Identify and describe a nursing theory that has influenced the candidate’s values and goals.

A. Identify and describe a nursing theory that has influenced the candidate’s values and goals.

A1. Excellent Nursing Practice
• Explain how nurses apply (use) the identified theory in Part A to plan excellent nursing
practices.

A.2 Professional Practice Nursing Theory
• Discuss how the identified theory fits your professional practice.

Contributions of 19th or 20th Century Historical Nursing Figures

B. Historical Nursing Figures
• Identify and describe the contributions of two historical nursing figures from the nineteenth
(1801-1900) or twentieth century (1901-2000).

• B1. Difference in Contributions
• Discuss how the two historical figures are different from one another (compare and contrast).

• B2. Description of Historical figures
• Discuss how the contributions of each of the two historical figures have
influenced your practice.

Nursing Organization and Board

C. State Board of Nursing VS. American Nurses Association (ANA).
• Explain the functional differences between the State Board of Nursing (BON) and the
American Nurses Association.

• C1. Roles of Organizations.
• Define the roles of a board of Nursing and the American Nurses Association.
• BON (Scope of practice, education, disciplinary actions, etc.).
• ANA (Ethical guidelines, nursing values, advocacy).

• C2. BON & ANA Influence.
• Explain how the State Board of Nursing and the ANA influence the candidate’s nursing practice.

Profesional License Renewal and Maitenese

C3. Explain the requirements for professional license renewal in your state.
• In what state do you hold a license? California
• How do you renew your license in your state? Renew online
• How often are you required to renew your license? Every 2 years
• Do you pay a fee? Yes, $195 every time
• Do you need CEUs? We need 30

• C3a. Discuss the consequences of failure to maintain license requirements in your state.
• What are the consequences if you do not maintain/renew your license in your state?
• What would happen to your current license? Cancelatoin of the license

Is your state a compact or non-compact state?
• Discuss the differences for RN license requirements in a compact versus non-compact state.

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