The Profession: Nursing Education, Practice and Excellence
ARNA advocates for quality nursing education programs to
prepare individuals to practice in various nursing roles.
ARNA supports advanced formal education and credentialing
to enhance professional growth and development.
ARNA promotes lifelong learning by providing continuing
nursing education activities to ensure competence, knowledge enhancement
and excellence in practice.
ARNA adheres to the professions’ established standards, code of
ethics and professional nursing regulatory requirements.
The Professional Nurse:
ARNA believes in the value of nurses as professionals, and that they
are essential healthcare providers and decision makers.
ARNA believes that nurses have the unique ability to provide
holistic care across the lifespan in all practice settings.
ARNA advocates and works for improved work environments to
protect and support the nurse in every employment setting.
ARNA encourages nurses to collaborate with other healthcare
providers to effect comprehensive, quality patient care.
Consumer: Health Care and Public Policy
ARNA believes in the intrinsic worth of each individual and their
basic right to adequate health care.
ARNA believes that nurses interact with patients and families more than
any other healthcare provider, and therefore comprehend their healthcare
needs.
ARNA advocates for patients, clients and families, to support their
ability to receive healthcare services across the lifespan, in their own
homes and in their own communities.
ARNA has the moral responsibility to form public policies related to
the health and welfare of Arkansans and Arkansas nurses, by virtue
of its core values and its essence as an organization.
