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N4323 Professional Trends
Week 2 Assignment – Comparing Professional Organizations
Name:
Date:
Overview: Professional Organization Comparison
In this assignment, compare the Texas Nurses Association with a specialty organization. Use the template below for your assignment and submit by the due date. May use bullet points with correct spelling and grammar. Only the references must be in APA format. This is not a formal research assignment. The purpose is for you to become familiar with the professional organization options available and understand all that the professional organization does for you and the profession of nursing.Assignment
Performance Objectives:
· Understand available professional organizations for nurses
· Compare offerings and benefits of two professional organizations
· Define criteria of membership of a professional organizationAssignment
Resources:
1. For information on TNA go to www.texasnurses.org.
2. For information about a specialty organization, search a specific specialty clinical organization. There are many specialty organizations, and you should be able to find one for a specialty you might be interested in. Examples include Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN), or Academy of Medical Surgical Nursing (AMSN) or American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). Choose a specialty you are interested in.Assignment
Enter your information directly in the template provided below.
Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work on the assignment, “Professional Organizations: Texas Nurses Association and Specialty Organization.”
TaskAssignment
Complete
Incomplete
1. Brief history, purpose, and goals of TNA.
2. Brief history, purpose, and goals of the specialty organization selected.
10 points
Response includes 3-5 professionally written sentences demonstrating critical thinking
10 points
Response includes 1 sentence
0 points
Does not answer question
5 points
Criteria for membership, target audience, and process for joining for each organization.
10 points
Response includes 3-5 professionally written sentences demonstrating critical thinking
10 points
Response includes 1 sentence or
Does not answer question
5 points
Summary of a current (less than 5 years) article about being a member of a professional organization
30 points
Article for professional organization is current (<5 years) and peer reviewed.
Three points are listed.
30 pointsAssignment
Poor or no reference is given, and points are missing or poorly written.
15 points
Application to nursing: List at least 3 benefits of the organization and to you personally.
Give specific barriers to joining.
40 points
Discuss at least three ways membership in TNA and a specialty organization would benefit you. Also discuss specific barriers you personally might have to joining.
40 points
Discusses less than 2 ways membership in TNA or another organization benefits.
Minimally lists barriers.
20 pointsAssignment
List Current References
5 points
Follow APA format for 1-2 references.
5 points
Does not follow APA format or does not list reference.
0 points
Format, grammar, spelling
5 points
Assignment is written clearly without any grammatical or spelling errors.
5 points
Assignment contains 4 or greater grammatical or spelling errors.
0 points
Comparing Professional Organizations
Description
Expectation
Points
Brief history, purpose, and goals of TNA.
Brief history, purpose, and goals of the specialty organization selected.
TNA.
Specialty organization (give name).Assignment
Criteria for Membership, target audience, process for joining for TNA/ANA and specialty organization.
ANA/TNA:
Specialty Organization:
Summary of article about being a member of a professional organization.
Find a reference for becoming a member of a professional organization and list pertinent points the article/source makes.
Pertinent Points:
Application to nursing
Discuss at least three ways membership would benefit you in both TNA/ANA and the specialty organization. Also discuss any barriers you might have to joining. Be specific and include your personal perspective and goals. Make it personal. Why would you consider becoming a member and why not?
(Note the large number of points for this question- The answers to this question should involve some thought and personal perspective)
TNA
1.
2.
3.
Specialty Organization
1.
2.
3.
Personal perspective and goals
Possible Barriers
List your current references. Do not state n.d.
Include a reference or article about joining a professional organization, or the organization’s website. Sources should be appropriate to nursing. Use APA format for references.
Format, grammar, spelling are appropriate.
Uses the template, typing directly into the template.
Uses complete sentences and comments easily read and understandable; grammar, syntax, punctuation.
TOTAL POINTS
2
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