American Nurses Association

05/23/2026

From 1918 to 1922, Miss Clara D. Noyes was president of the American Nurses Association and the National Graduate Nurses Association.

During her term, she helped establish the Bureau of Nursing Information, which today functions as part of the ANA’s Nursing Information and Data Services division.

Join us in looking back on 130 years of ANA and celebrating The Power of Nurses™—then and now:
https://www.nursingworld.org/ana/about-ana/history/

05/23/2026

Across the U.S., veterans face hidden wounds: trauma, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the lasting impact of intimate partner violence (IPV). Too often, these struggles go unseen.

Monique Swaby, BSN, RN, knows this firsthand. A Navy veteran and survivor of IPV and TBI, she felt the gaps in care for veterans long before she began her nursing career. Today, as a doctoral nursing fellow with the Minority Fellowship Program at the American Nurses Association, Monique is leading a movement for trauma-informed care.

From talking veterans out of su***de to advocating in Congress, Monique is changing the system. She trains nurses to ask the right questions, build trust, and see what others miss; because every veteran deserves to be heard and helped.

“Every person is valuable,” she says. “And every person deserves to be seen.”

Through advocacy, mentorship, and lived experience, Monique is helping build a health system where veterans and their families aren’t left to struggle alone.

During Military Appreciation Month, we're grateful for nurses like Monique who are called to serve.

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05/22/2026

The future of nursing is diverse, compassionate, and driven. Mohammed Mehadi is proof of that.

Born in Bangladesh and now a nursing student at Adelphi University, Mohammed navigated learning a new language, securing financial support, adapting to a new culture, and pursuing a rigorous course of study – far from his family and support system.

“Because of the investment made in me by professors, mentors, and the American Nurses Foundation, I am going to help so many people in the future. I hope one day, I can inspire more people from my country to become nurses.”

Receiving the American Nursing Foundation Nurse Scholarship meant relief from financial stress and the freedom to focus on learning, clinicals, and caring for others. While his ultimate goal is to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Mohammed hopes to work in the ICU or ER after graduation in 2027.

If you’d like to support students like Mohammed and other programs that advance nurse well-being, research, and innovation, consider a donation to American Nurses Foundation. Through May 31, your donation is doubled thanks to a generous match. Give today at LINK

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05/22/2026

The American Nurses Association and its partners will continue this fight both in the courts and in the halls of Congress until nurses have full access to the resources needed to sustain the pipeline of graduate nurses, advanced practice nurses, and faculty that our healthcare system depends upon. Read more: https://ow.ly/NrE350Z3oVM

05/22/2026

The American Nurses Association is deeply saddened by the passing of Jean E. Steel, PhD, RN, FAAN, a pioneering nurse educator and clinician who helped define and elevate the role of the nurse practitioner in the United States and around the world.

"Dr. Steel was a true trailblazer whose vision helped shape the advanced practice nursing as we know it today," said ANA President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN. “She built what did not yet exist, establishing one of the first private nurse practitioner practices in the country and developing some of the nation's first master’s programs for nurse practitioners. Her legacy lives on in every advanced practice nurse who followed in her footsteps, and the profession is immeasurably stronger because of her."

Read more: https://ow.ly/2lO850Z3fyU

05/22/2026

Bonnie Fecowicz, MSN, RN, has cared for patients through some of healthcare’s most defining moments, from the HIV/AIDS epidemic to 9/11 and COVID-19.

Now, as an educator and advocate, she’s helping prepare the next generation of nurses through simulation-based learning and speaking up for the profession on Capitol Hill.

“What I learned… was that nursing isn’t really about the tasks. It’s about being present with another human being at a moment when most of the world has stepped back.”

A powerful reminder of the impact nurses make every single day.

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“Nursing isn’t really about the tasks. It’s about being present with another human being at a moment when most of the world has stepped back.”

05/22/2026

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05/21/2026

Look out for us, we might be rolling into a city near you! From New York to San Francisco, Orlando to Austin to Los Angeles, our buses are hitting the road to highlight The Power of Nurses™.

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05/21/2026

Last chance to participate in a national study on specialty nursing certification — the survey closes Saturday, May 23.

The Margretta Madden Styles Credentialing Research Grant is funding an important national study on what motivates specialty nurses to pursue certification, and what gets in the way.

We encourage all specialty nurses — certified and non-certified — to participate before the deadline.

📋 Take 5 minutes before it closes: https://ow.ly/TS6x50Z18X0

05/21/2026

“We'll roll up a mighty score, never give in. Shoulder to shoulder, we will fight, fight, fight, fight, fight!”

Before each of Renata Colitti’s eight surgeries, her nurses sang these words from the University of Colorado fight song – a reminder that she wasn’t fighting alone.

After testing positive for COVID-19 while on a fishing trip in Alaska, Renata decided to drive back to her home near Boulder, Colorado. What started as mild symptoms quickly progressed into fainting spells and unbearable leg pain. A stop at a small rural hospital couldn’t explain what was happening.

A nurse at that hospital insisted that Renata immediately transfer to a larger hospital. That nurse’s instinct saved Renata’s life.

Airlifted to a hospital in Salt Lake City, doctors diagnosed Renata with Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome, a condition that caused her capillaries to leak, pressure to build in her limbs, and blood flow to divert away from her organs, which were beginning to fail.

In the ICU, two nurses took over her care and refused to leave her side. For weeks, these nurses pushed physicians for alternatives to amputation, made sure her family could be with her, sang for her, and motivated her to get back to the life she loves.

“They treated me like a person, not just a patient. If those nurses hadn’t been there, I wouldn’t be here.”

Today, after months of recovery, Renata is back to attending football games, skiing, and volunteering at her local children’s hospital.

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05/20/2026

During Oncology Nursing Month, we’re recognizing nurses like Sandra Stephens and Rafael Prado, who turned their own cancer journeys into a calling to care for others.

After receiving treatment at Memorial West Hospital, both returned to the same oncology floor — this time as nurses supporting patients through some of life’s hardest moments.

“I know what they are going through,” Stephens shared. “When they say they have pain… I know it’s true because I’ve been going through the same things.”

Stories like these remind us that oncology nurses bring more than clinical expertise — they bring empathy, understanding, hope, and lived experience.

Read their story via CBS News Miami: https://ow.ly/RAZ850Z2heN

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May is Oncology Nursing Month – a time to recognize the compassion, strength, and dedication of nurses caring for cancer patients.