Canadian Nurses Association
Encyclopedia
The Canadian Nurses Association is a federation
of 11 provincial and territorial
registered nurses associations representing more than 139,893 Canadian registered nurses and nurse practitioners. Currently Judith Shamian
is the president of the CNA.
was named founding president. The CNATN took its members from societies such as graduate nurse and alumni associations. In 1924, the CNATN changed its name to the Canadian Nurses Association.
Federation
A federation , also known as a federal state, is a type of sovereign state characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central government...
of 11 provincial and territorial
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
registered nurses associations representing more than 139,893 Canadian registered nurses and nurse practitioners. Currently Judith Shamian
Judith Shamian
Judith Shamian is the President and CEO of the Victorian Order of Nurses and President of the Canadian Nurses Association. She is also a professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg, Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto and a co-investigator with the Nursing Health Services Research Unit and...
is the president of the CNA.
History
In 1908, representatives from nurses associations around Canada were invited to meet by the Canadian Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses. At this meeting the Provisional Society of the Canadian National Association of Trained Nurses was formed. Mary Agnes SnivelyMary Agnes Snively
Mary Agnes Snively was a Canadian nurse, later named as the first President of the Canadian Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses.-Work:Mary Agnes Snively was born in St. Catharines, Ontario...
was named founding president. The CNATN took its members from societies such as graduate nurse and alumni associations. In 1924, the CNATN changed its name to the Canadian Nurses Association.