Responsibilities
- Presides at meetings of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and House of Delegates.
- Responsible for seeing that the actions of the House of Delegates and Board of Directors are carried out.
- Appoints committees and their chairpersons with approval of the Board of Directors.
- Serves as ex-officio member of board committees (except the Nominating and Elections Committee), and the Council of State Presidents Planning Committee.
- Represents the NSNA at meetings of the National League for Nursing, the American Nurses Association, the National Federation for Specialty Nursing
- Organizations, the International Council of Nurses Congress, and other meetings deemed appropriate.
- Communicates with state presidents on routine basis.
- Communicates with members of the Board of Directors on a routine basis.
- Serves as the spokesperson for the NSNA.
- Conducts School President’s Forum and Association Activity Seminar for School Presidents. Conducts a Round Table Discussion at MidYear.
- Other duties as assigned by the Board of Directors.
NSNA Foundation
The NSNA President also serves as an ex-officio member of the Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association Board of Trustees.
Responsibilities
The primary duties of the Vice President are:
- to assume the duties of the president in the absence or disability of the president.
- to accede to the office of president in case of vacancy in the office.
- to perform other duties assigned by the president (see section on committee responsibilities of the Board of Directors)
Financial Responsibilities
- Chairs the Finance Committee: The work of the finance committee includes assigning Board
members to meetings of state constituents; reviewing and making recommendations to the
Board on capital expenditures, the annual operating and capital budgets, investment guidelines of the association, trends in NSNA’s finances and proposals for new products and services for the association, and judging the annual Financial Excellence Award.
- Responsible for working closely with staff to interpret the financial statements of NSNA to the Board of Directors.
- Conducts a treasurer’s workshop at the annual MidYear conference and annual Convention to assist local and state treasurers with their duties.
- Interprets NSNA’s finances to the membership through: the Finance Forum at Convention; Report at the Delegates Briefing and Council of State Presidents.
- Writes articles in COSP Leadership Forum, NSNA News, and direct mailings to state and local treasurers.
- Represents the association at state meeting as assigned.
Secretarial Responsibilities
- Along with the President, reviews and presents to the Board of Directors minutes of Board meetings.
- Reviews all state minutes.
- Conducts a secretaries’ workshop at the annual MidYear conference and Annual Convention to assist local and state secretaries with their duties.
- Writes articles in COSP Leadership Forum, NSNA News and direct mailings to state and local secretaries.
Responsibilities
- Review manuscripts, and reject or accept unsolicited articles for publication.
- Offer ideas for new column, article topics, etc.
- Decide magazine focuses for each of the five issues.
- Communicate with state and school editors, and provide guidance for newsletter production as necessary.
- Encourage general submissions and submissions for special columns.
- Provide input for Imprint covers.
- Write editorial for each of the five issues.
- Determine agenda and conduct the Editor’s Workshop at MidYear Conference and Association Activity Seminar at Convention.
- Determine criteria for and judge newsletter contest.
- Chair the Image of Nursing Committee.
Committee Responsibilities
- Decide on image project
- Encourage the establishment of image committees on the state and local level
- Address any House of Delegates resolutions on image that resulted from convention
- Address areas of the Strategic Plan that concern image
- Suggest article assignments for the Image column in Imprint
- Review Guidelines for Planning booklet on Image and make suggestions for revision
Responsibilities
Breakthrough to Nursing is NSNA’s project to increase the number and diversity of students choosing nursing as a career. It involves students throughout the country who have been working to recruit students into schools of nursing. The director should be able to articulate the purpose and goals of the project. An empathy and understanding of the concerns of under represented groups in nursing is essential.
- Chair the Breakthrough to Nursing Committee
- Evaluate Breakthrough to Nursing activities of recent past, e.g., BTN Projects submitted for the contests.
- Define theme for Breakthrough to Nursing campaign.
- Review resolutions passed at convention.
- Identify two or three goals for Breakthrough to Nursing.
- Review policies pertinent to Breakthrough to Nursing and recommend changes to Board.
- Utilize results of member needs assessments and member/faculty surveys.
- Publicize Breakthrough to Nursing activities by providing news items for Imprint and NSNA News.
- Communicate with state Breakthrough to Nursing chairs.
- Provide assistance to state and school Breakthrough to Nursing chairs to plan and implement activities.
- Present BTN seminar at MidYear Conference and Annual Convention.
Responsibilities
The country has been divided into four election areas and a Director is elected from each of the four areas. These areas are not intended to be a formal structure, but rather to ensure representation of the thinking of students in all areas of the country on the national level. Once elected, directors represent the entire country and not their respective election area.
