ANA Position Statements
on Ethics and Human Rights

ANA Position Statements

• Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and Aid in Dying 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Approved 04/2013

• Constituent/State Nurses Associations (C/SNAs) as Ethics Resources, Educators, and Advocates 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Approved 11/11/11

• Non-punitive Alcohol and Drug Treatment for Pregnant and Breast-feeding Women and the Exposed Children 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/09/11

• Nursing Care and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) and Allow Natural Death Decisions 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Revised 3/12/12

• Reduction of Patient Restraint and Seclusion in Health Care Settings 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Revised 3/12/12

• Foregoing Nutrition and Hydration 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Revised 3/11/11

• Registered Nurses' Roles and Responsibilities in Providing Expert Care And Counseling at the End of Life 

  
  ANA Position Statement Approved - 6/14/10

• The Nurses' Role in Ethics and Human Rights: Protecting and Promoting Individual Worth, Dignity, and Human Rights in Practice Settings 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Approved 6/14/10

• Nurses' Role in Capital Punishment 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Approved 1/28/10

• In Support of Patients’ Safe Access to Therapeutic Marijuana 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/12/08

• Stem Cell Research 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Approved 1/10/07

• Privacy and Confidentiality

  
  ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/8/06

• Assuring Patient Safety: The Employers’ Role in Promoting Healthy Nursing Work Hours for Registered Nurses in All Roles and Settings 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/8/06

• Assuring Patient Safety: Registered Nurses’ Responsibility in All Roles and Settings to Guard Against Working When Fatigued 

  
  ANA Position Statement - Approved 12/8/06

• Risk and Responsibility in Providing Nursing Care 

  
  Position Statement - Approved 6/21/06

• Retired ANA Position Statement: Assisted Suicide

  
  Retired ANA Position Statement

• Retired Position Statement: Active Euthanasia

  
  Retired ANA Position Statement

• Cultural Diversity in Nursing Practice

  
  ANA Position Statement - Approved 10/22/91