Nursing Practice
The Committee on Nursing Practice shall;
1) review and analyze practice trends and issues for professional nurses in Tennessee and recommend
programs, policies and strategies to enhance the practice of professional nursing;
2)review and analyze health problems that are responsive to policy interventions and recommend
those options to be addressed by the Association, its members, and the nursing community;
3)promote research, policy and practice excellence by professional nurses in Tennessee;
4) enhance the visibility of professional nurses in policy, political, and practice environments;
5)advocate for a safe, equitable and satisfying work environment that supports professional nursing
practice and optimal patient care;
6) evaluate and advise the Board of Directors on issues of concern to diverse nursing groups;
7) advise and make recommendations to the Committee on Government Affairs and Health Policy in
the development of the Health Policy and Legislative Platforms for TNA;
8) investigate and recommend to the Board of Directors such campaigns of public enlightenment or
education as it may deem appropriate;
9) evaluate such issues of ethics as may come before TNA and to make recommendations to the Board
of Directors; and
10)evaluate and advise the Board of Directors on other issues as deemed appropriate.
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