SILVER SPRING, MD - Today, the American Nurses Foundation (ANF) announced the inaugural awardees of its latest grant, Nurse-Led Solutions Using AI and Innovation. The program reflects ANF’s sustained investments into nurse-led research and innovation. Central to that work is the conviction that nurses, as the most direct link between patients and the healthcare system, must be at the center of how emerging technologies are evaluated, adopted, and shaped. 

Washington, DC – The American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA), the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM), the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA), the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON), Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated, the Health Ministries Association (HMA), the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS), and the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH) are pleased to announce the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) has joined the lawsuit challenging the Department of Education’s exclusion of advanced nursing degrees from the definition of “professional degree” programs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA), the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM), the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA), the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON), Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated, the Health Ministries Association (HMA), the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS), and the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH) have jointly filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Education’s exclusion of advanced nursing degrees from the definition of “professional degree” programs in the final rule implementing federal student loan borrowing limits.

SILVER SPRING, MD – Today, the American Nurses Association (ANA) announced it has been recognized by ASAE with a 2026 Gold Circle Award in the Advocacy category. ANA earned this award because of its advocacy around the Department of Education’s student loan eligibility criteria for professional degrees for nursing students, generating more than 250,000 signatures on ANA’s petition, over 14,000 comments submitted, 140 Congressional signatories, and over 6 billion media impressions in under 5 months. 

SILVER SPRING, MD - The American Nurses Association (ANA) is aware of the legal actions taken this week challenging the Department of Education's rule excluding nursing and other health professions from the professional degree category for federal student loans.

SILVER SPRING, MD – The American Nurses Association (ANA) announces its strong support and endorsement of bipartisan, bicameral legislation introduced by Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-VA), David Joyce (R-OH), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Don Bacon (R-NE) in the US House of Representatives and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in the US Senate, that would add post-baccalaureate nursing programs to the federal definition of “professional degree.” 

WASHINGTON, DC - This morning, a coalition of the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawai‘i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin, as well as the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the Department of Education over the student loan rule limiting access to student loans for professional degree programs. The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauds and fully supports this effort.

SILVER SPRING, MD – The American Nurses Enterprise (ANE), which includes the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the American Nurses Foundation (ANF), is excited to kick off the global celebration of The Power of Nurses™ during National Nurses Week, May 6-12. 

SILVER SPRING, MD – Today, the American Nurses Association (ANA) released consensus findings from its inaugural AI in Nursing Practice Think Tank, convened on April 22, 2026. The report reflects the shared professional judgment of nursing leaders across practice, education, research, regulation, industry, and policy on how artificial intelligence is already affecting nursing and the guardrails that must be in place to protect patients, nurses, and the nursing profession.

Outstanding nurse leaders and nonprofit organization recognized for significant positive impact on nursing profession and public health

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is profoundly dismayed by the Department of Education’s exclusion of nursing from the definition of “professional degree” programs under the finalized federal graduate loan borrowing limits.

On behalf of the ANCC Board of Directors, the Nominations Committee issues this call for qualified nominees for appointment to seats on the Commission on Accreditation in Nursing Continuing Professional Development (COA-NCPD), Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs (COA-PTP), Commission on Magnet® (COM), and Commission on Pathway to Excellence® (COPE), which serve as the governing bodies for their respective ANCC programs.