Journals
Name
Journal of Emergency Nursing
Scope
The journal in question addresses emergency nursing issues in general without focusing on any specific area. According to the official statement of the organization, the journal articles cover “clinical topics, integrative or systematic literature reviews, research, and practice improvement initiatives” (About the journal, 2015, par. 1). The journal in question publishes its articles online and suggests that the contributors should submit electronic copies of their manuscripts.
Description
The journal can be considered a fairly ample and trustworthy database that caters to the needs of nurses as far as their professional development is concerned. The journal in question publishes articles related to the nursing of both adults and children, focusing on the specific needs that each of them may need in the instances of an emergency. According to the official statement, the journal aims at meeting the goals of ENA, which include “member engagement, leadership, knowledge, quality, safety, and advocacy” (About the journal, 2015, par. 3).
Name
Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal
Scope
Created by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (About AANP, 2015), the Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal covers the issues related to the emergency nursing field. Particularly, the journal addresses the issues that nurses may have in emergency rooms and provides solutions for the problems identified. In other words, the journal was designed for nurses, including RNs, APRNs, and LRNs.
Description
The Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal is a peer-reviewed resource, which addresses the issues that nurses are most likely to face in the environment of the emergency room. The journal includes a variety of recent studies concerning clinical nursing issues. The evidence-based studies, which the database has to offer, can be applied to the analysis of clinical issues in the ER setting, such as ER crowding.
Name
International Emergency Nursing
Scope
The International Emergency Nursing journal addresses the issues that can be deemed as globally important. Embracing a variety of dilemmas that nurses may face in the environment of an emergency room, the journal in question provides resources regarding the issues that need global attention and global awareness (International Emergency Nursing, 2015).
Description
Much like the Journal of Emergency Nursing, the International Emergency Nursing Journal addresses the issues that a nurse may face in the ER setting. However, apart from addressing the typical problems related to the subject matter, the journal also aims at raising awareness regarding major ER-related issues among the target audience, i.e., APRNs, RNs, and LRNs. Moreover, the founders of the journal also seek to increase quality rates and promote excellence among nurses across the world with the help of the articles published in the journal (International Emergency Nursing, 2015).
Name
International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing
Scope
Although the subject of emergency room services is not mentioned in the title of the International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, the specified resource can be deemed as fairly fruitful in terms of emergency room topics discussion and analysis. The resource under analysis also focuses on catering to the needs of patients with musculoskeletal system issues (International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, 2015).
Description
Last but not least, the journal in question sheds light on the issue of emergency nursing in the orthopedic area. Therefore, the articles provided by the resource under analysis address primarily the emergency issues regarding the general issues, such as the liability requirements, and the specific problems, such as the fractures in the target areas.
Organizations
Name
California ENA
Scope
The activities of the California Emergency Nursing Association primarily concern a general improvement of emergency nursing services on a statewide level. In other words, the organization aims at addressing the issues concerning the lack of awareness about the topical issues among RNs, APRNs, and LRNS, as well as the promotion of innovative methods of treatment. Therefore, the scope of the organization under analysis is restricted to the promotion of innovative nursing strategies worldwide. While the specified approach to the subject matter can be deemed as important due to its ambitions concerning raising awareness, its scope is still very broad.
Description
The California Emergency Nursing Association focuses on the provision of information regarding the latest nursing techniques and strategies to RNs, APRNs, and LRNs. Apart from promoting the improvement of qualifications among nurses worldwide, CENA also aims at addressing the current state legislative issues regarding the provision of care by suggesting amendments to the existing regulations so that the corresponding services could be delivered to the target demographics without any impediments.
Name
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Scope
Unlike CENA, the specified organization cannot be viewed as a branch of a larger one – instead, it heads a range of smaller ones, therefore, pursuing global goals. Addressing the local issues regarding emergency nursing, the organization mentioned above focuses on establishing the highest standards in the emergency nursing setting across the United States.
In contrast to smaller organizations, such as CENA, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACCN) provides guidelines for nurses and publishes position statements concerning the current nursing issues regularly. AACCN has been planning to create a strong partnership with Canadian nursing organizations, therefore, contributing to a faster and more efficient promotion of the essential knowledge concerning nursing all over the world.
Description
AACCN deals primarily with the legal and organizational issues when it comes to emergency room nursing problems. Particularly, the association publishes a journal, in which the corresponding information is delivered to the target population (i.e., RNs, APRNs, and LRNs) (American Journal of Clinical Care, 2015). The organization publishes journals with articles that shed light on the latest achievements in the designated area. Particularly, the latest methods of addressing nursing issues in the ICU are typically provided in the journal published by the organization. Moreover, the organization defines the qualities that a critical care nurse is supposed to have.
Name
Intensive Care Unit Nursing
Scope
Because of the relatively small size of the organization, the scope of CCN does not stretch beyond the promotion of the state standards for nursing in the ICU department and the enhancement of the corresponding ethical qualities and values among Californian nurses.
Description
Located in Thornton, CA, Intensive Care Unit Nursing can be defined as a rather small organization that promotes further knowledge and skills acquisition by the Californian nurses with the help of specific programs. Designed and scheduled by the organization, these programs incorporate the latest information regarding the subject matter, such as the IT-based Community Outreach Program (Intensive Care Unit (ICU)-Thornton, 2015). Specifically, Intensive Care Unit Nursing focuses on the improvement of communication between a nurse and a patient, thus, putting a very strong emphasis on the issues regarding the communication processes and the importance of a connection between the patient and the nurse. Consequently, it can be assumed that the organization promotes a patient-centered approach in the contemporary nursing setting.
Reference List
About AANP. (2015). Web.
About the journal. (2015). Web.
American Journal of Clinical Care. (2015). Web.
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)-Thornton. (2015). Web.
International Emergency Nursing. (2015). Web.
International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing. (2015). Web.