Professional nursing analysis

Running head: PROFESSIONAL NURSING ANALYSIS
Professional nursing analysis
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Introduction:
Nursing is undoubtedly one of the noblest profession, which is associated with
professional care service delivery to help and assist the sick and ailing of the society. There
are various different forms of nursing and each kind addresses a set of singular
responsibilities and scope of practice (Hoeve, Jansen & Roodbol, 2014). These different
domains within which the nurse’s area of practice is centered around is also known as
specialty areas. The organization and its significance has a profound role for the nurses in the
specialty area (Kaye, 2016). This essay will explore the organization, the National association
of neonatal nurses, and will discuss the benefits, organizational policy and culture,
information dissemination, and opportunity for continual education with respect to neonatal
nurses.
Description of the organization:
The organization chosen for the review in this case is the National Association of
Neonatal Nurses or NANN, a specialty organization focused entirely on the neonatal nurses.
The organization recognizes itself as the voice for the neonatal nurses. NANN is committed
entirely to the development of the neonatal nurses so that they can easily advance their career
and continue to evolve in their profession (NANN, 2019). The organization is a community
or registered nurses within the neonatal specialty area, that are providing care services for
newborn infants with a variety of health challenges, including prematurity, birth defects,
infection, cardiac malformations, and surgical problems. The mission statement for the
organization is to be a professional voice for the neonatal nurses helping shape the neonatal
nursing care service delivery, through excellence in practice, education, research, and
professional development.
Considering the organizational values of the NANNP, they prioritize ethics and
professionalism, lifelong learning, fiduciary responsibility, collegiality, excellence in

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practice, advocating quality patient and family based care, and lastly, trust and transparency.
The goals of the organization include education, research and transition, advocacy, and
membership engagement. There are various membership benefits for the NANN, which
allows the members to belong to the premier professional organization dedicated to support,
educate, and improve neonatal nurses and their scope of practice (NANN, 2019). They
provide support for the daily practice of the nurses through neonatal nursing education,
professional development opportunities, and advocacy efforts. The neonatal nurses gain
immense benefits from joining the organization, including unmatched access to the prime
clinical and professional resources, including developmental care and thermoregulation to
staffing and training, all throughout their career. The members also have been reported to
receive discounts on educational products and resources, and events including the annual
conferences held by the organization as well. The members are also provided timely updates
on the latest clinical, professional, and neonatal advocacy news, as well as information on
leadership and scholarship programs. Lastly, and most importantly, there are a countless
opportunities provided to the members of the organization to partake in neonatal networking,
collaborating, and volunteering, to improve patient care scenario in the specialty area of
neonatal nursing (NANN, 2019).
Importance of networking:
Networking is a very important aspect of nursing, across all domains, and neonatal
nursing is not an exception to that either. Networking allows the nurses to collaborate with a
varied range of professionals, organizations and support centers, to not only evolve in terms
of knowledge and expertise, but also identify personal strengths and weaknesses, and
identifying the latest trends on neonatal care. There are limitless opportunities provided
during networking events, with the face to face interaction, the nurses get the chance to
highlight their skills and expertise to various organizations (Montalvo, 2015). The nurses also