2.7 Professional Nursing Organisation

PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

2.7 Professional Nursing Organizations

Learning outcome

1. Describe professional nursing organizations

Learning experience

i. Professional nursing organizations
• State
• National
• International

Professional Nursing
Organizations

• Nursing associations are organizations devoted to the professional
and personal development of members and to the general
advancement of the profession.

• Joining a professional nursing association is essential due to the
ever-changing field of nursing.

Professional Nursing Organizations

Joining a nursing organization has many benefits, including:
1. Education
2. Local meetings and annual conventions
3. Networking
4. Certification discounts
5. Career assistance
6. Access to experts and mentors
7. Products and resources

Professional Nursing Organizations

Joining a nursing organization has many benefits, including:
8. Newsletters with practice-related information
9. Position papers and statements
10. Discounted rates for continuing education courses
11. Professional and/or peer-reviewed journals
12. Resume appeal
13. Strengthening of the nursing profession

State

Sabah Nurses Association

Mission
• Committed to support the government’s effort / initiatives to strengthen

the health services by enhancing capabilities of its members through
collaborative efforts, incorporating research and development,
programmed initiatives, networking, partnerships and information
services with other agencies, thereby contributing to the development of
a world class nursing workforce.

National

National

Malaysian Nurses Association

Mission Statement
The Malaysian Nurses Association aims to become the premier association for Malaysian
Nurses dedicated to:
1. Develop and promote high standards of nursing practice and research.
2. Uphold the image of nursing.
3. Abide by the professional ethics.
4. Be the centre of national and international nursing networking.
5. Implement and collaborate with other organizations for health promotion.

Malaysian Nurses Association

VISION
Malaysian Nurses Association is the association of choice for all Registered Nurses in
promoting and maintaining the honour, interest and the advancement of nursing as a
profession.

OBJECTIVES
1. To promote and maintain the honor, interest and the advancement of nursing as a

profession.
2. To serve as the vehicle of the integrated voice of the whole profession to express its

opinion & to acquaint the government and the other bodies with the policy and
aspirations of the nursing profession.
3. To promote nursing education; a high standard of nursing practice and nursing research.
4. To promote and support a high standard of nursing ethics and conduct.

PERSATUAN JURURAWAT ISLAM MALAYSIA
(INAM)

• Persatuan yang berorientasikan pendidikan dan kebajikan dalam membawa jururawat muslim aktif
berpersatuan dan memberi sumbangan kepada profesyen kejururawatan serta masyarakat diluar waktu
rasmi bekerja berteraskan dakwah dan perjuangan nilai etika islam dalam dunia kejururawatan.

• Islamic Nurses Association of Malaysia (INAM) atau Persatuan Jururawat Islam Malaysia adalah satu
persatuan yang berorientasikan pendidikan dan kebajikan dalam membawa jururawat muslim aktif
berpesatuan dan memberi sumbangan kepada profesyen kejururawatan serta masyarakat diluar waktu
rasmi bekerja berteraskan dakwah dan perjuangan nilai etika islam dalam dunia kejururawatan.

• Persatuan ini secara rasminya telah didaftarkan kepada Registry Of Society (ROS) pada tanggal 30 Mei
2018 bersamaan dengan 14 Ramadhan 1439 Hijrah.

https://www.inam-my.org/

PERSATUAN JURURAWAT ISLAM MALAYSIA
(INAM)

MATLAMAT PENUBUHAN

1. Menyatukan semua jururawat muslim di Malaysia dari segenap bidang
disiplin kerja, organisasi dan latar belakang pendidikan dalam satup
latform yang sama bagi menjalankan proses asimilasi ilmu yang
berterusan, bertukar pandangan, berkongsi idea serta berdialog demi
menaikkan mutu dan taraf imej kejururawatan di Malaysia selari
dengan kehendak syariah.

PERSATUAN JURURAWAT ISLAM MALAYSIA
(INAM)

MATLAMAT PENUBUHAN

2. Menyediakan platform bagi program-program latihan berbentuk
Pendidikan kepada jururawat dalam memantapkan lagi fungsi dalam
masyarakat sebagai perawat muslim dan meningkatkan kefahaman,
penilaian dan amalan perawatan yang berteraskan al-quran dan as-
sunnah.

