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The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a 501(c)(6) professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing. It started in 1896 as the Nurses Associated Alumnae and was renamed the American Nurses Association in 1911. [3] It is based in Silver Spring, Maryland [4] and Jennifer Mensik Kennedy [2] is the current president.
Hattie Bessent (March 7, 1908 – October 31, 2015) was an American psychiatric nurse.Perhaps her most significant accomplishments lie in her efforts to recruit members of ethnic minority groups into the field of nursing and provide training and mentorship to increase the proportion of members of ethnic minority groups in nursing leadership positions. [1]
In 1982, National Nurse's Day was proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan to be celebrated on May 6 [2] and in conjunction with the celebration, the ANA at their annual convention, inducted six more nurses. [3] The ANA board approved periodic addition of members thereafter, inducting new members in 1984, 1986, and 1996.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) has publicly recognized the organization’s history of systemic racism by issuing a formal apology to The post American Nurses Association apologizes for its ...
In 1977, GNA had its first annual conference and G. David Waldron, GNA's co-founder, was appointed to the ANA's Commission on Human Rights. [ 7 ] Though the organization continued to grow, by 1978 the lack of member involvement prompted John C. Lawrence and Bob Miller, the president and secretary of the GNA, respectively, to consider disbanding ...
According to the ANA, the International Council of Nurses codified May 12 as International Nurses Day in January 1974. The ICN had celebrated an International Nurses Day since 1965.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA), is a certification body for nursing board certification and the largest certification body for advanced practice registered nurses in the United States, [1] as of 2011 certifying over 75,000 APRNs, including nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists.
The journal was established in 1900 as the official journal of the Associated Alumnae of Trained Nurses of the United States which later became the American Nurses Association. [3] Isabel Hampton Robb, Lavinia Dock, Mary E. P. Davis and Sophia Palmer are credited with founding the journal, [4] the latter serving as the first editor. [5]