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This year’s Nurses Week theme is “Nurses Make the Difference” to encourage nurses, health care professionals, employers, community leaders and the public to recognize and promote the vast contributions and positive impact of nurses worldwide.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) stands with the Arizona Nurses Association (AzNA) in urging Arizona’s governing bodies to protect reproductive healthcare access in the state.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauds the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for issuing a final rule that sets minimum nurse staffing standards in long-term care (LTC) facilities across the country. ANA is especially pleased to see CMS include elements that it has long advocated for in the final rule —such as having a registered nurse (RN) onsite 24-hours, seven days a week in all LTC facilities.

The American Nurses Association Board of Directors announces the appointment of Angela Beddoe as the Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the ANA Enterprise, effective April 24, 2024. Ms. Beddoe will provide leadership for ANA, the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Nurses Foundation. 

On April 16, 2024, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Enterprise Institute for Nursing Research and Quality Management spearheaded the groundbreaking "Re-Imagining the Economic Value of Nursing" Summit.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) and the Indiana State Nurses Association (ISNA) are deeply disturbed by the racist commentary of a white nursing student at Indiana State University posted recently to a video on Yik Yak. The commentary in the video is offensive and completely unacceptable and does not align with the professional values and standards of nursing.

Self applications and nominations will be accepted through April 30.

The American Nurses Association (ANA), representing the nation’s more than 5 million registered nurses, is pleased that Congress has approved a $5 million increase for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs in the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations package.

Today, ANA submitted a sign-on letter, with the support of numerous nursing affiliates and partner associations, to leaders of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

In a Supreme Court hearing on March 26, abortion opponents challenged whether the Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A). acted appropriately in authorizing the sale of mifepristone over the past several years.

In January 2023, the Board of Directors of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) approved the creation of the Distinguished AACN Partner Award to recognize individuals who have had a significant and sustained collaborative relationship with AACN and a strong commitment to advancing academic nursing.

Today the American Nurses Foundation, in partnership with McKinsey & Company, published the survey results of nearly 6,000 nurses focusing on their generational similarities and differences.