Would anyone be willing to answer a few questions for a small paper?

[Kishi]

Is there anyone who is in a professional nursing organization that would be willing to answer a few questions?

1. What organization are you a member of?

2. What is structure and function of the organization?

3. How does the organization benefit the profession of nursing?

4. What benefits do you get from belonging to that professional organization?

5. Has the organization been active in any political issues within the last year?

6. Why do you belong to this nursing organization?

[highlandlass1592, BSN, RN]

1) AACN: American Association for Critical care nurses

2) Missions statement link:

http://www.aacn.org/wd/aacninfo/cont...s?menu=aboutus

3) Again refer to the mission statement but in a nutshell why I belong is they further the education of critical care nurses who provide care to critically ill patients. It drives "excellence" which is something I can support.

4) Networking with other professionals in critical care, yearly conference to further continuing education, they set the nursing gold standard for those providing care in both critical care units and intermediate care units. They also support nursing driven research in critical care.

5) They look into practice issues and currently are driving both research and practice guidelines to eliminate Healthcare associated infections, I'm not sure however if this question is looking to discuss something like nationwide healthcare.

6) I support the practice guidelines, research. I like the ethical ideals presented by the organization. The certification it provides show excellence in clinicians, it's not an easy test to pass. The continuing education opportunities keep me at the forefront of both medical and nursing procedures. I have gotten a lot out of my membership..definitely worth it.

(I posted this for someone else. Don't know if you are the same person. Hopefully not. As your questions were the same, copied my post for you)