The Johns Hopkins Hospital Wins Ana Award For Outstanding Nursing Quality

The American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the United States, has recognized The Johns Hopkins Hospital for consistently yielding outstanding patient outcomes that are tied directly to the high quality of nursing care. Other hospitals receiving the award include:

ANA Receives Grant To Support Nurses’ Cultural Competency

As frontline health care professionals, registered nurses have a duty to communicate and interact effectively with the rich diversity of all the patients and families they serve. To that end, the American Nurses Association (ANA) is pleased to announce a grant from Pfizer Inc., to launch the ANA Cultural Competency Program. This initiative will compile [...]

Gallup Poll Votes Nurses Most Trusted Profession

For the eighth consecutive year, nurses have been voted the most trusted profession in America according to Gallup’s annual survey of professions for their honesty and ethical standards. Eighty-three percent of Americans believe nurses’ honesty and ethical standards are either “high” or “very high.”

House Passes Health Care Reform Bill

The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauds House lawmakers for passing “H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.” This landmark legislation was approved by a vote of 220-215 in a Saturday session. ANA has been a tireless advocate for meaningful health care reform which recognizes the vital role of nurses, creates a system that [...]

ANA Calls Shortage Of N-95 Respirators To Protect Against H1N1 Unacceptable

The American Nurses Association (ANA) conveyed to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that reported shortages of respirator masks needed to protect registered nurses from the risk of contracting the H1N1 influenza are unacceptable, and warned the quality of patient care could needlessly decline during the H1N1 pandemic without adequate protection measures.