The Maryland Nurses Association promotes excellence in the nursing profession with a culture of camaraderie, mentoring, diversity, and respect for colleagues. We provide programs and educational development for continued personal and career growth. As the voice for nursing in Maryland, we advocate for policy supporting the highest quality health care.
What Do My Dues Do?
Advocacy for policies supporting nurses like you in your home state of Maryland:
Recent examples:
- Promote quality nursing care through education and licensure.
- Address nursing recruitment, retention, and diversity.
- Address the long-term workforce shortage including the faculty shortage.
- Ensure and protect the rights of nurses to provide quality care within their full scope of nursing practice.
- Promote healthcare consumer safety, access to care, education, and self-determination.
- Promote safety in the workplace.
- Advocate for expanding nursing roles in health care reform legislation and initiatives.
- MNA supports initiatives that introduce appropriate legislation to the Maryland General Assembly.
Membership in the American Nurses Association, including:
- Subscription to the ANA journals, The American Nurse and The American Nurse Today
- ANA advocacy, conventions, and continuing education activities.
The Maryland Nurse Journal – Your finger on the pulse of nursing in Maryland.
A regular scholarly, peer-reviewed journal about the activities, achievements, and challenges faced by nurses here in the Maryland/DC area, as well as reports from major conferences, educational activities, and other professional groups.
Continuing Education (CEU) Opportunities throughout the state of Maryland.
Recent examples:
- MNA 120th Annual Convention
- Networking Events such as District Meetings, Annual Networking Dinners, & Local CE Opportunities
Achieving the highest quality health care in your State of Maryland
- Active monitoring of legislation that impacts YOUR nursing practice
- Tracking trends and important changes in nursing standards of clinical practice, education, compensation, workforce issues, challenges, and concerns facing nurses just like you!