In what is being hailed as the most sweeping drug addiction legislation in years, Congress mustered a bipartisan effort Wednesday to pass a comprehensive bill to help tackle the nation’s opioid epidemic. The White House said President Obama would sign the bill.

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) announced today that the American Nurses Association Massachusetts Accredited Approver Unit (ANA MA AU) is the recipient of its 2016 Accreditation Premier Program Award. ANA MA AU was selected as a model of excellence for approving organizations and/or individuals who provide continuing nursing education.

Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and other registered nurses (RNs) in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) stand ready to be part of the solution to improve veterans' access to timely, quality healthcare by working to their full practice authority as recommended by the Commission on Care in a report to the White House on July 5, said Juan Quintana, DNP, MHS, CRNA, president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA).

At the midpoint of the public comment period, professional nursing and veterans' organizations held a press conference today to demonstrate support and highlight the need for a proposed rule by the Veterans Administration (VA) to provide veterans with direct access to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) practicing to the top of their education and training in VA facilities.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) hailed today's 5-3 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt case.  At issue were laws passed by the Texas legislature that required physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and forced clinics to meet hospital-like standards of surgical centers. Consequently, more than half of the state's abortion clinics had to close, which unfairly restricted access to reproductive health services.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) announced today that Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN  has been re-elected as President of the professional association that represents the interests of the nation's 3.6 million registered nurses (RNs).

The American Nurses Foundation (the Foundation), the charitable and philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association (ANA), today named Jacqueline Collavo, MA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, of Allegheny Health Network's West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa., as the Honor A Nurse 2015 Nurse of the Year. 

The American Nurses Association (ANA) and Capella University have extended their working relationship through 2018 to focus on supporting and educating nurses who want to advance the nursing profession and impact quality of care and patient safety through nursing leadership.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) announced today recipients of its 2016 National Awards. The ANA's National Awards honor outstanding nurses whose dedication and achievements have contributed to the nursing profession.

The American Nurses Foundation (the Foundation), the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association (ANA), has named Gregory A. Adams, executive vice president and group president for Kaiser Permanente, to its Board of Trustees.

The American Nurses Association (ANA)  applauds recent developments that have allowed a Navy nurse who chose to discontinue force-feeding detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp two years ago, based on well-established professional and ethical obligations, to fully resume his military duties.

During National Nurses Week (May 6-12), the American Nurses Association (ANA) is asking nurses to help make their workplaces safer to enhance patient care and nurses' health and well-being.  The emphasis on developing this type of work environment is also reflected in the National Nurses Week theme, "Culture of Safety—It Starts with YOU."