QUP Task 1
Western Governors University
Professional Roles and Values
C304
John Schmidt
April 24, 2016
QUP Task 1 The functional differences between a regulatory agency and a professional organization are as follows: A regulatory agency is usually a state governmental agency that is created by law to protect the public by enforcing the laws and regulations as they pertain to registered nurses. These agencies help to enforce the nursing practice act and the education requirements, licensure, laws, and discipline as written in the act ("Board of Nursing: Laws, Rules and Policies," 2015). A professional nursing organization is the “voice of nursing” ("Statement of Purpose," 2016, p. 1) For instance the American Nurses Association (ANA) gives feedback and recommendations to state regulatory agencies for process improvements along with new laws and regulations. They help make sure that there is plenty of well-educated and adequately trained nurses to meet the needs of the people while supporting the entire nursing population throughout the United States. Between theses to groups for my practice they make sure I am properly licensed and properly educated to do my job. They also keep me in my practice informed of important practice changes and offer numerous educational opportunities.
The first provision I am going to choose is, 3.1 Protection of the Rights of Privacy and Confidentiality (Winland-Brown, Lachman, & O’Connor Swanson, 2015, p. 270). I feel very strongly about this provision and it is one that applies to my practice every day with every patient and their family. A clinical example of this would be that I am a nurse in a relatively small community and it is common for me to take care of patients that I know, as well as my family knows. I have to make sure that the patient feels comfortable with me taking care of them because, I work in such a