Areas of responsibility are determined by the president, and may include these areas of interest: legislation, community health, bylaws, students’ rights, education, membership promotion, convention and programs, image of nursing, or other special activities (see section on committee responsibilities of the Board of Directors).
Responsibilities Include:
- Acting as a voting member of the board.
- Representing NSNA at state and national functions to address issues within their area of interest.
- Acting as a resource person to the NSNA board in their area of interest.
- Participating in and/or monitoring the implementation of resolutions that address issues in their program area of interest.
- Preparation of articles and/or columns for Imprint and NSNA News.
The Vice President and the four Directors at-Large are assigned specific areas of interest in which they Chair committees. These areas of interest are: Community Health, Legislation/Education, Convention and Program Planning, Bylaws, Membership.
Chair’s Role and Responsibility for Each Committee
Convention and Program Planning
- Identify theme for upcoming convention
- Suggest promotional activities
- Review Convention and MidYear program outlines and suggestions
- Address issues related to convention and meeting planning, i.e., from the House of Delegates, Council of State Presidents, Roundtable Discussions, and Association Activity Seminars
- Evaluate effectiveness of conventions and MidYear meeting of recent past and make recommendations, as needed, to the Board of Directors
Bylaws
- Review NSNA bylaws; recommend changes to the Board of Directors, as necessary
- Act on directives from the House of Delegates and report/recommend to the Board of Directors
- Identify two or three goals for the year
- Report proposed amendments of bylaws to members and the House of Delegates
- Address questions and issues related to bylaws and policies
- Communicate with state and school leaders about bylaws, parliamentary procedure and constituency process through educational activities at MidYear and Convention, news items in Imprint and NSNA News, and memoranda to state chairs of bylaws committees
Legislation/Education
- Evaluate effectiveness of legislation/education activities of recent past, e.g., voter registrations drives, the importance of political involvement for nurses
- Identify 2 or 3 areas of legislature/educational importance, and an SNA goal and theme for each
- Review Political Involvement Award for a project promoting political activism on the national or state level
- Review policies pertinent to legislation/education and recommend changes, as needed, to the Board of Directors
- Publicize legislation/education activities by providing news items for Imprint and NSNA News
- Plan educational activities related to legislation/education, e.g., Roundtable discussion at MidYear, Association Activity Seminar at Convention
- Provide assistance to state and school legislation/education chairs to plan and implement activities
Community Health
- Evaluate effectiveness of community health activities of recent past
- Review resolutions passed at Annual Convention
- Identify two or three goals and a theme for the year
- Review Community Health Contests
- Review policies pertinent to community health and recommend changes, as needed, to the Board
- Use results of member needs assessments and member/faculty surveys
- Publicize community health activities by providing news items for Imprint and NSNA News
- Plan educational activities related to community health, e.g., Roundtable discussion at
- MidYear, Association Activity Seminar at Convention
- Communicate with state and school community health chairs via memo
- Provide assistance to state and school community health chairs to plan and implement activities
Membership
- Select themes for Project InTouch
- Review Contests
- Review policies pertinent to membership and recommend changes to Board of Directors
- Review benefits and make recommendations to the Board of Directors for new benefits
- Review dues structure, discount program, and recommend changes to the Board
- Address issues related to membership
- Utilize results of membership needs assessment and faculty survey, and strategic plan
- Evaluate effectiveness of membership campaign
- Present Membership Recruitment Seminar at MidYear Conference and Annual Convention
This committee is separate from the Board of Directors and Reports to the House of Delegates.
General Duties
- Promote running for office through articles in Imprint, NSNA News , COSP Leadership Forum as well as through memos in state and school presidents’ mailings.
- Contact all individuals who have expressed an interest in running for office to encourage them to submit an application.
- Review applications for National Office and choose a Slate of Candidates for officers, directors, and members of the Nominating and Elections Committee.
MidYear Conference
- Update/approve information to be included in candidates’ packets.
- Make recommended changes to the Campaign Regulations to the NSNA Board of Directors.
- Selection questions for Candidates Presentation and Presidential Debate held at Convention.
- Conduct Running for Office Workshop.
- Conduct a round table discussion.
- Attend the Council of State President meeting.
Slate Preparation and Convention
- Oversee the functions of the Campaign Headquarters.
- Verify the credentials for candidates.
- Provide a briefing for all candidates.
- Monitor and investigate complaints of campaign violations.
- Present the Nominating and Elections Committee report and Slate of Candidates to the
- House of Delegates (Chair).
- Plan and moderate the Candidates Presentation and Presidential Debate.
- Collect names of potential Tellers to conduct the voting.
- Present the new officers to the House of Delegates (Chair).
- Fulfill duty as Delegates in the House of Delegates.
- Attend the Council of State Presidents meeting.
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