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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.  

Today, the voting representatives of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Membership Assembly elected leaders to serve on the board of directors and nominations and elections committee.

The American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Center For Ethics and Human Rights  empowers and guides nurses in the position statement, “The Nurse’s Role & Responsibility in Unveiling and Dismantling Racism in Nursing”. 

Nearly 400 nurses from across the country gathered June 15 in Washington, D.C. for ANA Hill Day.

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

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 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.

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.

The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the U.S. Senate. This legislation would curb rising rates of on-the-job assaults against nurses and others health care professionals.