Roles and purpose of organizations American Nurses Association (ANA) ANA also known as the American Nurses Association is consider to be one of the loudest voices for Registered Nurses today. ANA has been around since before 1911. ANA represents all Registered Nurses today and makes sure that there is an adequate amount of nurses that are highly skilled and well educated. They not only make sure that the healthcare system is getting the most up to date and accurate skilled nurses, they are a true advocate for nurses in the work place as well as the general public. ANA has made their standards high for practicing nursing to improve the overall health care.
When I began my journey in search for a secondary education that would fulfill my desires I did not know where to begin, but I did know one thing: I wanted to get out of state. I was ignorant and believed that I was too good for the state from which I was raised in; I wanted to leave everything behind and see what the world had to offer. I kept this mindset for months upon months until my worrying parents finally managed to coax me into looking within Illinois for my education--it is at this point where I would stumble upon Illinois State University. I had heard multiple friends express their interest in ISU many of whom would call dub it their dream school. By researching ISU further, all of my misconceptions about in-state schools were dispelled.
Have you ever been stuck in a position where you don’t have a clue on what you want your future career to be? Well, it definitely happened to me. I was influenced by many people to choose a career similar to theirs. I observed the lives of friends and family that were business, accounting, engineering, teaching, and psychology majors, but none caught my attention. It was then that my mother shared numerous stories about her days as an OB nurse and how that had made her into the mother that she is.
The reason why I chose to go to school for Nursing is because of my mother, Charlotte Anthony. My mother is paralyzed from waist down. I have been helping her since I was nine years old. I have helped her bathe, get dressed, and get in and out of the bed. My experience with her has taught me a lot.
I am attending Colorado Christian University to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I started my medical career as a Combat Medic in the US Army. Since then I have become a Registered Medical Assistant and a Registered Phlebotomy Technician. I now work in a dialysis clinic and soon will be a Certified Dialysis Technician too. I decided to become a nurse because I feel I am capable of achiving it.
I decided to apply to the University of Wisconsin-Madison because of their nursing school’s collaboration with scientists and renowned researchers across the UW-Madison campus, the nation, and the world. This school will help me network with the best researchers and scientists whom I can learn and grow from. The university is the third largest research university in the country and will help me further my career in research as a nursing student. Research is very important in the nursing field due to the fast growing pace of diseases and illnesses. There needs to be new techniques in developing cures and care plans, especially treatment that are unique to each individuals’ needs.
Roles in Advanced Nursing Practice Henny Heiman Chamberlain University: Nurse Practitioner Track NR00NP Foundational Concepts and Advanced Practice Roles Instructor Bencs January 21, 2023 Roles in Advanced Nursing Practice Advanced practice registered nurses are registered nurses who have met the requirements for advanced education and clinical practice. APRNs take care of patients with chronic diseases, diagnose and treat illnesses, give health advice to the public, and continue their education to keep up with technical, methodological, and other industry advances. APRNs have a Master's degree and the nursing education and license that all Registered Nurses must have, with additional training, education and certification.
Professional Association Membership Professional nursing organizations, such as the American Nurses Association (ANA), are dedicated to supporting the field of nursing and advocating for nurses all across America. The ANA is committed to recognizing and advocating on important issues that impact nurses. Some of the issues that the ANA advocates for include safe work environments, better pay, better benefits, and better nurse-patient ratios. The ANA represents approximately 4 million nurses as they work to empower them, support them, and protect them. Furthermore, membership in the ANA is not limited strictly to individuals.
I am in my third year of nursing and I am currently working in a hospital on an Orthopedic Neurological Trauma Unit. I collaborate with patients to identify the prominent health issues they are experiencing and advocate to ensure the care they receive is the most effective for their healing process. Patient interaction, learning new skills and evidence based practice, and being hands on with patient care are the benefits of my job that I enjoy the most. I form a bond with these patients and listen to their personal story to ensure that I give care individualized for each patient. As a Family Nurse Practitioner, I can connect with patients of various age ranges and diagnoses by applying these
Nursing, and everything that it entails, cannot be easily described in just one simple word or phrase. It goes beyond the meaning of a profession and the stereotypical definition of treating the ill. Nursing is the “protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” (American Nurses Association, 2010, p. 1). Therefore, it is a career that requires dedication, passion, critical thinking, and knowledge. It demands commitment and an understanding of its core values and concepts, as well as the nurse’s own personal philosophy and principles.
As a first generation student to attend college from a family of seven, the journey to a higher education has been arduous and overwhelming. My family gives me all the encouragement I need and are very optimistic about pursuing a higher degree. Unlike myself, my parents did not have the opportunity to attend college. My parents were born and raised in a small town in Mexico where the highest level of education they received was fifth grade. I have worked since I was 14 years old to support my parents with bills, and also saving for college and my own vehicle.
The world is still unknown to me and yet I still have questions to ask myself about my future. Life is filled with questions that don’t have an answer. If there is a question without an answer then it would feel like an answer without a question. Knowledge is an important aspect in my life because I want to seek answers to find out more on how the world works, like having a big picture on life as a functioning unit. This is also the reason why nursing is the field I want to major in.
In June 2014 my husband, my son and I left Cuba bound for Paraguay looking to improve our lives and our families, after spending a year there we decided to come to America because it is the country that can give you a best future for our son. We are very happy to be in this great country where one has the opportunity to achieve the goals proposed. We studied medicine in our country and we exercised until we left, as specialists in orthopedics and traumatology my husband and I as Ophthalmology. Now here we decided to study nursing to keep branch of medicine and at the same time we have to work to support our family and to pay for school. I think nursing is a career that will allow us to be useful to society and will give us many satisfactions in the future.
As a child, I dreamed of acquiring a career in Nursing. I was always fascinated by the amount of respect that nurses received during my doctor visits throughout my childhood. There are many reasons why I chose to major in Nursing such as the ability to take care of someone, the money and benefits that the career offered, as well as job stability and flexibility. On of my main reasons for pursing Nursing is the ability to care for someone other than myself.
These factors solidified my career choice of becoming a nurse. The nurses were the ones who give care and assistance to patients who were affected by a virus that they didn’t even know much about. However, they still stayed strong and risked their lives to assist people whose families and community abandon
