To practice effective patient advocacy, we must effectively advocate for nursing practice

   Registered Nurse members and staff of MNA’s Nursing Practice Program help promote, guard and advance standards of practice and advocate for the effective and appropriate understanding and implementation of professional nursing practice. The foundation of the program is ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, ANA Nursing’s Social Policy Statement, ANA Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Nursing, and Minnesota’s Nurse Practice Act. Click here for information on the MNA Professional Practice, Ethics and Regulation Handbook.

Expanding Practice Through Research
   To be viable and vital to quality patient care, nurses must continue to question their practice and support the development of new knowledge. MNA salutes and supports individuals who examine nursing practice through scientific research. Data supplied by exciting new research helps confirm the efficacy of nursing interventions for utilization in practice settings.
   Nursing practice in Minnesota is enhanced by investigations conducted nationally and by our own colleagues here in the state. Your association has funded and continues to issue grants for projects that make a significant impact on the lives of nurses and the lives of the people served by nurses. Because of MNA and the American Nurses Association, we have evidence of the importance of nursing-based quality indicators and their relationship to patient outcomes.

Memorandum of Understanding for Written Prescribing Agreements Between Advanced Practice Registered Nursee and a Collaborating Physician

Model Form for the Development of a Prescribing Agreement

Memorandum of Understanding for Written Prescribing Agreements Between a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing and a Physician

Model Form for the Developm ent of a Prescribing Agreement for a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing