SEMINAR ON
ROLE OF
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS AND
UNIONS
Amy Lalringhluani
1st yr Msc Nursing
CPMS, Guwahati
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
A professional association (also called a professional
body, professional organization, or professional
society) is usually a nonprofit organization seeking to
further a particular profession, the interests of
individuals engaged in that profession and the public
interest.
DEFINITION OF
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
A group of people in a learned occupation who are
entrusted with maintaining control or oversight of the
legitimate practice of the occupation.
Also a body acting to safeguard the public interest.
Organizations which represent the interest of the
professional practitioners, and act to maintain their own
privileged and powerful position as a controlling body.
GOALS AND FUNCTIONS OF
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANISATION
To bring nursing organizations together in a
world wide body.
To advance the socio economic status of the
nurses and the profession of nursing
worldwide.
To influence global and domestic health
policy.
To focus for a better career for nurses.
To advance excellence in nursing
education.
To meet the needs of a diverse
population in a health care environment.
To set standards for excellence and
innovation of nursing education.
To focus on specific areas.
To help in presenting the educational
program and publish journals.
BENEFITS OF
PROFESSIONAL NURSING
ORGANIZATIONS
Exchange of
ideas and
collaboration
Development
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS AT CENTRE
LEVEL
Trained Nurses The Indian Nursing
Association of India council
International Council for The Red Cross Society
Nurses
United Nations
The Commonwealth International
Nurses and Midwives Children’s
Federation Emergency Fund
TRAINED
NURSES
ASSOCIATION OF
Objectives:
INDIA (TNAI)
1. Upholding the dignity and
honor of nursing profession.
2. Promoting a sense of esprit
de corps among all Nurses.
3. Enabling members to take
counsel together on matter
relating to their profession.
Aims:
Improve living
and working
conditions of
the nurses
Standardize,
upgrade, develop
and to elevate
nursing education
Activities of TNAl
Stimulated action to organize the state nurses and
midwife’s registration councils.
Remove discrimination
Gives Scholarship for against male nurses
nurses
Initiated study and
Promoted the improvement for
development of nursing economy condition for
courses nurses
Setup basic nursing
curriculum Opposes strikes
Objectives:
Promote the development of
INTERNATIONAL strong national nurses
COUNCIL FOR associations.
Assist national nurses association
NURSES (ICN) to improve the standards of
nursing and the competence of
nurses.
Assist national nurses
associations to improve the status
of nurses within their countries.
Serve as the authoritative voice
for nurses and nursing
internationally
FUNCTIONS:
1. To provide direction to fulfil the objectives of ICN
2. To establish categories of membership and determine their
rights and obligations.
3. To act upon recommendations of the Board of Directors
relating to admission and readmission of member associations
into ICN.
4. To receive and consider information from the Board
regarding ICN activities since the last CNR (Council of
National Representatives).
5. To receive nominees for the Board and to elect the Board.
6. To act upon proposed amendments to the ICN Constitution.
7. To act through mail or any written communication on ICN
business that requires immediate attention .
Makes policy statements on health and
social issues.
Offers a great variety of seminars
Maintaining and improving the status of
Nursing around the world
ACTIVITIES
It is involved in occupational health & safety
and career development.
The ICN regulates Code of ethics, standards,
competencies and continuing education.
THE Objectives
COMMONWEALTH
Influence health policy
NURSES AND
MIDWIVES throughout the
FEDERATION Commonwealth
Develop nursing networks
Enhance nursing education
Improve nursing standards
and competence
Strengthen nursing
leadership.
AIMS
Promote sharing, better
communications and Provides expert
closer relationships professional advice
between its member
associations.
Financial
assistance for
Scholarships for professional
advanced study meetings and
seminars
ACTIVITIES
The Federation’s work programme includes
regional and in-country workshops
Training aimed at raising the profile and
standards of nursing and midwifery in
Commonwealth countries
Participating in and influencing health policy
development at a Commonwealth level
Research and other initiatives on key areas of
concern to nurses and midwives such as
workforce planning, migration and HIV and
AIDS.
