ANA, along with our partner organizations strongly support the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act (H.R. 2713).

ANA, ANCC and the Foundation are developing forward thinking and workable strategies for all nurses, policymakers and leaders to elevate the value of the profession and reimbursement for nursing care.

Granting health care professionals, institutions, and insurers the ability to use conscience-based objections to refuse treatment or deny access to health care coverage results in violent discrimination and violates the human rights and dignity of these communities and the main tenants of nursing care.

In celebration of National Nurses Month, the American Nurses Association (ANA) President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, made a special community visit with nursing students at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) School of Nursing.

ANA strongly opposes any legislation or effort that would prohibit diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) programs or dictate how history is taught.

The Public Health Emergency (PHE) that was activated at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020 ends today. This comes days after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the COVID-19 emergency on May 5.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is launching the inaugural Mary Eliza Mahoney Lecture Series, sponsored by its Racial Reckoning program, in honor of the first professionally licensed African American nurse and pioneer within the nursing community.

The ANA Enterprise has announced the retirement of its Chief Executive Officer, Loressa Cole, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN.

The American Nurses Association is kicking off its annual celebration of National Nurses Month on May 1^st by encouraging the public to show their gratitude to nurses by donating through the Text-to-Thank a Nurse campaign.

Advocacy to protect reproductive health and justice must continue.

 

On behalf of the ANCC Board of Directors, the Nominations Committee issues this call for qualified nominees for appointment to seats on the Commission on Accreditation in Nursing Continuing Professional Development (COA-NCPD), Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs (COA-PTP), Commission on Magnet® (COM), and Commission on Pathway to Excellence® (COPE), which serve as the governing bodies for their respective ANCC programs.

The ICAN Act would remove numerous administrative and practice barriers for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), so that will be able to care for their patients at the fullest extent of their abilities.