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Position Statements—cont’d
Nurse-Midwifery Polygraph Testing of Health Care Workers
ANA Response to Pew Commission Report Sexual Harassment
Nursing Research Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (Note: ANA work on the
Education for Participation in Nursing Research UAP issue is ongoing)
Consumer Advocacy Registered Nurses Utilization of Nursing Personnel in All
Settings
Referrals to the Most Appropriate Provider
Registered Nurse Education Relating to the Utilization of
Mercury in Vaccines
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
Elimination of Medication Waste in Long-Term Care Facilities
Joint Statements
Workplace Advocacy
Joint Statement on Delegation American Nurses Associ-
Assuring Patient Safety: The Employers’Role in Promoting ation (ANA) and National Council of State Boards of
Healthy Nursing Work Hours for Registered Nurses in All Nursing
Roles and Settings
Authentication in a Computer-Based Patient Record
Assuring Patient Safety: Registered Nurses’Responsibility in
All roles and Settings to Guard Against Working When On Access to Patient Data
Fatigued Computer-Based Patient Record Standards
Elimination of Manual Patient Handling to Prevent Work- Services to Families Following Sudden Infant Death Syn-
Related Musculoskeletal Disorders drome
Work Release During a Disaster: Guidelines for Employers Association of Operating Room Nurses Official Statement
on RN First Assistants
Registered Nurses’Rights and Responsibilities Related to
work Release During a Disaster Maintaining Professional and Legal Standards During a
Shortage of Nursing Personnel
Opposition to Mandatory Overtime
Role of the Registered Nurse in the Management of
Latex Allergy
Patients Receiving IV Conscious Sedation
The Right to Accept or Reject an Assignment
Role of the Registered Nurse in the Management of
Restructuring, Work Redesign, and the Job and Career Analgesia by Catheter Techniques
Security of Registered Nurses
post-secondary and higher degree (master’s degree, ■ Emphasis on lifelong learning
baccalaureate degree, associate-degree, diploma, ■ Continued interaction with colleges and univer-
and practical nursing programs). sities (noadn.org)

National Organization for American Academy of Nursing
Associate-Degree Nursing
The American Academy of Nursing consists of
Associate-degree nursing programs prepare the over 1500 nursing leaders in practice, education,
largest number of new graduates for RN licensure. management, and research. Its mission is to
Many of these individuals would never have had advance health policy and practice through the
the opportunity to become RNs without the access generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing
afforded by the community college system. The knowledge. The mission is accomplished through
move to begin a national organization to address Nursing Outlook, a professional journal; expert pan-
associate-degree nursing began in 1986. The els composed of members of the Academy, a
organization identified two major goals: to main- Scholar in Residence program, and supporting
tain eligibility for licensure for associate-degree appointment of nurses to key policy positions.
graduates and to interact with other nursing Membership is through nomination by current
organizations. Today, the mission of the National Fellows of the Academy (http://www.aannet.org).
Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
(NOADN) includes supporting the associate- National Institute for Nursing Research
degree graduate through:
The National Institute for Nursing Research
■ Strong educational programs (NINR), unlike the other associations described
■ Dynamic curricula and education of students in here, is an arm of the federal government, one of
a variety of settings the 27 institutes of National Institutes of Health