Mission: We promote excellence in advanced practice nursing for the well-being of older adults.

Vision: GAPNA - trusted leaders for the expert care of older adults.

Guiding Principles:

Older adults benefit when we:

• Collaborate with them, their families, our professional colleagues, and other decision makers to influence their well-being.
• Foster a community of expert providers.
• Create, apply and communicate knowledge specific to gerontological care.
• Facilitate holistic continuity of care.
• Consistently perform to the fullest scope of our education.
• Take responsibility for both our personal health and our professional growth.
• Embrace diversity and inclusiveness.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.

Strategic Goals and Priorities:

1. To delight our members by supporting their personal and professional growth

• continuing education
• deeper member engagement
• present dynamic, relevant conferences, Comm/SIGs, online and other educational experiences
• provide networking opportunities for kindred spirits
• offer quality, easily-accessible, evidence-based, relevant resources

2. To increase the influence of APRNs caring for older adults

• conduct, support, research, and disseminate best practices for the care of older adults
• collaborate with others to influence decisions that affect the quality of care of older adults
• advocate for all APRNs to perform at the full scope of their practice
• increase membership and member retention

3. To model organizational vibrancy

• the GAPNA Website: assure an attractive, user friendly, relevant, information-rich, ever-changing web portal/online presence
• grow membership and alliances that support our vision and mission and are financially sustainable
• model policy-driven governance and collaborative management
• identify and develop future leaders

Strategic Initiatives

• Continuing education
• Member engagement
• Strategic collaboration that advances full practice authority
• Improved online presence
• Increase diversity/inclusiveness