Assignment for the AZBN observation. Orientation Video for AZBN Paper ROLE DEVELOPMENT-1.doc Download ROLE DEVELOPMENT-1.doc ROLE DEVELOPMENT Students will submit a 4-5 page paper (APA format) summarizing the following: Cover page, abstract and reference pages do not count in the 4-5 pages of text discussing the assigned topics and Arizona State board of Nursing The 2 topics I would like to address are: Diverting controlled substances from the workplace Breaching nurse-patient confidentiality Website: http://www.azbn.gov/ Links to an external site. You may attend AZBN sessions in person or you may review meeting minutes, notes and disciplinary actions taken against nursing licenses or institutions and regulatory events. Did you know that actions taken against and nursing license or institution is public record and accessible over the internet? If you cannot attend a AZBN meeting in person, you will need to review the session notes online. Session notes links are listed below. You may also watch previous sessions of AZBN on youtube.com. I then suggest that you write down a liscen number with action taken against it and then look up the notes that AZBN has placed on online about the Nurse and actions taken against the license. ● ● https://www.azbn.gov/board/board-meetings/Links to an external site. https://www.azbn.gov/services/license-verification Links to an external site. https://www.azbn.gov/laws-rules/nurse-practice-act/Links to an external site. https://www.azbn.gov/education/student-information- nursing/Links to an external site. This needs to be included in the paper 1. Integrate the information that you gathered from this meeting to the standards related to the RN scope of practice outlined by the AZ State of Board Nursing. 2. Discuss at least 2 examples of unprofessional conduct, due process, and the disciplinary actions that the AZ State Board of Nursing may impose to a RN who is found guilty of committing unprofessional conduct. 3. Summarize the information from the board meeting and address the following items: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Brief description or background of the organization/ association What is the purpose of the meeting? Is this a regularly scheduled meeting or is it an emergency, weekly, monthly meeting? Is it a public open meeting - how did you learn about the meeting? Or members only - how were you able to attend the meeting (by invitation only, etc)? Who are in attendance? Identify the roles of the attendees – officers, guest speaker, etc? Do not mention specific names. How is the meeting conducted? Formal or informal? Any specific method (information only, informational with open discussion, teleconference, etc)? Any rules of conduct followed? Robert's rule? How is the individual item in the agenda presented? How is each item discussed? How much time is allotted for discussion of each item? Any action or recommendation to specific item? How do the members or the attendees of the meeting resolve any issues or concerns? If you were an observer to the meeting, how is your attendance addressed? Are you asked to make comments at anytime? How will you describe the overall meeting? Discuss your learning experience from this meeting./n

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