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The American Nurses Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Collaborative Care Grant for Nurses and Pharmacists. The competitive grant program, offered in partnership with the ASHP Foundation, supports innovative projects co-led by nursing and pharmacy.

Today, the Foundation released new survey findings of more than 12,500 nurses nationwide. The results validate the urgent call for consistent and sustainable solutions to support the nursing profession.

Today the United Health Foundation, the philanthropic foundation of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), announced a three-year, $3.1 million grant partnership with the American Nurses Foundation to fight nurse burnout.

The ANA Membership Assembly, the governing and official voting body of the American Nurses Association (ANA) took historic action today to begin a journey of racial reckoning by unanimously voting yes to adopt a racial reckoning statement. In addition, Assembly representatives acted on several critical issues including nurse staffing, workplace violence (WPV), and climate change. More than 300 nurses, observers, and other leaders attended the two-day governance meeting in Washington, DC. Eligible representatives also elected national leaders.

American Nurses Foundation awards $14 million over three years through its Reimagining Nursing Initiative to projects impacting 20 states.

Negative work environments & insufficient staffing adversely affects nurses’ mental health 

The American Nurses Foundation (the Foundation) and the Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes (CALNOC), the nation’s first database of nurse sensitive measures and a pioneer in health services research, are pleased to announce the establishment of the $2.5 million CALNOC Research Fund (The Fund).

Today the American Nurses Association and the American Nurses Foundation announced the winners of the 2021 ANA Innovation Awards powered by BD. The individual nurse and nurse-led team award recipients will receive monetary prizes of $25,000 and $50,000.

Resources will support the mental health and resilience of nurses impacted by COVID-19.

13 Honorees to be Recognized for their Exceptional Leadership in Health Care

Donations will support nurses immediate and ongoing needs.

Andrea M. Brooks, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of a fellowship made possible by the Jeannine Rivet National Leadership Fund

Comments of Loressa Cole, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer

Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030
Open Session
March 20, 2019

For nearly 30 years, the American Nurses Association and the American Nurses Foundation have proudly supported this program that engages nurses leaders and scholars to help develop health policy at the federal level. 

Laura Leigh Ferrio will help the Foundation meet its mission to transform the nation’s health through the power of nursing. 

Newly created fund honors health and business trailblazer Jeannine Rivet through annual nursing fellowship grants awarded to nurses in order to foster and integrate nursing health knowledge, leadership development, and expertise in community and business leadership.

MUSC Health nurses have improved their nutritional health by tripling their daily consumption of fruits and vegetables as part of a 60-day nutritional pilot that began in June and concluded at the end of August. 

Lori Trego, PhD, CNM, FAAN, has been selected as the 2018–2019 Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Formed by a congressional charter, the National Academy of Medicine provides analysis and advice on medicine and health with the goal of improving the nation’s health system.

ANA and the American Nurses Foundation are proud to launch the ANA Innovation Awards, powered by BD, to highlight and recognize nurse-led innovation that improves patient safety and outcomes. 

The ANA Enterprise today announced the appointment of Dr. Loressa Cole as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). She will assume this role on May 7, 2018. 

The ANA Enterprise today announced Sodexo has joined the Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ (HNHN) Grand Challenge as a major partner in support of this transformative initiative.

The Texas Nurses Foundation is taking contributions to help the nurses affected by Hurricane Harvey. All money collected will be distributed directly to nurses living in any one of the Texas counties declared disaster areas.

Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, MS, RN, FAAN, has been chosen as the 2017–2018 Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). The program provides a yearlong leadership opportunity to participate in shaping health policy.

he American Nurses Foundation (Foundation) recently named Laurene Elauria Johnson, MSN, RN, CDP, of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, as the Honor A Nurse 2016 Nurse of the Year. 

The American Nurses Foundation has named Wilhelmina M. Manzano, MA, RN, NEA-BC and Marian Shaughnessy, DNP, MSN, RN to its Board of Trustees.

The Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC), an organization committed to building healthier communities through the service of nurses on all types of boards, has announced today that Capella University has become a founding strategic partner.

The Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC), an organization committed to building healthier communities through the service of nurses on all types of boards, has announced today that Capella University has become a founding strategic partner.

The ANA Enterprise today announced that Sage Products (a part of Stryker Medical) is the first corporate sponsor of its Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ (HNHN) Grand Challenge, a national movement designed to transform the health of the nation by improving the health of America's 3.6 million registered nurses. 

The American Nurses Foundation (the Foundation), the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association (ANA), has named Kathleen Malloch, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, and Thomas Tefft to its Board of Trustees.

The Foundation's Annual Report is now available. Read the American Nurses Foundation Annual Report.

Read the full Univeristy of Louisville news article written by Hayley Kappes about the book publication

Amy Witkoski Stimpfel, a 2012 Nursing Research Grant scholar, featured in Health Services Research.

The American Nurses Foundation (the Foundation), the charitable and philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association (ANA), today announced VMS BioMarketing (VMS), as the newest member of the Foundation’s Corporate Advisory Board. 

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 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 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 Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) has announced the selection of Laurie Benson, BSN, RN as its new executive director.

The American Nurses Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association (ANA), has named Tim Porter-O’Grady, DM, EdD, ScD (h), APRN, FAAN, FACCWS, as the new chair of the Board of Trustees. Porter-O’Grady, previously vice chair of the Foundation’s board, has more than 40 years of health care experience.

Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced the release of a mobile version of the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) toolkit from the American Nurses Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing).