The American Nurses Association (ANA) joins the nursing community in mourning the loss of Barbara L. Nichols, DL(h), DSc(h), PedD(h), MSN, RN, FAAN, a nursing trailblazer and transformational leader whose courage, conviction, and clarity reshaped the profession and paved the way for generations of nurses.
As the American Nurses Association (ANA) marks its 130th anniversary year, more than 400 nursing leaders advanced the vital business of the organization to further its mission for the near and long term. On the final day of the ANA Membership Assembly, held on June 27 in Washington, DC, the association’s governing and official voting body set the course to expand membership, address urgent issues facing the profession, and elected national leaders to the ANA Board of Directors and Nominations and Elections Committee.
ANA Membership Assembly elects new President, Secretary, Directors-at-Large, and members of the Nominations and Elections Committee.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) announces that the voting representatives of its Membership Assembly elected Anita Girard, DNP, RN, CNL, CPHQ, NEA-BC, of the American Nurses Association\California, as the new president to represent the interests of the nation’s more than 5 million nurses.
