Nurses Advocating - Profession
Know Current
Law
Monitor and
Impact Legislatio
n
Review and Apply Standards
Hold Peers
Accountable
Join a Profession
al Associatio
n
Provide Public
Comment
Volunteer for Events or Teams
Serve on Boards
and Task Forces
Balancing Personal & Professional Values
Citizens rights – beliefs, values,
and personal
philosophies
Professional beliefs, values,
philosophies, and goals
Balancing Personal & Professional Values
Ethical
Moral
Legal
Spiritual
Professional Dilemma
Balancing Personal & Professional Values
Same-Sex Marriage Abortion Immigrati
on
Defense Spending
Budget Deficit
Access to Care
Fossil Fuels
Legalized Marijuana
Independent Practice
Balancing Personal & Professional Values
What is your choice?
Embracing our profession
Working toward understanding
Respect for divergent opinions
Collaborative dialogue
Standing on the sidelines letting others act?
Just imagine…
A world without nurses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoRVz1E5yDs&list=UU_rR0WAr4gUQY6s-pAvmIHAp://
Just imagine…
A world without the American Nurses Association and the Nebraska Nurses Association…
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/Discounts
Just imagine…
A world without the American Nurses Association and the Nebraska Nurses Association… would be a world without nurses.
These associations support the infrastructures behind every nursing action that occurs and every nurse who is educated.