Is there a nursing representative/lobbyist in washngton??

1903

The first bills concerning registration for nurses were enacted in North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia.

1905

The Nurses' Associated Alumnae joined with Great Britain and Germany to become the three charter members of the International Council of Nurses.

1914

ANA established the Central Information Bureau for Legislation and Information to supply data concerning the work of state boards of nurse examiners.

1921
ANA organized a legislative section.

1926

A tentative code of ethics for nurses was adopted by the American Nurses' Association



1934
ANA's House of Delegates approved an eight-hour day for nurses and conducted a national campaign to promote better working hours.

1938
ANA reported on its study of incomes and employment conditions of nurses. ANA recommended a salary schedule for nurses comparable to those of other women workers, a 48-hour week for nurses practicing in institutions, and vacations with pay.

1937

The board of directors of the American Nurses' Association appointed a special committee for the purpose of considering the question of nurse membership in unions.

1939
ANA adopted a policy favoring the licensure of all who nurse for hire.

1944
As a result of the action of ANA's Board of Directors in June, 1944, the name and status of the Clearing Bureau on Problems of State Boards of Nurse Examiners was changed to the Bureau of State Boards of Nurse Examiners. One function of this body was to devise methods and procedures for bringing about desirable and reasonable uniformity in relation to standards, regulations, examinations, and records.

1946
The ANA House of Delegates endorsed the 8-hour day, 4O-hour week for all nurses and called for the elimination of discrimination against minority groups

ANA delegates adopted the first association platform.

1949

ANA was accredited as an observer to the United Nations.

1950

ANA's House of Delegates adopted an intergroup relations program to work for full integration of nurses of all racial groups in all aspects of nursing.

ANA adopted a code of ethics for professional nursing.

1958

ANA's House of Delegates endorsed health care as a right of all people and urged the extension of social security to include health insurance for beneficiaries of old age, survivors, and disability insurance.

For the first time in the history of the ANA, a liaison committee was formed with the American Medical Association ( which continues to this day..Karen)

1964
Congress passed the Nurse Training Act of 1964, the first federal law to give comprehensive assistance for nursing education.

1973
Standards of Community Health, Maternal and Child Health, Geriatric, and Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practice were published. In addition, a generic set of Standards of Nursing Practice was published

1977

ANA introduces health services bill to expand primary care services and encourages, where practicable in shortage areas, utilization of nurse practitioners in concert with physicians.

1980

ANA played a major role in getting an amendment passed prohibiting hospitals from using Medicare funds for anti-union activities. ...