This position statement provides guidance as well as adaptation strategies to the health challenges from climate change.

ANA applauds and commends President Biden, Vice President Harris and HRSA for making this intentional investment into the profession that Americans trust the most.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) Board of Directors has appointed Laura J. Wood, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN as President of its credentialing subsidiary, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Dr. Wood will continue her current two-year ANCC Board service as President Designate until her term as President begins Jan 1, 2024.

The Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy aims to strengthen our nation’s preparedness for, and response to, threats or pathogens that could lead to a pandemic. 

Today, the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (the Commission),  announces a new composition of members to continue the critical work of confronting racism.

ANA underscores the urgency for Congressional leaders and the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services to advance efforts to implement safe staffing standards, including minimum nurse-to-patient ratios.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is appalled by the Supreme Court’s ruling against race conscious admissions. This detrimental decision will have unfortunate consequences,

Margaret “Peggy” Chamberlain Wilmoth, PhD, MSS, RN, FAAN, has been selected as the 2023-2024 National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence.

More than 1,800 nurses and allied health professionals at Providence Portland Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, Providence Seaside Hospital in Seaside, Oregon, and with Providence Home Health and Hospice have gone on strike, launching the region’s first nurses’ strike in more than 20 years.

The ANA Membership Assembly, the governing and official voting body of the American Nurses Association (ANA) acted today to advocate for meaningful legislation to address gun safety and firearm access and for increased funding for mental health services and gun violence and prevention research, including research on gun violence against health care workers and in health care settings.  

The representatives of the ANA Membership Assembly recommended actions to address the significant and egregious gun violence that is gripping the country as an urgent public health issue.

Today, the American Nurses Foundation (the Foundation) announced a new endowment to permanently fund the Jeannine Rivet National Leadership Award through a generous contribution of $250,000 by Jeannine Rivet.