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Maintain
the highest standard of personal and profession conduct.
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Actively
promote and encourage the highest level of ethics within nursing
education, the profession of nursing, and the student nurses'
association.
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Uphold
all Bylaws and regulations relating to the student nurses'
associations at the chapter, state and national levels, reserving
the right to criticize rules and laws constructively, but
respecting the rules and laws as long as they prevail.
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Strive
for excellence in all aspects of decision making and management
at all levels of the student nurses' association.
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Use
only legal and ethical principles in all association decisions
and activities.
- Ensure
the proper use of all association funds.
- Serve
all members of the student nurses' association impartially,
provide no special privilege to any individual member, and accept
no personal compensation from another member or non-member.
- Maintain
the confidentiality of privileged information entrusted or known
to me by virtue of an elected or appointed position in the association.
- Refuse
to engage in, or condone, discrimination on the basis of race,
gender, age, citizenship, religion, national origin, sexual
orientation, or disability.
- Refrain
from any form of cheating or dishonesty, and take action to
report dishonorable practices to proper authorities using established
channels.
- Always
communicate internal and external association statements in
a truthful and accurate manner by ensuring that there is integrity
in the data and information used by the student nurses' association.
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Cooperate
in every reasonable and proper way with association volunteers
and staff, and work with them in the advocacy of student rights
and responsibilities and the advancement of the of the profession
of nursing.
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Use
every opportunity to raise awareness of the Student Nurses'
Association's mission, purpose, and goals at the school chapter
level.
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Promote
and encourage entering nursing students to join and become
active in NSNA.
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Promote
and encourage graduating seniors to continue their involvement
by joining professional nurses' associations upon licensure
as Registered Nurses.
References: American Society of Association
Executives and the National Society for Fund Raising Executives.
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