Increase Participation in Your Local Chapter Using Technology

Abstract

Membership in a professional nursing organization allow nurses to interact with one another and can promote a higher level of excellence in patient care. This is especially important during a time when nurses are faced with many challenges from patients, families, and healthcare organizations. The rehabilitation nurses in South Dakota realized the importance of membership in the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN), however, did not have a local chapter due to the large distances separating the rehabilitation facilities. They organized a chapter uniting nurses hundreds of miles from one another using teleconference technology. Using technology may be a way to organize local chapters and provide nurses with ongoing support and learning opportunities.

Taking Learning to the Learner: Using Audio Teleconferencing for Postclinical Conferences and More

“…Individuals are able to infer general principles from the experience of learning and to develop strength from the work team. These learning communities provide a model for team work and team function in multidisciplinary groups (Billings & Kowalski, 2007;Rossignol, 1997;Rye, 2009).…”