Quality patient care must not be sacrificed in the pursuit of lower costs or higher profits. Nurses have the right to the resources and working conditions necessary to provide quality patient care, including reasonable shift assignments, adequate staffing levels, sufficient support and appropriate equipment. Medicine is a constantly changing field. Nurses have a right to the time and resources necessary to learn the latest techniques of their profession. Nurses, are charged with providing care for their patients.
Nurses have the right to advocate for their patients proper treatment.
Quality patient care begins with quality jobs for nurses. Nurses have a right to secure jobs that provide wages and benefits commensurate with their education, experience and responsibilities. Nursing is a difficult service profession that exacts a high emotional and physical toll. Nurses have a right to a balance between their personal and professional lives. Nurses and their employers demonstrate a commitment to these principles through a fair and equitable collective bargaining agreement .