PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND VALUES

The purpose of this task is to develop a working knowledge of nursing theory, nursing ethics, and professional accountability and apply these concepts to your professional clinical practice. You will be required to think about real-life scenarios and how they relate to nursing codes in your professional practice.

A.  Identify a nursing theory that has influenced your values and goals.

• 1.  Explain how nurses apply the identified theory from part A to implement excellent nursing practices.
• 2.  Discuss how the identified theory from part A fits your professional practice.

B.  Identify the contributions of two historical nursing figures in the nineteenth or twentieth century.

• Compare the differences in contributions of the two historical figures identified in part B.
• Describe how the contributions of the two historical figures influence your professional nursing practice.

C.  Explain the functional differences between the State Board of Nursing and the American Nurses Association (ANA).

• Define the roles of these two organizations.
• Explain how these two organizations influence your nursing practice.
• Explain the requirements for professional license renewal in your state.
• Discuss the consequences of failure to maintain license requirements in your state.
• Compare the differences between registered nursing license requirements in a compact state versus a non-compact state.

D.  Discuss the functional differences between the Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (see the web links below).

• Discuss how the two regulatory agencies influence your professional nursing practice.

a.  Describe your role as a patient advocate in promoting safety when a patient has requested to use an alternative therapy.
E.  Discuss the purposes of the Nurse Practice Act in your state and its impact on your professional practice.

•  Discuss the scope of practice for a RN in your state.
•   Discuss how your state defines delegation for the RN.