Invest in Nurses to Lead the Transformation of Health Care
Only 1 penny of every dollar donated to health care is directed to America’s 5 million+ nurses.
Only 1 penny of every dollar donated to health care is directed to America’s 5 million+ nurses.
Take action today to support the nurses who care for you and our nation.
Everyone has benefitted from the expert care of nurses, who are essential and indispensable to health care. Nurses make up the largest portion of the healthcare workforce and are ranked as the most trusted profession year after year. They spend more time with patients and their families than any other healthcare providers. They are responsive and innovative, and they are uniquely positioned to use their expertise to transform health care.
Transformation of our complex healthcare system requires vision, innovation, and dedication to long-term change—as well as substantial funding. That is why the American Nurses Foundation commissioned this groundbreaking report—to understand the landscape of philanthropic support for the nursing profession. The findings are astounding:
Just one penny of every dollar of healthcare philanthropy is directed to the nursing profession.
If our nation is to attain more cost-effective, higher-quality, more equitable health care for all, nurses are the key. We must focus our philanthropic resources where they can make the greatest difference—by investing in nursing.
Nurses are everywhere and so is the need for support. Donors at all levels can make an impact nationwide or right in their own communities by funding nurses’ work in research, academia, clinics, schools, and more. Your gift will support nurses’ well-being, nursing research and innovation, and nurse-led transformation of the healthcare system.
By ensuring that nurses can practice to the full extent of their training, we empower nurses to use their expertise to transform health care and improve patient lives. We strengthen nurses’ leadership skills to serve as full partners in healthcare decision-making and improvement and generate new knowledge and policy through nurses’ scholarly research and practice.
We thank you for helping nurses make all the difference!
The American Nurses Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and part of the ANA Enterprise. Our mission is to transform the nation’s health through the power of nursing. We achieve this by finding and funding new ways to solve problems, generate new ideas and tools, and lay the framework for advances in research, education, and clinical practice that enhance nurses’ health and improve patient care.
For more information visit https://www.nursingworld.org/foundation.