Resources
NANN provides a federal health policy and advocacy toolkit and a state-level advocacy toolkit and other resources to educate members and help them participate in the policy arena.
Toolkits
- Federal Health Policy & Advocacy Toolkit (introduction)
- State Advocacy Toolkit
- Legislative Advocacy 101
NANN also partners with other organizations to provide NANN members with the most current and relevant information. Partners and alliances include:
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing: The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is the national voice for academic nursing. AACN works to establish quality standards for nursing education; assists schools in implementing those standards; influences the nursing profession to improve health care; and promotes public support for professional nursing education, research, and practice.
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners: AANP empowers all NPs to advance accessible, person-centered, equitable, high-quality health care for diverse communities through practice, education, advocacy, research and leadership.
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Fetus and Newborn: The Committee on Fetus and Newborn (COFN) studies issues and current advances in fetal and neonatal care; makes recommendations regarding neonatal practice; collaborates with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to consider perinatal issues on which the practices of obstetrics and pediatrics merge and works cooperatively with ACOG on new editions of Guidelines for Perinatal Care.
- American Academy of Pediatrics Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP): The Neonatal Resuscitation Program® (NRP®) course conveys an evidence-based approach to care of the newborn at birth and facilitates effective team-based care for healthcare professionals who care for newborns at the time of delivery. NRP utilizes a blended learning approach, which includes online testing and hands-on case-based simulation/debriefing that focus on critical leadership, communication, and team-work skills.
- American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine: The Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (SONPM) is the home organization for specialists in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and also welcomes affiliate members working in related disciplines. At a membership of nearly 4327, the Section is the largest specialty subgroup of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The Section’s highest priority is to ensure optimal health and well-being of babies and mothers which is accomplished through the Section’s core activities of advocacy, education, outreach and support of clinicians and researchers.
- American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Transport Medicine: The Section on Transport Medicine supports the safe transport of pediatric patients by developing clinical guidance, providing education, facilitating interdisciplinary networking, promoting research, and advocating for transport providers at the local, state, and national level.
- Alliance for Nurses in Healthy Environments: The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) is the leading global nursing organization focused on the intersection of human health and planetary health. ANHE champions nurses as critical to promoting and protecting human health from environmental harm associated with degradation and disruption of Earth’s natural systems, especially for populations that are disproportionately exposed and overburdened. ANHE leads in engaging, educating, and mobilizing nurses in support of environmental health equity and justice.
- American Nurses Association: ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting a safe and ethical work environment, bolstering the health and wellness of nurses, and advocating on health care issues that affect nurses and the public.
- Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS): The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems is dedicated to improving the quality of patient care and safety of the transport environment for services providing rotorwing, fixed wing and ground transport systems.
- Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN): The Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc (COINN) is an organization that represents nurses who specialize in the care of newborn infants and their families or have a special interest in this area of nursing. COINN supports nurses that want to form a local organisation or national organization, create guidelines for care and professional standards want advice on neonatal nursing issues.
- Family Centered Care Task Force: Family-Centered Care (FCC) ensures that caregivers are active, engaged team members throughout their NICU journey, and is a key factor in improving infant health and family mental health outcomes.
- International Neonatal Consortium: The International Neonatal Consortium (INC) aims to accelerate the development of safe, effective therapies for newborns.
- Licensure, Accreditation, and Education (LACE): The LACE Network is a communication network that includes organizations that represent the Licensure, Accreditation, Certification, and Education components of APRN regulation.
- March of Dimes: March of Dimes is a nonprofit organization committed to ending preventable maternal health risks and death, ending preventable preterm birth and infant death and closing the health equity gap for all families.
- National Assocation of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) Task Force: The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists is a membership organization devoted to advancing the unique expertise and values the clinical nurse specialist brings to delivering high-quality, evidence-based, patient-centered care and reducing the cost of health care delivery. NACNS has more than 2,000 members and represents the 90,955 clinical nurse specialists working in hospitals and health systems, clinics and ambulatory settings and colleges and universities today.
- National Coalition for Infant Health: The National Coalition for Infant Health is a collaborative of professional, clinical, community and family support organizations. The coalition focuses on education and advocacy promoting patient-centered care for all infants – whether born preterm or full term – and their families.
- Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF): NONPF is a national leader and global partner uniting and mobilizing a workforce of highly skilled, adaptive, and diverse nurse practitioner educators to advance excellence in nurse practitioner education.
- Nursing Community Coalition: Collectively, the Nursing Community is comprised of 64 national nursing organizations that represent the cross section of education, practice, research, and regulation within the profession. With over four million licensed Registered Nurses (RNs), Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), and nursing students, the profession embodies the drive and passion to continually improve care for patients, families, and communities across the continuum.
- Nursing Organizations Alliance: NOA exists to connect elected and staff leaders of professional nursing organizations to inspire, collaborate, and provide a forum for information exchange and the sharing of resources and best practices.
NOA is the premier collaborative community convening leaders of professional nursing organizations to address common interests and achieve shared goals. - National Task Force for Quality Nurse Practitioner Education: The National Task Force (NTF) for Quality Nurse Practitioner Education is committed to cultivating and upholding high standards in nurse practitioner (NP) education through collaborative revisions and the publication of the 6th Edition (2022) of the Standards for Quality Nurse Practitioner Education. These standards are a compass for ensuring program excellence and continuous improvement through quality assessment, maintenance, and planning.
- United States Breastfeeding Committee: The U.S. Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) is a national coalition of ~140 organizational members representing nonprofits (national, state, local, and community), breastfeeding coalitions, and federal agencies working to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding and human milk feeding. As a backbone institution, the USBC uses an equity-centered collective impact approach to manage multi-sectoral collaborations.
- Vermont Oxford Network: VON serves as a neutral, independent party in analyzing and providing benchmarking data for individual centers and groups that can be used to identify local opportunities for improvement of neonatal care.
- Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI): PCORI funds comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) that helps people make informed healthcare decisions and improves healthcare delivery and outcomes by producing evidence from research guided by patients, their caregivers and the broader health and healthcare community.
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