American Nurses Association Hall of Fame


The American Nurses Association Hall of Fame or the ANA Hall of Fame is an award which recognizes the historical contributions to nursing in the United States.

History

In 1974, in preparation for the United States Bicentennial, the American Nurses Association created a seven-member committee to recognize the dedication and achievements of professional nurses in a Hall of Fame. Fifteen inaugural women were selected as inductees and the committee recommended that the nomination process and inductions become a permanent vehicle for recognition. In 1982, National Nurse's Day was proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan to be celebrated on May 6 and in conjunction with the celebration, the ANA at their annual convention, inducted six more nurses. The ANA board approved periodic addition of members thereafter, inducting new members in 1984, 1986, and 1996. In 1996, the criteria changed so that inductees did not have to be deceased and that inductions occur biennially.

Criteria

The criteria for induction include that the nominees must be leaders in health, social or political policy which have had a sustaining impact on nursing in the United States. All candidates, unless they were working prior to 1873, must have completed a formal registered nursing program. Contributions to the field could have occurred locally or internationally, but must demonstrate their enduring value beyond the honoree's lifetime. Since 1996, inductees may be living or deceased.

Inductees

NameImageBirth–DeathYearArea of achievement
1976mental health advocate and Civil War Superintendent of Army Nurses
1976textbook writer and author of standard nurse's manual of drugs
1976African American nurse organizer and founder of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses
1976dean of the Army School of Nursing and later dean of the first nursing program at Yale University
1976nursing scholar, author, and educator
1976volunteer in medical experiments for yellow fever
1976first African American professional nurse in the U.S.
1976the first nurse appointed as a university professor
1976co-founder and first editor of the American Journal of Nursing
1976first trained nurse in the U.S.
1976first president of the American Nurses Association
1976opened the first birth control clinic in the United States
1976leader in the development of nursing curriculum
1976director of the Lincoln School for Nurses and president of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses for seven years
1976director of the Lincoln School for Nurses and president of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses for seven years
1982founder of the Frontier Nursing Service
1982co-founder/manager of The American Journal of Nursing
1982founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service
1982editor for 28 years of The American Journal of Nursing
1982superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps
1982nursing labor organizer
1984executive officer of the Institute of Research and Services at Teachers College Nursing Education division
198419th president of the American Nurses Association
1984president of the American Nurses Association, vice-president of the International Council of Nurses
1984public health nurse educator
1984dean of the African American Meharry Medical College School of Nursing
1984researcher, conducted governmental studies of children's day care centers
1984long-term and chronic disease control theorist
1984first black nurse to earn a master's degree in the U.S.
1984first dean of the Graduate School of Nursing at New York Medical College
1984executive director of the Detroit Visiting Nursing Association for 40 years
1984director of the Simmons College School of Public Health Nursing
1984director of the American Nurses Association and its first full-time lobbyist
1984developed the first nationwide extramural federal nursing research program
1986earned the first nursing education doctorate of the Catholic University of America
1986instrumental in securing passage of an Illinois nursing practice act and became license holder #1
1986author of the first text on Public Health Nursing in the U.S.
1986established the Department of Nursing at the University of Washington
1986pioneer in psychiatric and mental health nursing
1996advanced education in pediatric nursing
1996first woman to receive a military commission in the regular army of the U.S.
1996only nurse to serve as president of the American Nurses Association, the American Journal of Nursing Company and for the International Council of Nurses
1996theorist and researcher—authored one of the most definitive descriptions of nursing
1996first nurse to earn a doctorate in the state of Washington
1996trained nurses for the Spanish–American War and spurred the establishment of the Army Nurse Corps
1996co-creator and first full-time editor of Nursing Research
1996spearheaded standardization of nurse licensing requirements throughout the U.S.
1996pioneering maternity nurse
1996founded nurse training schools to advance psychiatric nursing
1996nurse educator and nursing rights advocate
1996developed the theory of the Science of Unitary Human Beings
1996advocate for racial equality in the nursing profession
1996founder of the first hospice program in the U.S.
1996expert in eldercare who advocated for inclusion of gerontological information in nursing curricula
1998president of the first Board of Nursing Examiners
1998World War I director of the Red Cross' Bureau of Nursing
1998pioneer advocate for patient-nurse relationships and psychiatric nursing
1998scholar and educator, who focused on the development of nursing education
1998founding dean of the University of Florida College of Nursing
2000author, educator and advocate for removal of racial barriers in the nursing profession
2000Developed the concept of continuing nursing education
2000instrumental in the development of the New York City municipal health care system and advocate for health services for the poor
2000implemented integration of the Florida Nurses Association
2000architect of the 1970s comprehensive study of nursing credentialing, which established national standards of nursing practices
2002developed the first nurses' training school in Virginia
2002her service during the Civil War inspired Congress provide pensions to battlefield and hospital nurses of the conflict
2002collective bargaining and labor organizer for New York nurses
2002advocate of regulation of nursing practice and standards in North Carolina
2002instrumental in modernizing the Indian Health Service and eliminate abuses in care provided to Native Americans
2004first man to hold the position of dean at a nursing school
2004pioneering nurse theorist
2008first African American nurse to receive a PhD at Florida A&M University and first tenured African American nurse at the University of Florida
2010president of the New York State Nurses Association
2010first woman to serve as a university president with an Ivy League university, when she was named interim president of the University of Pennsylvania
2010pioneering nurse anesthetist
2010researcher and educator specializing in pain management
2010influenced policy on Medicare reimbursement procedures and a pioneer in functional hospital architecture and design
2012first woman to serve as U.S. Deputy Surgeon General
2012nursing historian and first faculty member at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing
2012pioneered the concept of interdisciplinary team nursing to improve patient care
2012chief nursing officer of the U.S. Public Health Service and consultant on national health systems to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
2012educator and researcher who helped establish criteria for nurse recognition programs
2012administrator, educator and advocate for male nursing
2014organized the first political action committee for the ANA
2014chief nurse of the U. S. Public Health Service
2014nursing labor advocate for improving labor conditions of health service workers
,2014first male nursing PhD recipient to head the National Student Nurses' Association
2014pushed for passage and helped implement the Nurse Training Act
2016after serving in numerous international posts, established the first nursing master's degree program in Spain
2016chair of the Nurses Charitable Trust