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Purpose and Objectives To advocate for direct-care nurses and patients on all public policy matters related to safe care and nursing practice, including safe nurse-to-patient ratios and patient advocacy rights and duties. 1. Nursing Practice provides continuing education programs and monitors professional practice issues and trends affecting direct-care (bedside) RNs. 2. The department is a resource for the CNA/NNOC contract-mandated Professional Practice Committees (PPC) in each facility to ensure that nursing practice laws, patient advocacy regulations, and professional practice standards are achieved, observed, and protected. 3. The Nursing Practice department conducts research, literature reviews, synthesis and analysis on issues within its area of concern; drafts practice and policy position state- ments; collaborates with Legal, Government Relations, Communications, and Collective Bargaining departments; serves as a resource on nursing practice issues for labor representatives and organizing staff; provides oral and written testimony and submits public comments on behalf of the organization. 4. The member-led Joint Nursing Practice Commission (JNPC), makes policy recommendations to the Board of Directors on nursing practice issues. • The JNPC is responsible to the House of Delegates, and between sessions of the House, to the Board of Directors, for carrying out the directions of the House and abiding by the organization's bylaws. • The JNPC promotes the professional, educational, economic advancement, and government relations/political education of nurses; contributes to identifying, men- toring, and supporting new nurse leader-activists. • The JNPC reviews and promotes implementation of professionally recognized standards of practice; attends, participates, and demonstrates leadership in the member education CE classes. • Commissioners are responsible for reporting and disseminating nursing practice alerts to their regional leadership; bringing forward concerns of the membership; analyzing ADO/TDO trend-tracking reports; and developing strategies and action plans for facility-based enforcement of nursing practice/patient advocacy contract language.