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Teresa L. Anderson, EdD , MSN, RNC-OB, NE-BC President, Nebraska Nurses Association. Nurses Doing the Right Thing…And More!. Objectives. Recognize the role of the Registered Nurse as an advocate for the patient, the community and the profession.
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Teresa L. Anderson, EdD, MSN, RNC-OB, NE-BC President, Nebraska Nurses Association Nurses Doing the Right Thing…And More!
Objectives • Recognize the role of the Registered Nurse as an advocate for the patient, the community and the profession. • Illustrate successful methods to balance professional and personal values and goals.
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
Balancing Personal & Professional Values Professional Dilemma
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.