QNU Objectives

• To establish standards for nursing practice and to take any action deemed necessary to ensure that nurses are able to practice effectively;
  
• To enunciate standards of nursing education and to take any action deemed necessary to advance nursing education in all its areas;
  
• To enunciate standards of nursing service and participate with all health agencies in promoting measures to meet the health needs of the public;
  
• To stimulate and promote research designed to widen the knowledge on which the practice of nursing is based;
  
• To obtain and maintain desirable conditions of work and just remuneration for all nurses and for this purpose to obtain awards or determinations from industrial tribunals and to enter into agreements or treaties with employers;
  
• To represent nurses and serve as their spokesperson before any tribunal, court, board, committee, or other authority and to present their cause;
  
• To take any lawful action deemed advisable to protect and advance the interests of members;
  
• To obtain representation on boards, institutions and organisations as may be considered necessary to further the interests of nurses;
  
• To establish special funds to endow scholarships, promote research or conduct any activity which may be of general benefit to the members;
  
• To establish and maintain publications;
  
• To provide information to members on matters related to nursing.