<Tr> <Th> Office location </Th> <Td> Silver Spring, Maryland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> United States of America </Td> </Tr> <P> The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing . It started in 1896 as the Nurses Associated Alumnae and was renamed the American Nurses Association in 1911 . It is based in Silver Spring, Maryland and Pamela F. Cipriano is the current president . </P> <P> The ANA states nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations . </P>

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