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| - Social process whereby the values, attitudes, or institutions of society, such as education, family, religion, and industry become modified. It includes both the natural process and action programs initiated by members of the community |
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| – changes in legislation about nursing practice, health, and health matters will affect both the public and nursing |
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| - The use of direct, often confrontational action, such as a demonstration or strike, in opposition to or support of a cause |
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| – a process whereby professional links are established through which people can share ideas, knowledge and information |
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| Political action committee - In the United States , a Political Action Committee, or PAC |
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| is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates. Legally, what constitutes a "PAC" for purposes of regulation is a matter of state and federal law. Under the Federal Election Campaign Act, an organization becomes a "political committee" by receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of $1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election |
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| – a nursing organization consisting of the American Nurses Association, the National League for Nursing, the American Organization of Nurse Executives and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing |
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| – the consumer is an active participant in making decisions about health and nursing care |
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| American Medical Association [AMA] |
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| - The AMA's mission statement proclaims: "We are the Voice of the American Medical Profession. "We are the partnership of physicians and their professional associations dedicated to promoting the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. "We serve the physicians and their patients by establishing and promoting ethical, educational, and clinical standards for the medical profession and by advocating for the highest principle of all--the integrity of the physician/patient relationship." |
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| American Hospital Association [AHA] |
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| - A nonprofit national organization of individuals, institutions, and organizations engaged in direct patient care. The association works to promote the improvement of health care services |
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| National Council on State Boards of Nursing |
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| – national organization concerned with licensure issues – developed the mutual recognition model |
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| – allows for multistate licensure |
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| – individuals 60 and older to double between 2000 & 2030 |
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| – new family structures influence the need for and provision of nursing services |
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| - a condition in which there is insufficient time in which to carry out all of the expected role functions |
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| - The separation of individuals or groups resulting in the lack of or minimizing of social contact and/or communication. This separation may be accomplished by physical separation, by social barriers and by psychological mechanisms. In the latter, there may be interaction but no real communication |
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| – 40% of nurses over the age of 40 |
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| – supply of nurses inadequate to meet demand |
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| - Large collections of people may act as groups, with some degree of common purpose, but they may also act as non-organized collectivities, or aggregates |
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| – laws enacted by a legislative body |
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| – rules developed to govern the handling of frequently occurring situations |
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