Strategic Plan

2007-2010 Strategic Direction Summary

Mission Statement: Promoting optimal health for children through leadership, practice, advocacy, education and research.

Vision Statement: To be recognized and respected as a leader in the movement to obtain universal access to health care for all children and families and to obtain parity of access to PNPs/APRNs by health care consumers. To be the professional organization for all PNPs/APRNs who care for children and adolescents.

NAPNAP’s Audiences

• Primary Audience: Members and potential members comprised of the following: PNPs, FNPs, NNPs, CNS, School NPs, Students, Faculty, Sustaining Members (industry, corporate donors).
• Secondary Audience: Children, young adults, families, policy makers, and legislators.

Core Values and Framework: NAPNAP, which has traditionally acted with a pioneer spirit, believes in the following core values: advocacy for children, commitment to our members, passion for our practice, leadership, flexibility, innovation, diversity, collaboration, and ethical, legal, transparent and fiscally-sound operations. Based on its core values, NAPNAP’s Strategic Direction Framework evolved to incorporate the following areas: Advocacy; including child health policy and promotion of professional practice; Practice; Education, including educating consumers and providing professional continuing education; Research and Scholarship; Collaboration and Partnerships; Leadership; and Association Development; including member and chapter development. These areas were subsequently organized into five themes that serve as the foundation of the goals for our 2007-2010 Strategic Direction.

Summary of Emerging Issues: The Executive Board, NAPNAP members and staff identified issues that are likely to emerge over the next 5-10 years that may have an impact on pediatric health care. These issues were prioritized using an Impact Probability Matrix by projected degree of impact and probability of occurrence. Some examples of issues identified as High Impact/High Probability include:

• Increased number of children and adolescents living with chronic illnesses
• Membership recruitment and retention including attrition rate of PNPs/APRNs
• Emerging new PNP/APRN roles in acute and specialty care
• Recruitment and retention of chapters, new graduates, retirees
• Rising malpractice insurance premiums
• Mentoring and leadership

Finally, our current Program of Activities and Services further clarifies and illustrates how these future oriented goals and themes are integrated into overall programs and serives. Recognizing the successes and limitations of our past and present work is one of several elements to set the strategic direction for our future. Other elements include leadership, volunteer commitment, and resources.

2007-2010 Strategic Direction Themes and Goals

Theme I. Leading advocacy for children’s health through a health policy agenda focused on reduction of barriers to comprehensive child health care and targeted collaborations and alliances.

Theme II. Advancing the PNP/APRN role by continuously advocating for acceptance of a uniform definition of role, scope and standards of practice and credentialing requirements, expanding public and government awareness; and protecting the PNP/APRN practice environment.

Theme III. Advancing evidence-based practice through practice, education collaboration and research.

Theme IV. Improving quality children’s health care by continuously improved standards of care.

Theme V. Developing the association’s presence, position and relationships in multiple communities by expanding national membership, advancing chapter visibility and viability, and increasing partnerships, collaborations, and business opportunities.

Approved by the Executive Board June 23, 2007