American Nurses Association
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a 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.[1] It is based in Silver Spring, Maryland[2] and Karen Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is the current President.[3]
Primary mission
The Association is a professional organization representing registered nurses (RNs) in the United States through its 54 constituent member associations.[4] The ANA is involved in establishing standards of nursing practice, promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace, advancing the economic and general welfare of nurses.[5]
ANA also has three subsidiary organizations: (1) American Academy of Nursing, to serve the public and nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge,(2) American Nurses Foundation, the charitable and philanthropic arm, and (3) American Nurses Credentialing Center, which credentials nurses in their specialty and credentials facilities that exhibit nursing excellence.[6]
Publications
- American Nurse Today
- The American Nurse
- OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing[7]
External links
References
- ^ "American Nurses Association, ANA". Health Care Finder. http://www.healthfinder.gov/orgs/hr1565.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ "ANA Contact Us". American Nurses Association. http://nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/ContactUs.aspx. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ "ANA President Karen Daley". American Nurses Association. http://www.nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/AboutANA/WhoWeAre/ANA-President-Karen-Daley.aspx. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ "American Nurses Association". Medical Dictionary. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/American+Nurses+Association. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ "Nursing Organizations". Discover Nursing. http://www.discovernursing.com/nursing-organizations. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ "ANA Statement of Purpose". American Nurses Association. http://www.nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/AboutANA/WhoWeAre/ANAsStatementofPurpose.aspx. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ "AANA Periodicals". American Nurses Association. http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals.aspx. Retrieved 2009-03-24.