resolutions

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)