A Global Enterprise. . . Caring for Those Who Care

1. A Global Enterprise. . .Caring for Those Who Care Core Ideology Core Purpose Nurses advancing our profession to improve health for all. Core Values Excellence Diversity Unity Integrity Respect

2. Envisioned Future Overarching Goal Nursing will be the acknowledged unifying force advancing Quality health for all. Outcomes • Nurses are universally valued as central to optimal health. • Nurses are a recognized political force with a prominent seat at health policy tables. • Nurses are actively shaping safe and secure practice environments. • Nurses, nursing organizations, and the public value ANA as the indispensable primary voice of nursing and builder of coalitions for health advocacy. • Every nurse has a connection to ANA. • Nursing is among the most frequently chosen careers.

3. 2005-2006 Strategic Imperatives • Professional Practice Excellence ANA successfully champions professional nursing excellence through standards, code of ethics, and professional development, such as credentialing and lifelong learning. 2. Healthcare & Public Policy ANA is an acknowledged leader in the formulation of effective healthcare and public policy as they affect the profession and the public.

4. 2005-2006 Strategic Imperatives[Continued] 3. Knowledge & Research ANA is the recognized source for accurate, comprehensive health policy information based on knowledge from research. 4.Unification • ANA facilitates unification and advancement of the profession.

5. 2005-2006 Strategic Imperatives[Continued] • Advocacy for Workforce & Workplace Issues • ANA with its partners and through its organizational relationships is the leader in promoting improved work environments and the value of nurses as professionals, essential providers and decisions makers in all practice settings.

6. 2005-2006 Strategic Imperatives[Continued] • Organizational Effectiveness • ANA improves its organizational structure and resources to pursue its vision, achieve its mission, and address the needs of its constituents, structural units, related entities, associate organizational members and organizational affiliates.

7. ANA’s Cornerstone Work • Code of Ethics for Nurses ANA’s commitment to advance the profession’s foundational work revolves around ethics and standards. In this role, the ANA owns and promotes the Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements and develops and maintains standards of practice.

8. ANA’s Cornerstone Work[Continued] • Scope and Standards of Practice The new Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice is a complete revision of the 1998 edition and delineates the professional activities and accountabilities of all practicing registered nurses in any care settings.

9. ANA’s Cornerstone Work[Continued] • Nursing’s Social Policy Statement The second edition of Nursing’s Social Policy Statement details: nursing’s relationship with society; the profession’s contributions to healthcare; and, nurses obligation to recipients of care.

10. ANA’s Core Issues • Nursing Shortage ANA actively addresses the complex factors that affect the supply and demand of nurses. ANA is initialing strategies to retain and recruit nurses by improving work environments, increasing educational opportunities, increasing compensation and advocating for laws that strengthen the profession.

11. ANA’s Core Issues[Continued] • Appropriate Staffing ANA leads the way in research, policy and practice, and workplace strategies to ensure that the number and mix of staff are appropriate – protecting patients and nurses.

12. ANA Core Issues[Continued] • Workplace Rights ANA protects, defends and educates nurses about their rights as employees under the law.

13. ANA Core Issues[Continued] • Workplace Health and Safety ANA fights for a safer workplace by addressing the growing number of occupational hazards that threaten nurses, such as needle-stick injuries, latex sensitivity, back injuries and violence.

14. ANA Core Issues[Continued] • Patient Safety/Advocacy ANA advances its ultimate goal, quality patient care, by effecting positive change around issues that are critical to nursing and its future. Today’s environment demands action to ensure that patient safety and quality are priorities.

15. ANA… A GLOBAL ENTERPRISE CMAs and IMD Individual Direct Members Individual Affiliates

16. Partners in Action... On Behalf of theProfession RELATED ENTITIES

17. STRUCTURAL UNITS CNPE ETHICS & HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY BOARD

18. PARTNERS in ACTION AOMS

19. Organizational Affiliates American Association of Colleges of Nursing American Association of Critical-Care Nurses American Association of Nurse Anesthetists American Nephrology Nurses’ Association American Psychiatric Nurses Association Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Association of Rehabilitation Nurses Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses Emergency Nurses Association International Nurses Society on Addictions National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists National Association of School Nurses Oncology Nursing Society Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society PARTNERS in ACTION Tri-Council American Association of Colleges of Nursing American Nurses Association American Organization of Nurse Executives National League for Nursing

21. Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics Orientation ♦ Presented by Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN, CNAA,BC Chief Executive Officer ANA Headquarters, Silver Spring, MD September 17, 2006