Role play: mentoring, membership in professional organizations, and the pursuit of excellence in nursing.

Abstract

It is our professional responsibility to encourage membership in nursing organizations. Membership helps nurses make intelligent, well-informed decisions about health care and our profession. It also enhances our credibility and helps validate nursing as a profession. Plato said, "Those having torches will pass them on to others." As nurses, educators, preceptors, advocates and mentors, we carry the fire.