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INA Advocacy Efforts
The current experience of nurses practicing in Illinois is the basis for all advocacy efforts by Illinois Nurses Association. INA trusts that nurses have the ability to determine if a health policy, whether legislative or organizational in origin, is working to enhance patient care and/or the nursing profession. INA is committed to the promotion of healthy work environments and safe patient care through a variety of mechanisms. Only nurses can confirm if the health care system is or is not effectively meeting nursing or patient needs.
INA has the expertise to collaborate in many different settings and to speak credibly on nursing issues with legislators, policy makers and administrators. INA has for over 100 years effectively shared nursing knowledge to improve practice environments and patient care throughout Illinois. We have demonstrated the ability to successfully advocate and bring about positive changes in the health care system for nurses and their patients.
INA believes that when nurses are involved in health care policy decisions made in the board room or at the state capital, these decisions create a positive health care environment for all Illinois patients. Therefore, INA spends a significant amount of time advocating for nurses, the nursing profession, and the quality of health care for all Illinois residents.
Because of their position on the front lines of health care, nurses have the ability to determine if a health policy, whether legislative or organizational in origin, is working to enhance patient care and/or the nursing profession. INA is committed to the promotion of healthy work environments and safe patient care through a variety of mechanisms. Only nurses can confirm if the health care system is or is not effectively meeting nursing or patient needs.
Our expertise includes but is not limited to:
• Current information on nursing practice, policy, education and labor.
• Interpretation of the complexities of the Nurse Practice Act
• Assuring quality nursing education
• Enforcing the above standards in our bargaining unit contracts.
• Researching questions regarding the roles and responsibilities of nurses in various workplace
settings.