American Nurses Association

ANA
Full name American Nurses Association
Founded 1897
Key people Karen Daley, President
Office location Silver Spring, Maryland
Country United States of America

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 Pamela F. Cipriano is the current President.

The ANA states nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.[3]

History

Initial organizational plans were made for the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States of America in 1896 in Manhattan Beach. In February 1897, those plans were ratified in Baltimore at a meeting that coincided with the annual conference of the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses.[4] Isabel Hampton Robb served as the first president. A major early goal of the organization was the enhancement of nursing care for American soldiers.[5]

Primary mission

The Association is a professional organization representing registered nurses (RNs) in the United States through its 54 constituent member associations.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

Publications

See also

References

  1. ↑ "American Nurses Association, ANA". Health Care Finder. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  2. ↑ "ANA Contact Us". American Nurses Association. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  3. ↑ "What is Nursing?". The American Nurses Association, Inc. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  4. ↑ "To Meet Here Next Week". Baltimore American. February 4, 1897. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Nurses for Peace and War". New York Times. May 7, 1899. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  6. ↑ "American Nurses Association". Medical Dictionary. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  7. ↑ "Nursing Organizations". Discover Nursing. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  8. ↑ "ANA Statement of Purpose". American Nurses Association. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  9. ↑ "AANA Periodicals". American Nurses Association. Retrieved 2009-03-24.

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