4-When nurse leaders network, new opportunities can arise and present themselves through networking ( www.nursingworld.org). The most important advantage of building a professional network is the opportunities it can bring for career advancement (www.nursingworld.org). 

As a nurse, networking and personal affiliations are key components for future advancement opportunities in a nurses career. There are several groups a nurse can affiliate with to network. When a new job is open many nurses who have networked and affiliated with other groups may stand out because one of the hiring managers has met the candidate and interacted with them at a conference as an example. It sometimes is not about what you know when applying for jobs but “who you know”. 

Currently, I network with Riggs ambulance to help coordinate EMS, ED relationships as well as education at Riggs. I am also affiliated with the AMerican Heart Association and I’m a Faculty member for them. As faculty, I assess other instructors and assure CPR disciplines are being taught according to AHA standards. In addition, I have networked in my community by going to schools to teach “Hands Only CPR”. I often go to assemblies and give talks and actuall teach students hands only CPR. I am affiliated with the ENA and CNA as well and plan to become more active after I earn my BSN because I do not have much extra time with work, school and my current affiliations.

Affiliations have helped me already in my career. I have been offered every job I have applied to because many managers are impressed by my community affiliations and my Instructor status as well as Faculty status with the AMerican Heart Association. I am also involved in disater preparedness for the community involving EMS response and ED response and coordinate annual training and drills to ensure our community is properly prepared for disasters. I hope to advance my career in EMS by these networks. After I earn my BSN, I will most likely work part time as a CCT Rn for Riggs in flight and ground transprt as well. Eventually, I want to manage an ED or an Ambulance company or work in  COunty EMS for the community I live in 

Reference

Retrieved from  https://www.nursingworld.org/resources/individual/networking/

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https://cpr.heart.org/AHAECC/CPRAndECC/Training/AHAInstructors/UCM_476669_AHA-Instructors.jsp

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https://www.co.merced.ca.us/1460/Merced-County-Healthcare-Partnership-for

 

5-Personal networking focuses on your personal development as a nurse leader with contact outside of your work organization (Drake, 2017). There are numerous professional organizations available in the U.S. Examples are American Organization of Nurse Executives and American Nurses Association (ANA). Benefits of belonging to a professional organization include networking i.e. meeting other professionals in the same field (in person at conferences or in online forums). Also, as a member you receive information about new developments within the field, continuing education opportunities, and information about upcoming conferences both nationally and internationally.

Connecting with other nursing leaders, building new relationships, and creating personal affiliations lead to opportunities where nurse managers from different organizations can offer and receive support, share experiences, and commiserate with one another (Drake, 2017). Also, knowing other people in the same field may lead to future career opportunities within your current field or a different area of nursing. “Things change at such a fast pace, whether it’s technology or techniques or nursing practice, that belonging to an association is more of an imperative than an option” (Capella University, 2018). Another benefit relates to the collecting power in the members of an association; membership helps influence policy at the state and federal levels (Capella University, 2018).

According to Williamson (2017), research shows a correlation between professional networking and productivity in the workplace. Focused and frequent communication among peers and other professionals can build knowledge and support within one’s organization, challenge individuals to think more strategically when addressing challenges and seeking solutions, and create new professional opportunities (Williamson, 2017).

References:

Capella University. (2018). 7 Reasons to Join a Professional Nursing Association.

Retrieved from https://www.capella.edu/blogs/cublog/7-reasons-to-join-a-professional-nursing-association/

Drake, K. (2017). The power of networking, 48(9), 56. Retrieved from https://journals.lww.com/nursingmanagement/Fulltext/2017/09000/The_power_of_networking.11.aspx

Williamson, J. E. (2017). Networking essential for sharing challenges, solutions, best practices. Healthcare Purchasing News, 41(8), 38. Retrieved from https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=124493772&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 
 

6-A professional affiliation is an organization or group a person belongs to based on involvement in a particular profession. A nurse could become a member of the American Nurses Association, for instance. Affiliations range from paid membership to active involvement in organization activities or leadership roles.  By joining professional organization, it provides unparalleled networking opportunities. Associations are where you encounter the movers and shakers, open career opportunities, and meet professional. Through professional associations, you’ll have access to continuing education, specialty journals, and conferences. These are critical to continuing competency, which in turn can lead to better patient, systems, and personal career outcomes. There is so many organization are available according to specialty e.g. American Nurses Association, National Association of Indian Nurses of America.

Membership in a professional nursing organization provides nurses with continuing education, certification opportunities, role-related competencies and educational conferences. Changes in healthcare occur almost daily. Aligning with a nursing organization that supports your specialty or population of practice positions nurses to be on the forefront of practice changes. Nursing organizations promote and encourage the use of evidence-based practice to its members. Nurses who are certified in their specialty will find that their nursing professional organization will offer continuing education that is pertinent to their practice. (S. Abigail 2015)

The opportunities that can present themselves through networking are limitless. The most important advantage of building a professional network is the opportunities it can bring for career advancement. In addition to helping grow your professional network and making lifelong friends, attending conferences can also give nurses a chance to break away from the stress of their everyday work. (ANA ,2015)

Reference:

American Nurses association (April 2015) Professional Networking for Nurses Retrieved from

https://www.nursingworld.org/resources/individual/networking/

What Are “professional Affiliations”? ,2018 Retrieved 30 October 2018 from https://www.reference.com/business-finance/professional-affiliations-e07a2353d31c6d4e

