Answering the call
Nurses are uniquely qualified for public service. Nurses have a unique status in our healthcare system and our nation. Ranked in public opinion polls…
From your ANA President
Collective wisdom
In late June, nearly 400 knowledgeable and insightful nurse leaders met in Washington, DC, for the American Nurses Association (ANA) Membership Assembly, ANA’s official…
Valuing nursing
Groundbreaking and crucial work led by the ANA Enterprise Institute for Nursing Research and Quality Management will have a profound impact on how nurses…
Mental health matters
This month, the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) at the American Nurses Association celebrates its 50th anniversary of supporting graduate-level nursing students from historically marginalized…
A diversified profession
All nurses—regardless of gender—should be concerned that the nursing profession remains predominantly female. In 2023, men comprised just 12.6% of RNs and 10.2% of…
Nurses make the difference
Through patient care, in the halls of legislatures, as managers and executives, and in communities across the country, nurses make the difference. As the…
Turning the tide
The unacceptably high level of maternal mortality in the United States reflects a failing of our entire healthcare system and calls nurses, as the…
Lived experience
Sharing our experiences face-to-face or online through op-eds, blogs, and the like, reflects the very best of advocacy—the process of gaining public support for…
Healthy hearts
Our profession, predominantly female, reflects the CVD risk all women face: CVD remains the leading cause of death in women, yet less than half…
Meaningful momentum
When I became the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) 38th president in January 2023, the pandemic had loosened its tight grip and our society had…
Membership matters
America’s more than 5 million RNs practice in rural clinics and tertiary medical centers, schools of nursing and elementary schools, health systems and health…
Capital investments
We might not think of ourselves as such, but nurses are the ultra-innovators of healthcare. Thinking critically, we respond continually to changes in our…
Answering the call
Nurses are uniquely qualified for public service. Nurses have a unique status in our healthcare system and our nation. Ranked in public…
Collective wisdom
In late June, nearly 400 knowledgeable and insightful nurse leaders met in Washington, DC, for the American Nurses Association (ANA) Membership Assembly,…
Valuing nursing
Groundbreaking and crucial work led by the ANA Enterprise Institute for Nursing Research and Quality Management will have a profound impact on…
Mental health matters
This month, the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) at the American Nurses Association celebrates its 50th anniversary of supporting graduate-level nursing students from…
A diversified profession
All nurses—regardless of gender—should be concerned that the nursing profession remains predominantly female. In 2023, men comprised just 12.6% of RNs and…
Nurses make the difference
Through patient care, in the halls of legislatures, as managers and executives, and in communities across the country, nurses make the difference.…
Turning the tide
The unacceptably high level of maternal mortality in the United States reflects a failing of our entire healthcare system and calls nurses,…
Lived experience
Sharing our experiences face-to-face or online through op-eds, blogs, and the like, reflects the very best of advocacy—the process of gaining public…
Healthy hearts
Our profession, predominantly female, reflects the CVD risk all women face: CVD remains the leading cause of death in women, yet less…
Meaningful momentum
When I became the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) 38th president in January 2023, the pandemic had loosened its tight grip and our…
Membership matters
America’s more than 5 million RNs practice in rural clinics and tertiary medical centers, schools of nursing and elementary schools, health systems…
Capital investments
We might not think of ourselves as such, but nurses are the ultra-innovators of healthcare. Thinking critically, we respond continually to changes…