2021 South Carolina Annual Book of Reports
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<strong>2021</strong> <strong>South</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> Nurses Association<br />
I am a Nurse: Together we are ANA<br />
Cultural Covenant<br />
"As nurses, ANA members and elected/appointed <strong>of</strong>ficials, we need each other to create nursing's<br />
future.<br />
Our issues are big and require the best thinking <strong>of</strong> each and everyone <strong>of</strong> us.<br />
Therefore, we shall demonstrate through our behaviors and preparation our commitment to the<br />
spirit and purposes <strong>of</strong> ANA.<br />
We recognize that we are more alike than we are different, but we know that differences <strong>of</strong>ten lead<br />
up to better decisions.<br />
We believe that passion is positive and confrontation is counterproductive.<br />
We affirm the value <strong>of</strong> each person.<br />
We shall create an atmosphere <strong>of</strong> acceptance, demonstrating care for each other, as we do our<br />
patients.<br />
We shall listen to each other so each voice will feel heard.<br />
We shall respect each other's opinions.<br />
We shall be positive and open to new possibilities.<br />
We shall build on our past by focusing on our future.<br />
Through consideration, collaboration, compromise and consensus we can achieve our common<br />
goals. 1<br />
'If not us, who?<br />
If not now, when?'''<br />
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Authored by the Ohio Nurses Association, 2009<br />
Adopted by the ANA House <strong>of</strong> Delegates June 2010<br />
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