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ANA Political Action Committee Update: Congressional Endorsements
Each election cycle, ANA-PAC endorses candidates and elected officials who display a commitment to advancing the nursing profession.
ANA Responds to High Rates of Hysterectomies on Immigrant Women Under ICE Custody
We strongly recommend a thorough and timely investigation into these troubling allegations.
Together with NSC Members, American Nurses Association Announces Release of National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety
Plan reflects consensus on need for greater collaboration and greater focus on
foundational change to reduce medical errors.
New Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey Series: COVID-19 Pandemic Financial Impact Greater for Black and Hispanic/Latino Nurses
As the COVID-19 pandemic-induced recession continues to weigh on the national economy, Black and Hispanic/Latino nurses reported that they are more likely to have reduced spending or taken on temporary work than their White counterparts, a new financial well-being survey finds.
New Survey Findings from 21K US Nurses: PPE Shortages Persist, Re-Use Practices on the Rise Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
According to the new findings, 42% of nurses say they are still experiencing widespread or intermittent PPE shortages.
American Nurses Credentialing Center Board of Directors Announces Commissioner Appointments
The Nominations Committee of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Board of Directors has approved the following appointments and reappointments to its Commissions. All terms, except the Emerging Leaders, will run from January 1, 2021 until December 31, 2024.
Now Accepting Applications for 2021 ANA Innovation Awards
The American Nurses Association and the American Nurses Foundation are now accepting applications for the 2021 ANA Innovation Awards, powered by Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD). The application process is open through November 1, 2020.
ANA RECOGNIZES BURN NURSING AS NEW SPECIALTY NURSING PRACTICE
ANA announces the formal recognition of burn nursing as a nursing specialty. The American Burn Association (ABA) is pleased with this important distinction.
The American Academy of Nursing and the American Nurses Association Call for Social Justice to Address Racism and Health Equity in Communities of Color
Nurses Stand to Uphold Human Dignity as Coronavirus Cases Continue to Rise Across the Nation.
NEW Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey Series: Half of Frontline Nurses Emotionally Overwhelmed by COVID-19
As the U.S. experiences surges in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country, half of nurses on the frontlines providing patient care and responding to the pandemic feel emotionally overwhelmed. That is just one finding from a mental health and wellness survey of nearly 10,000 U.S. nurses conducted by the American Nurses Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association, in the new Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey Series.
ANA Disappointed in the Supreme Court of the United States’ Ruling to Strike the ACA Contraception Mandate
Millions of women currently rely on employer-sponsored health insurance plans for birth control at no cost.
AMA, AHA, ANA Issue Open Letter Urging Public to Wear a Mask to Stop COVID-19 Spread
Physicians, nurses, hospital and health system leaders, researchers and public health experts, are urge the American public to take the simple steps we know will help stop the spread of the virus: wearing a face mask, maintaining physical distancing, and washing hands.