Welcome to the Nursing Student's Association of North Dakota. Membership in NSAND is open to any nursing student in North Dakota who is also a member of the campus chapter of the National Student Nurses' Association. NSAND members receive the Vital Issues newsletter three times per year, as well as discounted entry fees to NSAND's mid-year and annual conventions.

We, students of nursing, preparing for initial licensure as registered nurses, as well as those nurses enrolled in baccalaureate completion programs, believe there is a common need to organize, to represent ourselves to the consumer and other health disciplines, and to assume our rightful place in the profession of nursing.

We believe every citizen has a right to the highest quality of health care. We believe in the development of the whole person towards his/her professional role with its rights, responsibilities and ideals.

NSAND's purposes are as follows:

• To assume responsibility for contributing to nursing education in order to provide for the highest quality health care.
• To provide programs representative of fundamental and current professional interest and concerns.
• To aid in the development of the whole person, his/her professional role, and his/her responsibility for the health care of people in all walks of life.

The functions of NSAND shall include the following:

• To have direct input into standards of nursing education and influence the educational process.
• To influence health care, nursing education, and practice through legislative activities as appropriate.
• To promote an encourage participation in community affairs and activities towards improved health care and resolution of related social issues.
• To represent nursing students to the consumer, to institutions, and other organizations.
• To promote and encourage students' participation in interdisciplinary activities.
• To promote and encourage recruitment efforts, participation in student activities, and educational opportunities regardless of person's race, color, creed, sex, age, lifestyle, national origin, or economic status.
• To promote and encourage collaborative relationships with the North Dakota Nurses' Association as well as with other nursing and related health organizations.