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More than 350 registered nurses and others gathered for the 2023 American Nurses Association (ANA) Membership Assembly, the governing and official voting body of ANA, which commenced on June 16 in Washington, DC. Attendees discussed the ongoing nurse staffing crisis and efforts to enhance the visibility of nursing among other pressing issues.  

The American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Center For Ethics and Human Rights  empowers and guides nurses in the position statement, “The Nurse’s Role & Responsibility in Unveiling and Dismantling Racism in Nursing”. 

Insufficient nurse staffing and longstanding work environment issues jeopardize patient safety and negatively impact nurses across the country.

Nearly 400 nurses from across the country gathered June 15 in Washington, D.C. for ANA Hill Day.

ANA, along with our partner organizations strongly support the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act (H.R. 2713).

ANA, ANCC and the Foundation are developing forward thinking and workable strategies for all nurses, policymakers and leaders to elevate the value of the profession and reimbursement for nursing care.

Granting health care professionals, institutions, and insurers the ability to use conscience-based objections to refuse treatment or deny access to health care coverage results in violent discrimination and violates the human rights and dignity of these communities and the main tenants of nursing care.

In celebration of National Nurses Month, the American Nurses Association (ANA) President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, made a special community visit with nursing students at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) School of Nursing.

ANA strongly opposes any legislation or effort that would prohibit diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) programs or dictate how history is taught.

The Public Health Emergency (PHE) that was activated at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020 ends today. This comes days after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the COVID-19 emergency on May 5.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is launching the inaugural Mary Eliza Mahoney Lecture Series, sponsored by its Racial Reckoning program, in honor of the first professionally licensed African American nurse and pioneer within the nursing community.

The ANA Enterprise has announced the retirement of its Chief Executive Officer, Loressa Cole, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN.