Position Statements

Position Statement: Mandatory Influenza Immunization of Healthcare Workers

NYSNA supports the CDC’s recommendation that everyone over the age of six months be immunized against seasonal influenza.

Position Statement on Floating

The intent of this position statement is to reaffirm the nursing profession’s responsibility to monitor staffing effectiveness for the protection of the public from unsafe and ineffective nursing practice, especially when floating is used by management as a means to effectuate staffing levels.

Position Statement on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in the Practice of Nursing

The intent of this position statement is to provide clarification about the role of the registered nurse (RN) in the use of complementary and alternative therapies (CAT).

Position Statement on Credentialing and Practice of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

The intent of this position statement is to assert the importance of the credentialing process to demonstrate competence of the Advanced Practice Registered professional nurse (APN) while eliminating the burden that second licensure would impose.

Position Statement: On the Role of the Registered Professional Nurse in Emergency Preparedness for all Hazards

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The intent of this position statement is to examine the role and responsibilities of the Registered Professional Nurse in planning and preparing for current and emerging threats to the public’s health.

Position Statement: Role of the Registered Professional Nurse in Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence

The intent of this position statement is to acknowledge domestic violence as a major public health issue and declare the registered professional nurses’ ethical duty to the victims and community in addressing this concern.

Position Statement on Workplace Violence

The intent of this position statement is to: Acknowledge the critical need for increased awareness of the impact of violence in the healthcare workplace; Promote the education of registered nurses to assess, prevent and manage violent incidents; and Support registered nurse collaboration with healthcare leadership to reduce the impact of violence in the workplace.

Health and Safety

Caring for a patient shouldn’t turn YOU into a patient. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration considers healthcare settings to have some of the highest worker injury rates of all U.S. workplaces.

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