Discuss how professional nursing organizations support the field of nursing and how they advocate for nursing practice. Explain the value professional nursing organizations have in advocacy and activism related to patient care. Choose a professional nursing organization that relates to your specialty area of interest. Discuss how this organization keeps its members informed of health care changes and opportunities the organization provides for continuing education and professional development. 

Please do not provide so much research and instead, support the research, by using your own analysis and examples. How can you tie what you are writing into clinical examples you and your RN team face each day?

Initial discussion question posts should be a minimum of 200 words and include at least two references cited using APA format. 

American Association of Colleges of Nursing Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education

This assignment aligns to AACN Core Competency 9.3.