Education

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Approval Process

Approved Programs

Philosophy

Providers

Activities

• Represent nurses and serve as their state spokesperson with the legislature, the public, and allied professional, community, and government groups.

• Foster high standards of nursing through it support and use of the American Nurses Association's professional standards and Code of Ethics.

• Stimulate and promote the professional development of nurses through continuing education programs.

• Advance nurses' economic and general welfare through its workplace advocacy program, including education and advice.

• Serve as a constituent member of the American Nurses Association through state delegate representation.
• Serve as a constituent member of the ANA and and the Center for American Nurses.

Activities

• Grant licensure to practice nursing to qualified applicants.

• Promulgate rules necessary to implement its statutory responsibilities and duties.

• Define and describe nonprofessional conduct.

• Establish minimum standards of nursing practice.

• Set minimum standards for nursing education and maintain list of approved schools.

• Take disciplinary action on licensees in response to nonprofessional conduct.

• Maintain a list of names, addresses, and licensure status of persons they license.

• Approve applications for prescriptive authority for advanced practice nurses.