Discussion Post: Nursing Leadership and Management
• Do you think it is important for nurses to be involved in their professional organizations? Why or why not?
• The Affordable Care Act ("ObamaCare") has been both praised and vilified. Debate the pros and cons of this legislation and of health-care reform in general.
• What is your vision of nursing's future? How will you contribute to shaping it?
• Interview a nurse educated in a diploma program at least 20 years ago.
o How did that nurse's education differ from your education today?
• Locate the website of a professional organization related to nursing. Bring a copy of the organization's mission, membership criteria, and standards of practice.
• Ask five people of different ages and gender who do not work in the health-care field what they think most nurses do. Compile their answers with the answers your classmates collected and summarize them. Compare the summary to what you know nurses actually do.
o Were the answers realistic?
o Did they over- or underestimate the responsibilities most nurses have?
o Did they recognize the wide variety of things nurses do?
o Was there a difference by age or gender of the person answering the question?
o What do the results tell you about the public's image of nursing?
o What do you think influences their image the most? Explain your answer.
• Describe the nurse of the future.
o What does he or she do?
o Do you think nursing will become a more powerful force in health care?
o Why or why not?
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.