Assignment: Regulation for Nursing Practice Staff Development Meeting Describe the differences between a board of nursing and a professional nurse association. Walden University NURS 6050 Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health

  • Difference Between Board of Nursing and Nursing Association Continuation
  • Nursing Association fight for the rights of nurses and the advancement of their profession and members pay annual subscription fees
  • Nursing associations are either state-based, national-based like American Nurses Association (ANA) or international-based like International Council of Nurses (ICN) (“ANA Enterprise | American Nurses Association”, n.d.).
  • The members elect a board of directors that govern
  • Nursing Associations can be specific or specialty-focused Assignment: Regulation for Nursing Practice Staff Development Meeting.
  • Nursing associations differ from board of nursing in that they are professional membership organizations that are private. Members are required to pay dues in order to enjoy the benefits of membership.
  • Associations are governed by a Board of Directors but they are elected by members of the association.
  • Nursing associations can be specific, or specialty-focused based on the type of nursing (ambulatory or emergency room), specific nursing fields (maternal care or cardiology), age-specific (neonatal or geriatric), ethnic (black or male) advanced nursing specialties (nurse attorneys, nurse educators or certified nurse midwives) and education-specific (National League of Nursing – NLN or American Association of Colleges of Nursing)
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  • Nursing Board in California
  • California’s policy requires the board to have nine members.
  • Seven out of the nine members are appointed by the governor, one by the Senate President Pro-Tempore, and the last one by the Assembly Speaker (“California Board of Registered Nursing”, 2021).
  • The nine board members must include five registered nurses and rest four are public members

. The board has nine members who serve as the policy-setting body for the Board. Seven of the members are appointed by the Governor, one by the Senate President Pro-Tempore, and one by the Assembly Speaker (“California Board of Registered Nursing”, 2021).

The board members include five registered nurses and four public members.

Out of the nine members two are officials (president and vice president), while the rest are members.

 

  • State regulation related to general nurse scope of practice
  • Section 2725 1 (b) prohibits clinics from employing registered nurses to exclusively dispense drugs.
  • It also prohibits registered nurses from dispensing drugs in a pharmacy, keeping a pharmacy, opening a shop, or drugstore for the retailing of drugs or poisons.
  • Dispensing of drugs by a registered nurse shall not include substances included in the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Health and Safety Code),
  • Section 2725 1 (b) prohibits clinics from employing registered nurses to exclusively dispense drugs. It also prohibits registered nurses from dispensing drugs in a pharmacy, keeping a pharmacy, opening a shop, or drugstore for the retailing of drugs or poisons. Dispensing of drugs by a registered nurse shall not include substances included in the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Health and Safety Code), except a certified nurse-midwife who functions pursuant to a standardized procedure or protocol described in Section 2746.51 or a nurse practitioner who functions pursuant to a standardized procedure described in Section 2836.1, or protocol (CALIFORNIA NURSING PRACTICE ACT, n.d.).

 

  • State regulation related to general nurse scope of practice Continuation
  • The regulation (Section 2725 1 (b)) limits the practices of registered nurses and prevents them from investing in the healthcare sector.
  • However, it is a good move to prevent the registered nursing practitioners from prioritizing their businesses over their professional work Assignment: Regulation for Nursing Practice Staff Development Meeting.
  • The regulation makes the delivery cost
  • The registered nursing practitioners channel their attention to a single working station, hence efficiency in their work
  • The regulation makes the delivery cost expensive because patients will flock healthcare facilities overcrowding them. Without the regulation in force, some would visit the pharmacy shops opened y the registered nurses.

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