Abbreviation | ANA |
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Founded | February 11–12, 1897 |
Type | Nonprofit professional association |
13-1893923[1] | |
Legal status | 501(c)(6)[1] |
Purpose | To advance and promote the improvement of health standards and the standards of nursing and to stimulate and promote the professional development of nurses and advance their economic and general welfare.[1] |
Headquarters | Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
Coordinates | 38°59′42″N 77°01′37″W / 38.994879°N 77.026850°W |
Loressa Cole[2] | |
Jennifer Mensik Kennedy[2] | |
Subsidiaries | American Nurses Foundation Inc (501(c)(3)), American Nurses Credentialing Center (501(c)(6)), American Academy of Nursing (501(c)(3)), Institute for Nursing Research and Education (501(c)(3)), ANA PAC (PAC) Nurse Marketplace Inc (For-profit), ANA Service Corporation Inc (For-profit),[1] |
Revenue (2017) | $45,051,913[1] |
Expenses (2017) | $48,000,366[1] |
Endowment | $315,783 (2017)[1] |
Employees (2017) | 255[1] |
Volunteers (2017) | 699[1] |
Website | www |
Formerly called | Nurses Associated Alumnae |
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a 501(c)(6) professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing. It started in 1896 as the Nurses Associated Alumnae and was renamed the American Nurses Association in 1911.[3] It is based in Silver Spring, Maryland[4] and Jennifer Mensik Kennedy[2] is the current president.
The ANA states nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.[5]