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Today, the representatives of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Membership Assembly, the official governing and voting body of ANA, recommended actions to address specific challenges to nurses’ practice and work environments.

Today, the voting representatives of ANA’s Membership Assembly re-elected Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, to a second term as ANA president

The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauds U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy’s declaration of gun violence as a public health crisis, a landmark decision aligned with ANA’s decades-long stance on the urgent need to address firearm safety and violence prevention.

Today theAmerican Nurses Association officially convened its annual Membership Assembly, bringing nearly 400 registered nurses to Washington, DC to address vital issues such as workplace violence.

Today, nearly 500 members of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and nursing students from across the country arrived at the U.S. Capitol to urge Congress to improve work environment challenges and practice barriers that have plagued the nation’s nursing workforce for decades and continue to go unaddressed.

Starting today, the American Nurses Association (ANA) launched the Racial Reckoning Think Tank (Think Tank or the Think Tank) to convene over a six-month period and develop actionable strategies in support of ANA’s commitment to its organizational Journey of Racial Reconciliation.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is encouraged by the U.S. Supreme Court's 9-0 decision on June 13, 2024 to dismiss U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine due to its lack of legal standing.

ANA President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives for 2024.

The National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (the Commission) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) celebrate the achievement of awareness, advocacy and recognition that is SHIFT’s documentary film “Everybody’s Work: Healing What Hurts Us All,” which examines the hidden disease of systemic racism plaguing health care in the United States.

Today, the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA), the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANA), and the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) hosted a congressional briefing focused on the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act (HR 2713/S.2418). 

U.S. Representatives Haley Stevens (D-MI) and U.S. Representative Dave Joyce (R-OH) introduced the Stop Nurse Shortages Act on May 9, 2024.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is lighting up over 50 city skylines, landmarks, and participating hospitals across the country for the organization’s “Nurses Light Up the Sky” campaign