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American Nurses Association (ANA)
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a personal membership society supporting the professional needs of the 2.9 million registered nurses (RNs) in the United States. The ANA comprises 54 constituent member organizations and more than 150,000 members. Headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, the ANA is a nonprofit, nongovernment organization, supported primarily by membership dues, the sale of publications, and revenue from certification programs.
The ANA promotes standards of nursing practice based on scientific evidence, the rights of nurses in the workplace, development of new nursing service delivery models to respond to changing healthcare demands, and policy advocacy for its members on nursing and health related issues. The ANA's stated mission is “nurses advancing our profession to improve health for all.” The overall goals of the ANA are to foster high standards of nursing practice, promote the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, convey a positive image of nursing, and lobby the U.S. Congress and the Administration on health issues affecting nursing and the health of the public.
Current strategic priorities of the ANA include the following: (a) professional practice and excellence, (b) healthcare and public policy, (c) knowledge and research, (d) the unification of the profession, and (e) advocacy for workforce and workplace.
History
The ANA is more than 100 years old. It was founded in 1896 as the Nurses Alumnae Association, with 20 nurses attending the first meeting to create a professional association for nurses. However, none of these attendees were registered nurses, as there were no licensing regulations for nursing at that time. The stated goals of the new organization were “to establish and maintain a code of ethics; to elevate the standards of nursing education; to promote the usefulness and honor the financial and interests of nursing.” In 1900, the organization published The American Nurse, and a year later, the first state nursing organizations were formed to help regulate the practice of nursing. In 1911, the organization changed its name to the American Nurses Association. Over the decades, the number of ANA members has grown, and the organization attempts to represent the interests of all nurses in the nation.
Structure and Function
Governance
The ANA is organized into constituent member organizations and affiliated organizations. The ANA has constituent member organizations in every state, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Federal nurses also have their own constituent member organization. These constituent members govern the association through the ANA House of Delegates, which consists of members from each constituent organization. There is also an elected board of directors, and these two entities provide the governing structure for the ANA.
A key committee in the governance structure of the ANA is the Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics (CNPE), a deliberative body of the association's members with diverse clinical and practice experiences and perspectives. The CNPE focuses on establishing nursing's approach to emerging trends within the healthcare industry by identifying issues and recommending policy alternatives to the ANA board of directors.
Affiliate Organizations
The ANA has several affiliated organizations, including (a) the American Nurses' Foundation (ANF), (b) the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), (c) the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), and (d) the American Nurses Association Political Action Committee (ANA-PAC). These affiliate organizations are separate but related arms of the ANA, which take major responsibility for key ANA functions.
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