The organization that I want to use for the post is American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Assignment Criteria:
Many professional nursing organizations engage in the development of health policy. One way nurses participate in health and nursing policy issues is through membership in one or more of these organizations. Choose one local, state, or national nursing organization other than American Nurses Association (ANA) that has an interest in policy development and advocacy. Include the following criteria in the post:
1) Organizational status (national / date)
2) Vision/mission
3) Organization’s mandates or objectives/goals
4) Policy goals (if they have written one)
5) Policy products (briefs, positions statements, White Papers, social media)
6) A webpage that outlines political activity
7) Mechanisms for nurses to engage
Activity Criteria:
Students must include the following criteria for each individual activity:
One initial posting by Thursday at 11:59 PM/EST.
-Include one scholarly peer-reviewed reference for the initial posting
-Minimum of one response to other students by Sunday at 11:59 PM /EST.
-Include one scholarly peer-reviewed reference for response postings
-All posts need to be on two separate days.
-The textbook assigned to the course may be used in addition to the required references for posting for this class.