Advocacy: To Champion One's Cause at All Levels
PCNA frequently contributes to the advocacy initiatives of the following organizations:
- The American Heart Association
- The American Nurses Association
- Tobacco Free Kids
- The American Diabetes Association
- American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- The American College of Cardiology
PCNA is involved in issues surrounding the public awareness of CVD prevention and the integral role that nurses play in cardiovascular risk reduction and health promotion. PCNA disseminates information, including local or national legislator contact information, on critical issues affecting cardiovascular health in the U.S. and the world. We urge you to consider these issues carefully and contact your government representatives when appropriate.
PCNA Position Statements
Call to Action
- Use and Reimbursement for Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: A Joint Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. Read more
Nursing Leadership from Bedside to Boardroom: Opinion Leaders' Perceptions - 2010
"As reform advances, leaders say nurses' expertise not being fully tapped."
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) commissioned an unprecedented Gallup study to examine what role the nation’s opinion leaders think nurses are playing in health care reform, and what role opinion leaders think nurses should play when reform is implemented.
Americans Consume Too Much Salt - March 26, 2009
Lower sodium recommendation applies to almost 70 percent of American adults
