Significance Nursing Organizations
Nursing organizations play a crucial role in generating energy for the flow of ideas that are needed in maintaining professionalism in the health sector. Nursing organizations provide a platform for networking and collaborating idea, facilitate meaningful discussions on various issues in the profession, provide an opportunity for leadership skills development, and lend a collective voice on policy initiatives (Mason, Leavitt & Chaffee, 2016). Nursing organizations are therefore important stakeholders in the nursing sector. When nurses speak in one accord, they tend to have a broader perspective on various issues in the practice. Nursing organizations encourage members to participate in volunteer activities through which practicing nurses develop personal and professional performance skills (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). Through these activities, new members socialize with experienced members who mentor their performance skills. Moreover, nursing organization websites and publications inform members about regulatory, policy, clinical, employment, and political issues that affect the profession. The nursing organization was primarily formed to allow nurses to forge unity and speak in one voice on missions, visions, and messages that affect the profession (Ziebarth & Solari-Twadell, 2020). Speaking in one voice reduces fragmentation which could have otherwise hindered nurses’ efficacy (Mason, Leavitt & Chaffee, 2016). Practicing nurses face several issues that affect effective service delivery. The nursing organization, therefore, is very important in addressing underlying issues in the nursing profession.
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Mason, D. J., Leavitt, J.K., Chaffee, M.W. (2016). Policy and Politics: In Nursing and Health Care. (7th• Ed) St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, Saunders
Ziebarth, D. J., & Solari-Twadell, P. A. (2020). American Nurses Association, Regional, State, and Denominational Faith Community Nursing Organizations. In Faith Community Nursing (pp. 253-259). Springer, Cham.