Position Statements

• AACN Position Statements

  • Framework for Determining Voice Issues

  • Evolving Education and Certification of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)

  • AACN and AACN Certification Corporation Respond to NCSBN Vision Paper on Advanced Practice

  • AACN'S Policy for the Use of Animals in Research Funded by AACN Grants

  • Mandatory Overtime

  • Workplace Violence Prevention

  • Zero Tolerance for Abuse

  • Moral Distress

  • Certification Credential Position Statement

  • CNS Position Statement

• Joint Position Statements

  • ICU Overflow - 2000

  • Critical Care Workforce Partnership Position Statement

  • Statement on Safe Use of Propofol

  • Organizational Principles to Guide and Define the Child Health Care System and/or Improve the Health of All Children

• Endorsed Position Statements

  • Alliance for Nursing Accreditation Statement on Distance Education Policies

  • Bill of Rights for Donor Families

  • ANSR Consensus Document

  • Nursing Workforce Development - Nursing Community Consensus Document

  • Global Vision Statement

• Standards

  • Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice

  • Standards of Practice and Professional Performance for the Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

  • AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environment

  • Scope and Standards of Practice for the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

• Testimony/Support  

  • Open letter from AACN, American College of Chest Physicians and American Thoracic Society to National Quality Forum Opposes Recent Decision to Use Length of Stay and In-hospital Mortality for Intensive Care Unit Patients as Outcome Measures, October 20, 2010.

  • Proposal for Collaborative Infection-Reduction Awards Program to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services from Critical Care Societies Collaborative, September 30, 2009

  • Proposal for Hospital Acquired Infections Web Microsite to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services from Critical Care Societies Collaborative, September 30, 2009

  • Open Letter Regarding End-of-life Care to President Barack Obama from the Presidents of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society and Society of Critical Care Medicine, August 19, 2009

  • Testimony of the Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief (ANSR) Alliance Regarding Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs

  • Statement of Dr. Mary Naylor about Transitional Care by Advanced Practice Nurses Presented to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Roundtable on Delivery System Reform, April 21, 2009

  • Letter Advocating Inclusion of CNSs in the 2010 Standard Occupational Classifications (SOC)

  • Written Statement to the Institute of Medicine Committee on Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety

  • Troops to Nurse Teachers Act

• Backgrounders

  • AACN's Healthy Work Environment Initiative Backgrounder

  • Important News for Advanced Practice Nurses: The New APRN Regulatory Model Has Been Endorsed and Adopted

• White Papers

  • Certification White Paper and Documents