Most professional organizations have a Web presence. What types ...

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Most professional organizations have a Web presence. What types of information should a professional organization's website offer to the reader? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
 
  1. Educational opportunities
  2. Career opportunities
  3. Certification opportunities
  4. Policy work and initiatives
  5. News feed

Question 2

Which of the following statements about telenursing is accurate?
 
  1. Since telenursing is a new subspecialty, standards of practice have yet to be developed.
  2. Telenursing should be taught at a graduate school level.
  3. The International TeleNurses Association (ITNA) published International Competencies for Telenursing in 2007.
  4. The International TeleNurses Association (ITNA) was founded in 1995 to promote and support nursing involvement in telehealth and serve as a resource for nurses.

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Answer to Question 1

1,2,3,4,5
Rationale: Typically, a professional organization's website will have information about the organization; membership; educational opportunities; certification, past, present, and future conferences; resources; purchase of organizational memorabilia and attire; policy work; and a career center for assistance in finding employment. Often, a news feed or news center is available for updates on current organizational and/or health care issues. A website can also publish current research and evidence-based practice.

Answer to Question 2

4
Rationale: The International TeleNurses Association (ITNA) was founded in 1995 to promote and support nursing involvement in telehealth and serve as a resource for nurses. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) published International Competencies for Telenursing in 2007. The ICN acknowledges the role of telenurses in addressing health system challenges. The American Nurses Association (1999) published their Core Principles on Telehealth in 1999. These guidelines are intended to help nurses protect client privacy during the delivery of telehealth services. The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing published Telehealth Nursing Practice Essentials in 2009, the Telehealth Nursing Practice Core Course CD-ROM, and its fourth edition of Telehealth Nursing Practice Standards in 2007. Other health care providers have also developed policy statements or standards of practice, and special interest groups have formed. Telehealth nursing practice is now considered to be a subspecialty of nursing; although Grady and Schlachta-Fairchild (2007) note that the majority of telenurses are not certified in telemedicine, telenursing, or nursing informatics at present, they believe that basic telehealth principles should be integrated into the basic nursing curriculum, which may lead to certification.