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The National League for Nursing (NLN) is a national organization for faculty nurses and leaders in nurse education. It offers faculty development , networking opportunities, testing services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to more than 45,000 individual and 1,000 education and associate members.
The Living Legend designation from the American Academy of Nursing is bestowed upon a very small number of nurses "in recognition of the multiple contributions these individuals have made to our profession and our society and in recognition of the continuing impact of these contributions on the provision of health care services in the United States and throughout the world."
Lavinia Lloyd Dock (February 26, 1858 – April 17, 1956) was an American nurse, feminist, writer, pioneer in nursing education and social activist. [1] Dock was an assistant superintendent at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing under Isabel Hampton Robb. She founded what would become the National League for Nursing with Robb and Mary Adelaide Nutting.
[16]: 473 From those programs grew the National Center for Nursing Research and the National Institute for Nursing Research. [17]: 10–33 During the 1950s she was a member of the nursing advisory committee of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. [18] During the 1960s, she served as President of the National League for Nursing. [19] [20]
The National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1952 in the United States to mentor nursing students preparing for initial licensure as a Registered Nurse and promote professional development. [1] In 2023, there are over 50,000 members. About 3,000 members attend the annual conference and 700 the mid-year ...
President of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN), 1934–1939 [1] [6] [9] American Nurses Association Board of Directors (ANA's first black elected official), 1948–1952 [1] [6] [10] ANA delegate to the International Council of Nurses, 1949 [3] National League for Nursing Assistant Director, 1959 [1] [3]
Beverly Louise Malone [1] (born 1948 [2]) is the chief executive officer of the National League for Nursing in the United States. Prior to assuming this position in February 2007 she served as general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing in the United Kingdom for six years.
[5] [1] In 1953 nursing students were now able to receive a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing. [5] The program was fully accredited by the National League for Nursing in 1957. [ 3 ] Within the program, students could gain hands on experience both in their home state at the John A. Andrew Hospital [ 6 ] as well as outside, which included medical ...