The National American Arab Nurses Association is on Hiatus!

Save-the-Date 

NAANA'S 11th Annual Angel of Mercy Dinner

The National American Arab Nurses Association is on hiatus! Many elements have contributed to this decision by the NAANA Board of Directors to halt operations for a period, including the major changes in employment demographics brought on by the pandemic over the last three years. Now a  20-year-old organization, the NAANA board has voted to review and assess our mission and goals.

Our current mission states: The National American Arab Nurses Association is the premier professional organization and advocate for American Arab nurses. NAANA acts as an advocate for improved health care in the American Arab community and as an expert resource for nurses and other healthcare providers regarding American Arabs' healthcare beliefs and practices.

As we recollect over these two decades, we are proud of the services we have provided to the Arab American nurse and to the nursing profession, the professional doors that have been opened as a result of NAANA's advocacy for Arab American nurses, the recognition that NAANA advocated for the Arab American nurse significantly by bringing about the inclusion of an Arab American and Chaldean American designation on the State of Michigan licensing document so that nurses of these ethnicities can be correctly counted. NAANA hosted two cross-cultural educational events featuring the leading transcultural professionals and academicians. NAANA created the annual Angel of Mercy Award to recognize Arab American nurses whose extraordinary contributions to the profession often go unnoticed and has honored 13 of these fine professionals.  NAANA has provided over $120,000 in nursing scholarships since its inception.

Angel of Mercy Event Pictures