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Position Statements

NYSNA's official positions on issues of particular concern to RNs and the profession:

Ethical

• Nursing and End-of-Life Decision Making
• Role of the Professional Nurse Regarding Organ and Tissue Donation
• Abortion
• Drug Testing of Professional Nurses
• Role of the Registered Professional Nurse in Ethical Decision-Making

Legal

• Nurses Rights
• Informed Consent
• Registered Professional Nursing’s Utilization of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
• Elder Abuse, Neglect and Maltreatment
• Credentialing of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
• Professional Regulation
• Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
• Model Statement: Alcohol and Other Drug Policy for RNs in NYS Employed in Healthcare Facilities
• Role of the Professional Nurse in Caring for Individuals Receiving Cancer Therapies and Effects on Long-Term Survivorship
• Drug Testing of Professional Nurses
• Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in the Practice of Nursing
• Role of the Professional Nurse in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic

Public Health and Barriers to Quality Care

• Protecting Nursing's Scope of Practice
• Floating
• Role of Public Health Nursing
• RN Staffing Effectiveness and Nursing Shortage
• Role of the Professional Nurse Regarding Organ and Tissue Donation
• Elder Abuse, Neglect and Maltreatment
• Latex Allergy
• Gun Violence
• Universal Health Care
• Model Statement: Alcohol and Other Drug Policy for RNs in NYS Employed in Healthcare Facilities
• Domestic Violence
• Medical Marijuana
• Methadone Maintenance Programs
• Complementary Therapies in the Practice of Nursing
• Role of the Professional Nurse in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic
• Role of the Professional Nurse Regarding Patient Education
• Pre-Event Smallpox Vaccination of Registered Nurses

Workplace Health and Safety Issues

• Protecting Nursing's Scope of Practice
• Floating
• Nurses Rights
• Workplace Violence
• RN Staffing Effectiveness and Nursing Shortage
• School Health Nursing
• Ambulatory Care Nursing
• Long Term Care
• Self Care for the Professional Nurse
• Role of the Professional Nurse in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic
• Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

For more information on nursing practice, contact NYSNA's Education, Practice and Research Program at 518.782.9400, ext. 282 or by e-mail.

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