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ADOPTED RESOLUTION TITLES These resolutions are not in chronological order due to previous undated resolutions and the resolution compilation process. This is a listing of titles only. For a copy of any resolution or more information, contact either the GANS 2nd VP or Legislative Director 1. The Creation of a Mission Statement and Strategic Plan for the Continued Growth of the Georgia Association of Nursing Students. 2. Resolution in Support of Increasing Rehabilitation Services for the Pregnant Substance Abuser. 3. Resolution in Support of Hepatitis-B Vaccination for Nursing Students. 4. Recognition of Membership Growth. 5. Resolution in Support of Establishing an Ongoing Scholarship in the name of Dr. Virginia Harmeyer. 6. Support for Third Party Reimbursement of Nurse Practitioners to Provide Alternative Healthcare Resources in Rural Areas Suffering from a Shortage of Health Personnel. 7. Support the Concept of "Right to Die" Legislation 8. Accessibility of BSN Education 9. Support Programs for Teenage Parents 10. Active Recruitment for Nursing Schools by Nursing Students 11. Smoke Free Environments 12. Mandatory Mouth-to-Mask Resuscitation Devices in all Healthcare Facilities 13. The Role of a GANS Consultant 14. Organ Donation and Transplantation 15. Membership Presentation 16. Nursing Shortage 17. Nursing Research 18. Institutional Licensure of Nonprofessional (against) 19. Hospital Orientation for Graduate Nurses 20. CPR and Basic First Aid in the Georgia Public School System 21. Student Choice Regarding Aids Patients 22. Support of Influenza Vaccinations for Nursing Students 23. Resolution in Support of Nurse Participation in the March of Dimes 24. Resolution in Support of Mandatory Seat Belts 25. Impaired Nursing Students 26. Student Nurses' Association of Georgia Emily McNelly Award 27. Upholding Legal Abortion 28. Support for "The Chemical People" (program for increasing awareness of drug problem) 29. Support for Proposed National Association Name Change (January 1984) 30. Proposed Draft of all Health Care Professionals 31. Mandatory / Voluntary Continuing Education 32. Third Party Reimbursement 33. Clarification of Nurse Responsibilities in Informed Consent 24. Support of Aids Patients 35. Healthcare for the Homeless 36. Divestment in South Africa 37. Support Programs for Impaired Nursing Students 38. Support of Nursing Students Becoming more Politically Active 39. Require National Health-Warning Labels on all Smokeless Tobacco Products 40. National Institute of Nursing 41. Cultural Diversity in Nursing 42. Resolution in Support of Quality Health Care for the Older Adult 43. Safe Containment of Medication 44. Retroactive Continuing Education Units 45. Infant Screening for Hearing Assessment 46. Hospice (1983) 47. Nurses Choice in Discontinuance of Life Supports Systems 48. In Support of Reproductive Health Care Services for College Students 49. Promotion and Support of Impaired Healthcare Professional Awareness Week in the Medical and Public Sectors 50. Support President Clinton's Immunization Plan (February 1993) 51. Resolution in Support of Implementation of Preceptorship Programs for Graduate Nurses (Feburary 1993) 52. Resolution in Support of Student Nurses Participation in Walktoberfest for the American Diabetes Association (February 1993) 53. Support for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Proposed Position Paper on the Licensure of Advance Nursing Practice (Feburary 1993) 54. Preserving GANS History by the Dating of all Resolutions (February 1993) 55. Informing Women of Group B Streptococcal Infection and Pregnancy (February 1993) 56. Adoption of GANS Strategic Plan (February 1993) 57. Support for Topical Anesthesia During Circumcision (Feburary 1993) 58. Resolution in Opposition to Mandatory HIV Testing of Healthcare Workers (February 1993) 59. Support for a Universal Centrally-Networked Healthcare System (February 1992) 60. Compiling Resolutions (February 1992) 61. Support for Improved Economic Status of Women and Children (February 1992) 62. Resolution in Support of School Health in Georgia (February 1992) 63. Value of Nurses to Hospitals (February 1998) 64. Support of Geriatric Studies in Nursing 65. Support of Continued REgulation by State Board of Nursing 66. Presentation of Pharmacology in Nursing Schools 67. Maternity Care Coverage: Minimum Requirements (January 1976) 68. Decriminalization of Homosexual Activity (January 1976) 69. Health Services in High School (January 1976) 70. Multi-Disciplinary Health Care Teams (January 1976) 71. Cost-Containment and the Implications for Nursing in Relations to DRG's 72. Resolution Professional Registered Nurses 73. Student Tax Exemption Law 74. Support of Primary Prevention by Nursing Student (February 1994) 75. Encouragement of the Advertisement for Protected Sex and Abstinence from Sex (February 1994) 76. Support of School Nurses in all Public Schools 77. Support for Increased Taxes on Cigarettes (February 1994) 78. Appeal to the United States Congress for Modification of the Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989, Public Law 101-238, 103 Statute 1099 (February 1994) 79. Support of the Promotion of the Awareness of Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease and Education Pertaining to Proper CAre of Alzheimer's Victims (1995) 80. Support Primary Prevention in Prenatal and Childhood Exposure to Toxic Environmental Health Hazards (1995) 81. Support for all Teachers Being Certified in CPR and First Aid (1995) 82. Support Amending Informed Consent Law Regarding the Exclusion of Abortion Surgical Procedures (1995) 83. Support of Certifiecation in Basic First Aid as a Requirement of Students Prior to Clinical Practice (1995) 84. Support of the Utilization of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners in the State of Georgia to Perform Sexual Assault Exams for the Victims of Rape (1995) 85. Support of Prescriptive Authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (1995) 86. Support of Nursing Student Learning Basic Spanish (1996) 87. Support of Prescriptive Rights for Georgia's Nurse Practitioner (1997) 88. Proactive Approach to Unlicensed Assistive Personnel in Healthcare Settings (1997) 89. In Support of Institutin and Exposure Incident Policy for all Nursing Programs in Georgia (1998) 90. In Support of Increased Education Regarding Airbag Safety for Children (1998) 91. In Support of Diabetes Mellitis Prevention Care (1998) 92. In Support of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (1998) 93. In Support of Venipuncture as a Reimbursabe Nursing Skill Under Medicare (1998) 94. In Support of Georgia Association of Nursing Student Adopting Inner Harbour Hospital as an Ongoing Service Project (1998) 95. In Support of Increased Healthcare Workers Participation in Blood Drives in Light of National Blood Shortage (1998) 96. In Support of the Passage and Implementation of Comprehensive Mental Health Parity Legislation (1999) 97. In Suport of Child Restraints and Seat Belt Awareness Through the Buckle-Up America Campaign Week (1999) 98. In Support of Educating Nurse Professionals Regarding Latex Allergies (1999) 99. In Support of Improving the Safety of Hospitalized Older Adults Through a Reduction in the Use of Physical Restraints (2002) 100. In Support of Encouraging State Legislation to Pass a Bill that Promotes, Protects, and Supports a Woman's Choice to Breastfeed (2003) |