Describe the Organization
Purpose: In the United States there are more than 25,000 home care and hospice organizations that the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) represents. The association has about two million members (health care personnel) who are majorly nurses whose rights and duties of being provided with a healthy working environment forms an integral component of the organization’s mandate. According to the policies of the organization, the members deliver healthcare services to more than 10 million Americans annually who are suffering from lifestyle illnesses and other chronic diseases. It is through the NAHC that the healthcare personnel have a platform for accessing knowledge, information, and skills that are critical in the provision of quality care as they demonstrate their commitment to the realization of organizational goals and objectives.
Mission: The mission of NAHC is to provide a united platform for the delivery of quality care by advocating for the interest and rights of the nurses in home care and hospice organizations with the objective of ensuring that the resulting environment is productive for both the personnel and the realization of positive patient outcomes.
Vision: NAHC desires to be a major player in the re-establishment of home care and hospice organizations that are focused on providing the healthcare personnel with an environment that fosters improved productivity and the realization of positive patient outcomes.
Membership Benefits
Being a member of the NAHC provides the nurses with opportunities for accessing the latest information, knowledge, and skills that are critical for enhancing the competitiveness and professionalism of the members. The organization provides career and professional training and development opportunities through which the personnel working in hospice and home care organizations can ensure that they provide relevant and up-to-date care to the patients.
Through the NAHC, members can access improved networking opportunities, which allows them to share their knowledge and skill in different areas related to quality care provision in home care and hospice organizations. Through these networking platforms, it is possible for the NAHC members to access the latest information and the best professional approaches that they can use to address the diverse and ever-changing needs of the patients.
Networking at NAHC
The objective of NAHC is to ensure that the nurses and other personnel in home care and hospice organizations are provided with opportunities for improving their knowledge and skills in different areas of their practice. It is through networking that NAHC has been successful in creating for enhanced interaction between personnel drawn from different disciplines to ensure that they can collaborate and develop a common approach of dealing with the diverse issues associated with providing care to the terminally ill patients in home care and hospice facilities. Through the workshops, training, exhibitions, and conferences organized by NAHC, nurses have been exposed to personnel from different areas as a technique of ensuring that they can also be afforded the opportunity of presenting diverse ways of managing health-related complications as they share and discuss with others. The NAHC, through the Forum of State Associations has succeeded in creating opportunities for the nurses to engage in interstate exchange programs that create leaning and networking opportunities for the personnel. Moreover, it is through such forums that the nurses access the knowledge and skills that they require through shared experiences.
NAHC Updating Members
NAHC continues to be a relevant organization to its members because it has system and processes through which the members are always updated and informed of any changes that define their operations. These aspects are promoted through seminars, conferences, and workshops that the organization organizes at different periods and levels. The NAHC through its annual reports, provides members with detailed information on some of the achievements, shortcoming and plans that the company endeavors to address as it progresses with its initiatives. The daily newsletter subscription also provides NAHC members with information that is vital when they are tracking organizational progress. It is through these measures that NAHC has been effective in ensuring that the members can align their goals and objectives with those of the organization to improve organizational effectiveness.
Education, Professional, and Career Development
Profession and career development opportunities for members of NAHC are enhanced through different networking platforms that the organization organizes at different times and levels. It is through these platforms that the members can engage with their mentors, peers and role models to enhance their ability and thought processes when dealing with organizational issues. An additional way of enhancing education and career development for its members is through exhibitions and conferences in which new ideas can be shared and criticized constructively with the objective of improving understanding or developing new ways of doing things within home care and hospice facilities.
NAHC has been an advocate of continuous learning for its members, as evidenced in the e-learning resource center (Home Care University). Through the Home Care University (HCU), the members register to be exposed to different courses with the objective of improving their professional standards when managing diverse needs of the patients. Members who register to participate as learners in the HCU are exposed to courses on leadership, work development, clinical skills, management, and operations.
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