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Abuse of Prescription Drugs
ANA Position Statement - Approved 4/5/91
Active Euthanasia
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/08/94
Additional Access To Care: Supporting Nurse Practitioners In Retail-Based Health Clinics
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/11/09
Adolescent Health
ANA Position Statement - 9/30/00
Assisted Suicide
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/08/94
Assuring Patient Safety: Registered Nurses’ Responsibility in All Roles and Settings to Guard Against Working When Fatigued
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/8/06
Assuring Patient Safety: The Employers’ Role in Promoting Healthy Nursing Work Hours for Registered Nurses in All Roles and Settings
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/8/06
Assuring Safe, High Quality Health Care in Pre-K Through 12 Educational Settings
ANA Position Statement - Approved 3/16/07
Competencies for Nurse Practitioners in Emergency Care
ANA Approved Position Statement from Emergency Nurses Association - 2008
Credentialing and Privileging of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
ANA Position Statement - 10/11/06
Cultural Diversity in Nursing Practice
ANA Position Statement - Approved 10/22/91
Delegation
Joint ANA and National Council of State Boards of Nursing Position Statement - 2005
Determining a Standard Order of Credentials for the Professional Nurse
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/11/09
Discrimination and Racism in Health Care
ANA Position Statement - Approved 3/26/98
Drug Testing for Health Care Workers
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/8/94
Education and Barrier Use for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Infection
ANA Position Statement - Approved 9/6/91
Electronic Health Record
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/11/09
Elimination of Manual Patient Handling to Prevent Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
ANA Position Statement - Revised 3/14/08
Elimination of Violence in Advertising Directed Toward Children, Adolescents and Families
ANA Position Statement - Approved 7/13/07
Emergency Care Psychiatric Clinical Framework
Equipment/Safety Procedures to Prevent Transmission of Bloodborne Diseases
ANA Position Statement - Approved 9/6/91
Establishing a Culturally Competent Master’s and Doctorally Prepared Nursing Workforce (Members Only)
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Position Statement Endorsed by ANA - Approved 11/09
Foregoing Nutrition and Hydration
ANA Position Statement - Revised 3/11/11
HIV Disease and Correctional Inmates
ANA Position Statement - Approved 9/11/92
HIV Exposure from Rape/Sexual Assault
ANA Position Statement - Approved 4/2/93
HIV Infection and Nursing Students
ANA Position Statement - Approved 4/3/92
HIV Testing
ANA Position Statement - Approved 9/6/91
Immunizations (Members Only)
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NAPNAP Position Statement Endorsed by ANA - 11/05
In Support of Patients’ Safe Access to Therapeutic Marijuana
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/12/08
Just Culture
ANA Position Statement - Approved 1/28/10
Lead Poisoning and Screening
ANA Position Statement - Approved 4/8/94
Mercury in Vaccines
ANA Position Statement - Approved 6/21/06
Needle Exchange and HIV
ANA Position Statement - Approved 4/2/93
Nurses' Role in Capital Punishment
ANA Position Statement - Approved 1/28/10
Nursing Care and Do-Not-Resuscitate Decisions
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/03
Nursing Leadership in Global and Domestic Tobacco Control (Members Only)
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Position Statement Endorsed by ANA - 12/08
Patient Safety: Rights of Registered Nurses When Considering a Patient Assignment
ANA Position Statement - Approved 3/12/09
Personnel Policies and HIV in the Workplace
ANA Position Statement - Approved 9/6/91
Pharmaceutical Waste
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/9/10
Placebos for Pain Management in Patients with Cancer
ANA Position Statement - 12/1996
Post-Exposure Programs in the Event of Occupational Exposure to HIV/HBV
ANA Position Statement - Approved 9/6/91
Privacy and Confidentiality
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/8/06
Procedural Sedation Consensus Statement
ANA Position Statement - Approved 3/20/08
Professional Role Competence
ANA Position Statement - Approved 5/28/08
Promoting Safe Medication Use in the Older Adult
ANA Position Statement - Approved 3/12/09
Promotion and Disease Prevention
ANA Position Statement - 7/2/95
Reduction of Patient Restraint and Seclusion in Health Care Settings
ANA Position Statement - Approved 10/17/01
Registered Nurses' Rights and Responsibilities Related to Work Release During a Disaster
ANA Position Statement - Approved 6/24/02
Registered Nurses' Roles and Responsibilities in Providing Expert Care And Counseling at the End of Life
ANA Position Statement Approved - 6/14/10
Registered Nurses Utilization of Nursing Assistive Personnel in All Settings
ANA Position Statement - Approved 7/13/07
Reproductive Health
ANA Position Statement - Approved 3/10
Risk and Responsibility in Providing Nursing Care
Position Statement - Approved 6/21/06
RN First Assistants
ANA Approved Position Statement from the Association of Operating Room Nurses Official Statement - 3/10
Safe Practices for Needle and Syringe Use
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Position, endorsed by ANA - 1/09
Safety Issues Related to Tubing and Catheter Misconnections
ANA Position Statement - Approved 10/10/07
Sexual Harassment
ANA Position Statement - Approved 4/2/93
Stem Cell Research
ANA Position Statement - Approved 1/10/07
The Doctor of Nursing Practice: Advancing the Nursing Profession
ANA Position Statement - Revised 4/20/2011
The Mayday Fund Report: A Call to Revolutionize Chronic Pain Care in America: An Opportunity in Health Care Reform (Members Only)
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ANA Endorsed Report - 11/4/09
The Nonnegotiable Nature of the ANA Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements
ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/09/94
The Nurses' Role in Ethics and Human Rights: Protecting and Promoting Individual Worth, Dignity, and Human Rights in Practice Settings
ANA Position Statement - Approved 6/14/10
Violence Against Women
ANA Position Statement - 3/24/00
Work Release During a Disaster - Guidelines for Employers
ANA Position Statement - Approved 6/24/02
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