Nursing Issues Scholarly Paper: Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

Being ready for the future of nursing means understanding evolving issues affecting the profession.  The purpose of this assignment is to choose a professional nursing organization of interest, describe the organization’s mission, discuss the benefits of belonging to a professional nursing organization, select one nursing issue listed on the organization’s website, then describe and discuss this issue as it relates to professional nursing practice.   

Assignment Criteria:

Develop a scholarly paper that includes the following:

• Choose one professional nursing organization of interest (See Finkelman, Chapter 1) I have chosen the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses  http://www.awhonn.org
• Briefly discuss the mission of the organization
• Discuss the benefits of being a member of this or any professional nursing organization
• Select one policy agenda or legislative issue topic listed on the nursing organization’s website. To find a topic, you may need to look for a drop down or link labeled policy and advocacy, political action, or something similar
  • Provide an overview of the issue topic and the organization’s involvement
• Discuss what impact the issue topic has on professional nursing practice and how nurses can be involved in supporting the issue topic.
• The scholarly paper should be in third person, narrative format, 2 to 3 pages excluding the title and reference pages.
• Include Level I headings to organize the paper (see below).
• Include an introductory paragraph (not labeled Introduction) and a conclusion.
• References must include, at a minimum, the textbook, the professional nursing organization’s website, and a minimum of one professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal article no greater than five (5) years old. Journal articles must be able to be found in the FSW Library.
• APA (7^th) format is required (title page, a reference page, and all citations). Please see Student Example Paper in the APA 7th edition formatting for cover page and paper formatting information on page 61 of the manual. Also, attention to spelling, grammar, and style will be graded. Do not use quotations. 
• Review your Turnitin Similarity Score and make any needed changes. If the score is greater than 20%, you must revise and resubmit the paper prior to the due date.