A new ANA Code of Ethics has been published and is available for purchase on the ANA website, effective January 2025. Additionally, free online access to the provisions of the newly revised 2025 Code of Ethics can be found here: https://codeofethics.ana.org/provision-1. Faculty and staff at Colorado nursing programs and nursing programs nationwide are eager to incorporate and align the Revised ANA Code of Ethics and the New AACN 2021 Essentials into their curricula.
Utilizing the updated ANA Code of Ethics resource facilitates a successful transition to competency-based education. It ensures that future nurses have the most up-to-date information on ethical and professional nursing standards and supports excellence in their practice. This is especially important because ethical issues are present in all nursing courses. The ANA suggests that nursing faculty refer to the code of ethics when discussing controversial and culturally sensitive subjects.
Furthermore, incorporating the Revised ANA Code of Ethics into the nursing curriculum encourages nurse educators and their organizations to remain in solidarity with one another as programs achieve adherence to accreditation standards.
A summary of the ANA 2025 structure changes from the provisions can guide professional behavior standards in clinical and didactic learning and practice at all levels.
Nurses have a crucial role and voice in patient care, policy development, and advocacy at the local, national, and global health levels.
The revised Code of Ethics and Position Statements offers common ground and something all nursing specialties can refer to during turbulent and uncertain times.
The CNA Nursing Education Advisory and Networking Team (NE)-ANT Subcommittee members need to be mindful of all revised provisions and incorporate them into our practice of communication, advocacy, and everyday interactions. They have specific responsibilities corresponding to and incorporating all provisions of the Code of Ethics.
Our roles and corresponding provisions are listed here:
- Communication (Mary Beth Cross DNP, MSN, RN and Deborah Rojas Ph.D., RN, CHSE, CNE): collaboratively write articles for the Colorado Nurse publication, disseminate new information at the local, state, and national levels, and communicate with fellow subcommittee members (Provisions 1-10).
- Legislative Advocacy (Teresa Buxton PhD, MSN, RN): Reports updates on important GAPP committee meeting bills tracked by GAPP, explaining the bill tracker and legislative process to new members, and educating new members on the role of our CNA political advocacy lobbyist team (Provisions 1-10).
- Research (Rebecca Arthur, MSN, RN): Works with the Research-ANT to find current events related to nursing education and the shortage of nurse educators (Provisions 1-10).
- Professional Development (Nan Morgan, MSN, RN & Shanel Martens MS, BSN, RN): Develop Advocacy Competencies to help nurses explain nursing to legislators, fellow nurses, and constituents. Support education within the clinical settings and academia, including nurse residencies, nurse educators, and academia for continuing education and certification to climb the ladder (Provisions 1-10).
- The Committee Chair (Jean Schroeder, PhD, MA, MSN, RN) defines the monthly meeting agenda and objectives and works with each sub-committee to help achieve their goals and objectives. Communicates with the CNA Board of Directors to keep them informed of the NE-ANT activities and works to collaborate with the other ANTs to communicate to NE-ANT about external activities (Provisions 1-10).
- The Co-Chair: Takes meeting notes, creates a summary and dispenses the summary to all committee members via the MyCNA NE-ANT page (Provisions 1-10).
We cordially invite you to join the Colorado Nurses Association Nursing Education Advocacy and Networking Team. We meet on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm and end at 8:30 pm on Zoom. Find more information by visiting: https://coloradonurses.org/meetings