Purpose:
Indian Nursing The purpose of INC is
Council (INC) to formulate a national
policy for training &
practice of nursing
depending mainly on
the culture &
philosophy of the
country (India).
1. Recognizes nurses as a separate branch in health
service
2. Regulates nursing training & sets uniform
standard of training for nurses throughout the
NS country.
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CT 3. Construct syllabus for all nursing programs
UN 4. Regulate nursing practice.
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5. Permits title, badges, uniforms for registered
nurses.
6. Inspection of school & colleges of nursing
7. Power to make regulations and withdraw
recognition of nursing institutions
8. Maintenance of Indian nurse registers
INSPECTION
S
Types Of Inspections
Periodic
First Inspection Re-inspection inspections
The first Re-inspections are INC conducts the
inspection is conducted for periodical
conducted on those institutions, inspections once
which are found the institution is
the receipt of unsuitable by INC. found suitable by
proposal INC.
EDUCATIONAL ROLE &
RESPONSIBILITY OF INC
Guidance &
Supervision
Prescribes Lay down rules
syllabus
Recognition and
Regulates approval
course duration
Educational
activities
SNC (STATE NURSING
COUNCIL)
Functions of the State Nurses
Registration Council
Recognition &
Conduct Inspection
examinations
Prescribe rules
Maintain
registers
RED Activities
CROSS THEY DELEGATE VISIT AND INSPECT
PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS.
SOCIETY THEY ARRANGE FOR DELIVERY OF MAIL
AND FOOD PACKAGES TO THE PRISONERS.
THEY ALSO OFFER EMERGENCY RELIEF BY
PROVIDING FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
A VERY VALUABLE SERVICE IS THAT OF A
CENTRAL TRACING AGENCY WHICH HELPS
TO LOCATE PRISONERS OF WAR AND
MISSING PERSONS LONG AFTER A
CONFLICT IS OVER.
AT TIMES OF ARMED CONFLICT OR
NATURAL DISASTER WITHIN COUNTRY
THEY HELP TO GIVE COMPREHENSIVE
CARE TO THE AFFECTED.
INDIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY
ACTIVITIES
RELIEF WORK DURING FLOODS, FAMINE, EARTHQUAKE, EPIDEMIC
ETC.
TRAININGHEALTH VISITORS, NURSES, DAIS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
EDUCATION
COOPERATION WITH THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION IN
THE TRAINING OF MEN AND WOMEN IN FIRST AID, HOME NURSING
ETC.
RUNNING A HOME AT BANGALORE FOR DISABLED EX- SERVICEMEN
WELFARE SERVICES IN MILITARY HOSPITALS
MEDICAL AFTER-CARE OF EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL
MATERNITY & CHILD WELFARE
JUNIOR RED CROSS
VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL
CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND
(UNICEF)
SERVICES PROVIDED BY UNICEF
Child health
Child nutrition
Family health and child welfare
Education(Formal and non-formal)
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS AT STATE
LEVEL
The Student Nurses
Association of India
The Nurses League of
Christian Medical
Association
The Christian Medical
Association of India
Objectives
To help the students to uphold the dignity
STUDENT NURSES
of the profession.
ASSOCIATION To promote team spirit among students for
common goal.
To help the students to develop
professional ethics.
To encourage students to gain positive
attitude towards the nursing profession
To encourage the students to develop
leadership quality and effective
communication skills for overall
development.
To encourage students to participate and
compete in various events at state,
regional and national conferences.
Uphold the dignity
and ideals of
nursing profession
Encourage
cooperation Promote rapport
FUNCTIONS
&
PURPOSES
Recreation Furnish advice
Encourage
leadership
Organization
of Exhibition of
Conferences Maintenance
posters
and Meetings of SNA Dairy
Program for Public
ANM students speaking &
writing
ACTIVITIES
Socio-
cultural & Project
recreational
activities
Advocacy of
Fund Nursing
raising Profession
Objectives
Promote cooperation and
THE NURSES LEAGUE
encouragement among Christian
OF THE CLINICAL
Nurses.
MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION Promote efficiency in nursing
education and service.
