Nursing Professional Organizations

The role of professional organizations in nursing advancement.

Die rol van professionele verenigings in die ontwikkeling van die verpleegberoep word bespreek. Eerstens word die drie hoofkomponente van die onderwerp, naamlik rol, ontwikkeling en professionele verenigings gedefinieer. Daarna deel die skrywer met die leser hoe sy ’n model vir verpleegstersverenigings ontwikkel het. Die uiteindelike model, die dinamiese verbruiker-inhoud-model maak voorsiening...

Professional Standards Review Organizations

Professional Organizations: Who Should Join?

113 Medical expenditures are rising faster than any other sector of the economy (Feldstein, 2001). More dollars are being spent on health care than ever before, yet health care providers are realizing lower profits. The explosion of medical spending in the 1960s led to constraint in the 1970s. As a result, clinicians, who are facing cutbacks in demand for and reimbursement of their services, ar...

Professional Programs in Nursing

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2+2 Upper-Division Transfer Program) (BSN) (http://catalog.apu.edu/graduateprofessional/nursing/professionalprograms/two-plus-two) • Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) (http://catalog.apu.edu/graduateprofessional/nursing/professionalprograms/lvn-options) • Accelerated Registered Nurse (RN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (...

Maintaining Professional Competence in Innovation Organizations

Public organizations concerned with planning and implementation of developmental activity, education, research and development, as well as private firms delivering professional services and operating in a rapidly changing socio-economic environment are often concerned mainly with innovation, problem solving and learning rather than with the production of any tangible outputs. The income streams...