N108: Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse

N108: Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse Role Study Guide • Membership: Membership is limited to programs that offer a baccalaureate or higher in nursing. Membership includes the dean or highest administrative officer of a baccalaureate or graduate program in nursing. Over 400 public and private universities and schools belong. • Purpose : o To advance the quality of BSN and graduate education o To promote nursing research o To develop academic leaders The AACN also collects data on enrollment and other information about schools and students. It also publishes the Guide to Nursing Programs . The AACN assists deans in recruitment and publishes communications to its members. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) The NCSBN was formed in 1978 to replace the National Council of State Boards of Nursing that had been a part of the ANA. Through the Model Nurse Practice Act, the NCSBS states: “The Practice of Nursing means assisting clients to attain or maintain optimal health, implementing a strategy of care to accomplish defined goals within the context of a client-centered health plan, and evaluating responses to nursing care and treatment.” • Membership: Membership represents the legal authority for the control of nursing education and nursing practice. It includes the State Boards of nurse credentialing (the administrative credentialing agencies of state government). Members act together on matters of common interest that affect the public welfare emphasizing nurse credentialing. The NCSBN developed the first nationwide licensure exam conducted in the illness care occupation in the U.S., the National Council Licensure Examination. • Purpose: To provide a forum for the legal regulatory bodies of all states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories to act together in the regulation of nursing practice for the protection of the public. National League for Nursing (NLN) The NLNwas formed in 1952 when the National League for Nursing Educationmerged with the public health nurse organization and the association of collegiate schools of nursing. However, its roots date back to the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools of the 1890s. The goals of the organization focus on four areas: being a leader in nursing education, commitment tomembers, acting as a champion for nurse educators, and advancing the science of nursing education. The NLN works closely with the ANA in a complementary fashion. • Membership: Membership includes nurse and non-nurse individuals. The NLN has councils of AD, BSN, Diploma, and Practical Nurse programs, as well as councils of community health, nurse executives, nursing centers, nurse informatics, and research in nursing education, nursing practice, and constituent leagues. • Purpose : o Promote quality nursing education o Participate in a national health plan for affordable quality care

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