Secure the highest standards
possible in Christian nursing
education through the Christian
schools of nursing.
Considering the special work and
problems of Christian nurses
wherever employed.
Activities
Conferences Professional
and retreats advice
Scholarship Finance
for advanced meets and
studies conferences
THE CHRISTIAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION OF INDIA
FUNCTIONS
Assist and
Provide support
professional churches and
training health
institutions
Disperse
Encourage
health
community
related
health work
information
UNION
S
INTRODUCTION
A union is an organization that brings together different
people in the same profession. For example, there are
engineer unions and teachers' unions. There are also
many unions in the medical and health care professions.
Nursing labor unions have become extremely visible in
the past decade mostly due to their goals of obtaining
better wages and working conditions for their members,
and improved nurse-to-patient ratios.
MEANING OF UNION
A union or labor organization is any organization
in which employees participate for the purpose of
dealing with their employer about grievances,
labour disagreements, wages, hours of work, and
conditions of employment.
Unions, through size of the membership, have
greater power in their relationship with the
employer than does a single individual or even
small group.
DEFINITION
A union is a formal and legal
group that works through a
collective bargaining agent to
present desires to management
formally, through the legal Collective bargaining is negotiation
between an employer or group of
context of the National Labor employers and a group of work
people to reach an agreement on
Relations Board (NLRB). working conditions.
PURPOSES OF UNION
1. To represent their members' interests related to
conditions of employment.
2. To contract conditions such as unacceptable nurse-
patient ratio.
3. To play role in determining standards of care.
4. To adjust pay scales, benefits, dependable
procedures for scheduling vacations and all other
conditions important to nurses.
5. To create government-funded programs to fund and
encourage nursing education.
6. To protect RNs from violence and harassment on the
job.
7. To mandate safe nurse-to-patient ratios at all healthcare
facilities.
8. To protect the employee from unfair employer
treatment, such as, being passed over for a promotion
without an explanation, failure to post job opportunities,
biased interview practices, unreasonable or unsafe staff
scheduling, excessive overtime, and unfair transfers,
layoffs or terminations.
9. To provide a mechanism whereby nurse can address
issues, such as staffing and quality of care
FACTORS INFLUENCING
NURSES TO UNIONIZE
Powerlessness
Job stress
Dissatisfaction
Factors
Need for
communication
Issues
ROLE OF NURSES IN UNIONS
Nurses must know their legal rights and the rights
of the manager.
Nurses must act clearly within the law at all times.
Nurses must report to NLRB, if a manager acts
unlawfully.
Nurses must have information of regular
meetings.
Nurses must set meetings times conveniently.
ROLE OF MANAGER DURING
INITIAION OF
UNIONIZATION
THE MANAGER MUST
Find out the reasons
Act clearly the nurses want
within the law collective action
Discuss and deal
Be well versed with the nurse’s
with the law problems and
related to nurse’s grievances
rights
NURSING UNIONS IN INDIA
1. TNAI (Trained nurses association of
India)
3. All India Government
TNAI is a national professional association of Nurses Federation
nurses. The level of organization moves to (AIGNF)
district, state, national level. It is a centralized banner where
all unions, associations (Nurses)
2. United nurses association (UNA) of different Governments –
central, state, autonomous and
It is a professional association of registered others are at one platform
nurses in the state of Kerala in India. It was
founded on November 2011 by a small group
of nurses in Kerala with Jasminsha as the
founding president.
UNION PROS AND CONS
PROS CONS
1. To increase the power of the 1. A belief that unions promote a
individual socialist state
2. To communicate feelings/ideas to 2. A need to demonstrate
others in the organization and individualism and social status
influence decision making
3. A belief that professionals should
3. To reduce discrimination and not unionize
favouritism
4. An identification with management
4. A social need to be accepted
5. A fear of reprisal from the
5. A requirement of employment employer
6. A belief it will improve patient 6. A fear of loss of income associated
outcomes and care. with strikes
NURSES CONCERNS ABOUT
UNIONIZATION
Unprofessional
Unethical
Divisive
Job security
JOURNAL
ABSTRACT
CONCLUSIO
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