Organizational Overview
The destiny of the Minnesota Nurses Association continues to be built of ideas, integrity and the dedication of 20,000 members today and the promise of passionate, articulate members tomorrow.
Purpose
The purpose of the Minnesota Nurses Association, a union of professional nurses with unrestricted RN membership, shall be to advance the professional, economic and general well-being of nurses and to promote the health and well-being of the public. These purposes shall be unrestricted by considerations of age, color, creed, disability, gender, health status, lifestyle, nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Mission Statement
The Minnesota Nurses Association is the professional organization for Registered Nurses and speaks for our members and for nursing to:
- promote the professional, economic and personal well-being of nurses
- uphold and advance excellence, integrity and autonomy in the practice of nursing
- advocate for quality care that is accessible and affordable for patients and consumers
Strategic Goals
- MNA empowers registered nurses to use their collective strength, knowledge and experience to advance and enhance safe and professional nursing practice, nursing leadership and the community health and well-being
- MNA exemplifies a positive, powerful union of professional nurses that advances nursing in Minnesota
- MNA promotes effective RN staffing and safe working conditions for both patients and registered nurses in direct patient care, in policy and political arenas, in our communities and with Minnesota citizens,
- MNA increases membership and participation as a union of professional nurses through effective internal and external organizing, member activism, education and mobilization.
- MNa actively promotes the cultural diversity, health, security and well-being of all Minnesotans in its organizational programs and in collaboration with partner organizations.
2010 Priorities
Member and staff time, as well as substantial financial resources, will be committed to advancing the following areas of priority.
- Position MNA for negotiations from strength across Minnesota
- Organize to increase MNA membership and participationand promote MNA mission and strategic goals through political activism and collective action.
- Educate and mobilize members around health care reform, and pursue short and long-term strategies to achieve a single-payer health care system with guaranteed health care for all.
- Ensure the integrity of nursing practice and advance safe patient staffing standards and principles through collective action, collective bargaining, legislative initiative, grassroots organizing, political action and education consistent with the MNA Strategic Plan and the objectives of National Nurses United (NNU).
