Module 6: Consultation & Collaboration in LTC Practice

157 6.5.2 Membership

Association Membership

Membership in professional organizations is a way for professionals with comparable objectives to link together to have the voice of many, versus the voice of one. Professional Nursing organizations and networks are effective tools for:

  • Professional development
  • Career advancement
  • Practice support[1]

Joining an organization can assist with:

  • Personal growth
  • Increased professional potential
  • Knowledge growth
  • Support to generate change
  • Legal support/advice[2]

Communities of practice

As we have discussed in previous lessons, communities of practice are important as a professional learning and support strategy. These are a type of professional association that have the potential to:

  • Connect people
  • Provide a shared context for people to communicate and share
  • Foster conversation between people who come together to:
  • Explore possibilities
  • Resolve perplexing problems
  • Generate new opportunities
  • Stimulate learning through communication, mentoring, coaching, and self-reflection
  • Capture and share current understanding to help individuals improve their practice
  • Present collaborative practices to groups and organizations
  • Help people organize around focused actions
  • Produce innovative understandings to help people transform their practice[3]

  1. Canadian Nurses Association, n.d
  2. Cline et al., 2019
  3. Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium, 2016

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