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.