PERSATUAN JURURAWAT ISLAM MALAYSIA
(INAM)

MATLAMAT PENUBUHAN

3. Sebagai suara ketiga dalam menyampaikan pandangan kepada mana-
mana badan kejururawatan yang terlibat dengan polisi perawatan agar
selari dengan kehendak syariah dan memperjuangkan kepentingan
penghayatan agama dalam kehidupan sebagai perawat muslim.

PERSATUAN JURURAWAT ISLAM MALAYSIA
(INAM)

MATLAMAT PENUBUHAN

4. Menggalakkan penyelidikan dan penerbitan mengenai perawatan bagi
menaikkan nama kejururawatan malaysia sebagai satu profesyen yang
professional, oriented research based dan evidence based nursing
practice yang sememangnya selari dengan kehendak agama.

PERSATUAN JURURAWAT ISLAM MALAYSIA
(INAM)

MATLAMAT PENUBUHAN
5. Meningkatkan imej jururawatmuslimmelalui program kemasyarakatan

berunsurkan pendidikan dan memperkasakan sumbangan terhadap
masyarakat melalui program sukarelawan.

PERSATUAN JURURAWAT ISLAM MALAYSIA
(INAM)

MATLAMAT PENUBUHAN

6. Bekerjasama dengan mana-mana pertubuhan perubatan dan
paramedic serta bukan perubatan dalam menjayakan apa-apa program
kesihatan demi membentuk masyarakat yang sihat dan peka terhadap
tuntutan agama.

ANA Enterprise

• The ANA Enterprise leverages the combined strength of the American
Nurses Association (ANA), the American Nurses Credentialing Center
(ANCC), and the American Nurses Foundation (the Foundation), to
empower nurses everywhere.

• In 2016, the cohesive ANA Enterprise was formed to drive excellence in
practice and ensure that policy leaders, industry influencers, and
employers around the country recognize nurses’ voice and vision.

https://www.nursingworld.org/

ANA Enterprise

The values of our 3
entities:

The American The American The American
Nurses Association Nurses Nurses Foundation

Credentialing
Center

National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)

• Since 1975 the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) is the
nation’s leading professional society for Latino nurses. With a growing
membership in 47 local chapters, NAHN, a non-profit, represents the
voices of Latino nurses in our country.

https://www.nahnnet.org/

National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)

Mission
• NAHN is committed to advancing the health in Hispanic communities and

to lead, promote and advocate the educational, professional, and
leadership opportunities for Hispanic nurses.

Objectives

1. Provide a forum for nurses to analyse and evaluate the health care needs of
the Hispanic community.

2. Promote the safety and the quality of health care delivery services for the
Hispanic community

3. Identify barriers in the implementation and delivery of health services to
Hispanic consumers and recommend appropriate solutions to local, state,
and federal agencies.

Objectives

4. Develop, test, and promote culturally sensitive models of intervention that
provide effective nursing care for Hispanic communities.

5. Disseminate research findings and policy perspectives related to Hispanic
health care needs to local, state, and federal agencies in order to impact
policy making and the allocation of resources.

6. Disseminate research findings related to Hispanic population to increase
awareness of the specific health care needs of Hispanics.

Objectives

7. Advocate for policy changes and perspectives- related to Hispanic health care
needs- to local, state, and federal agencies in order to impact the allocation
of resources for the Hispanic population.

8. Collaborate with, and provide assistance to, other Hispanic health care
professionals in meeting each other’s established goals.

9. Represent in voice and action the number of licensed Hispanic nurses in the
US.

Objectives

7. Serve as consultants in providing culturally sensitive services to Hispanic
consumers (patients, nurses, and students).

8. Identify barriers to quality education for Hispanic nursing students and
recommend appropriate solutions to state, local, and federal agencies.

9. Promote the recruitment and retention of Hispanic students in nursing
education programs, in order to increase the number of bilingual and
bicultural nurses who may provide culturally sensitive nursing care to
Hispanic consumers.

10. Advance the educational, professional, and leadership skills of Hispanic
nurses in order to increase the number of Hispanic researchers,
administrators, and educators.

International

International Council of Nurses

ICN Mission:
• To represent nursing worldwide, advance the nursing profession,

promote the wellbeing of nurses, and advocate for health in all policies.

ICN vision:
• The global community recognises, supports, and invests in nurses and

nursing to lead and deliver health for all.

https://www.icn.ch/

Emergency Nurses Association

• The ENA mission is to advance excellence in emergency nursing.
• Vision is to be the premier organization for the emergency nursing

community worldwide.

https://www.ena.org/about