S.Abigail ,2015, Nursing Organizations: The Role they Play in Professional Development Retrieved from https://www.rn.com/nursing-organizations-the-role-they-play-in-professional-development/

 Forum 1: Asthma 

The incidence of asthma is increasing in the United States.  There are many theories as to why this is happening.  Please research this on the internet and share your research with the class.  Please pick one of the theories and explain if you agree or disagree that it is a major cause.  (Hint:  increased pollution, genetics, too much cleanliness, etc.) 

explain in no less than 200 words

Forum 2: Vaccine and Autism 

There is a  belief among some people that the increase of autism in this country is somehow related to vaccines. Please do some research on this and present your findings.

explain in no less than 200 words

Comment 1

Google is probably one of the first places we think to look for answers on just about every topic. Starting a research paper with a google search may provide good ideas for brainstorming. This may be problematic however when looking for credible references because you don’t always know where the information originated from or if the source can be trusted for accuracy. Seeking out peer reviewed articles from scholarly sources is a much better way to build a quality assignment.

You can find these articles through Google or Google Scholar though many times you will have to pay for the full text or subscribe to a specific service. Fortunately, Grand Canyon University has many scholarly databases available to us at no cost in the library! Two GCU library scholarly databases that are helpful for locating quality research studies and journal articles are Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition and CINAHL Complete. The library website has a search engine that is subject specific. This means that your results will be more tailored to what you are looking to write about and you will find more relevant sources for your topic. Articles can also be filtered by year, subject and full text availability.

Comment 2

Resources undoubtedly play an ever-increasing as well as an integral part in the timely accomplishment of research goals and objectives. For this EBP project and considering the topic which I have selected for this GCU course, I am of the opinion that Nursing and Health Science database available at GCU library can turn out to be a valuable asset. Other than that, the Administration for Health Care resource is another credible database that I can rely on for the research in GCU courses. Both of them tend to collectively support in fulfillment of knowledge and statistical documentation needed to complete the EBP GCU project. I consider them much better than Google Scholar and internet searches because they are incredibly focused and not maligned. The data and information uploaded here are verified and worth being relying on (Antelman, 2006). When doing medical researches, one has to consider the authenticity of articles because they might impact the lives of individuals.

Moreover, these databases are also useful because they are flooded with nursing-related issues rather than other articles also. Hence it becomes relatively easier to scroll through the articles and gather information than to waste time in finding the correct articles. Use of keyword search makes the experience more appropriate.

Please NOTE this comment is the other theme. 1 DQ 2

Comment 3

The Institute of Medicine has stated a goal that 90 percent of clinical practice be evidence based by the year 2020. This is exciting because use of evidence-based practice helps to develop the scientific aspect of nursing, produce clinical practice guides and keep knowledge up to date! Despite these benefits, use of EBP in the United States healthcare delivery system is currently at around 15 percent. Two barriers that may be holding us back from adopting EPB into our workplace are insufficient knowledge of the research process and lack of support at the organizational level to change the practice (Barria, 2014).

Some ways to facilitate increased awareness and adoption of EPB include: positive attitude toward research, time dedicated to reading professional journal articles, support of autonomy in nursing, collaboration with other disciplines and attending professional conferences or workshops. Implementing EPB on an organizational level involves promoting a culture of shared governance, responsibility, balanced work load and resources. Leaders and administrators play a key role by modeling evidence-based decisions and supporting the infrastructure which represents the organization’s mission, philosophy and strategic plan (Barria, 2014).

Please answer this discussion post with a minimum of two hundreds words, apart style and no plagiarism. 

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Vaccine Controversies

There is no doubt that the topic of vaccine has received numerous fears because of its below 100% effectiveness, among other reasons. On the other hand, the campaign for vaccine has been strongly recommended because of the lives saved through it and the diseases it has prevented such as polio and small pox. In this discussion, I will attempt to look at the two perspectives with a view of shading light to what is the most important, severe and useful to mankind regarding vaccine controversies in the world today.

Since vaccine was introduced, there have been rivalry by religion on unfounded facts. Owing in mind many unvaccinated children have passed away, religions remain firm with their Simon says hence nations give in to their negative ideas. On the question of safety versus sanity, the cell has some viral vaccines which has to be gotten from humans. Rubella vaccine is derived from tissues taken therapeutic abortions performed in 1960s.

In Kerala a magazine had an article of certain minor post-vaccine adverse events causing death. A boycott of vaccine was called and vaccines called “agents of death”. The respond to that was predictable as there was a heated debate on television channels. Later the article was removed since there was opposition lead by Indian Medical Association but by then many had already accepted the vaccines should be eradicated. Before this, in Malappuram district of India, religion groups said that vaccines was targeted to demolish a certain religion. As a result 100% of children in that district have been vaccinated but only 74% are fully protected. A campaign is needed being led by IMA (Indian Medical Association) to stop the spread of myths against vaccines (Vasudevan, 2016). 

In conclusion, vaccines save lives but the need to draw a line between what is right or acceptable and what are wrong calls for a lot of compromise from all parties. The examples above show that more research also need to be undertaken to find better ways to cope with allergies from vaccines so as to improve on survival rate after vaccination. 

References

Vasudevan, S. (2016). Vaccine Controversies. Vaccine Controversies, Vol IX. http://keralamedicaljournal.com/2016/12/30/vaccine-controversies