ANAMASS - News & Updates
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Events Health Policy Forum: 2 New Webinars Announced ANAMASS Awards/FNAMA Scholarship Gala ANAMASS Invites All RNs To Another Unforgettable Red Sox Nurses Night at Fenway Park! 2025 Walk for Hunger
Foundation for Nursing Advancement in Massachusetts IT IS NOT TOO LATE to DONATE to FNAMA to SUPPORT Nursing Scholarships in the Commonwealth
Get Involved Attention ANAMASS Members: The MA Board of Registration in Nursing Seeking New Members
JOIN ANA & ANAMASS Today!
Advocacy Opposing DMH Cuts in H1 Call to Action AORN Is Collecting Information To Support Legislative Efforts for Surgical Smoke Evacuation in Massachusetts, and We Need Your Help!
April 2025

ANA Massachusetts is the premier organization representing the interests of the Commonwealth's more than 130,000 registered nurses.  We are the largest voluntary professional nursing organization in the state, with members who practice in settings ranging from acute care to community health, from the bedside to the boardroom.  Since 1896, ANAMASS members have helped define, regulate, and improve nursing to the benefit of nurses and patients in Massachusetts.  

Events
Health Policy Forum: 2 New Webinars Announced

Value in Action: Unlocking the Economic Value in Nursing

Thursday, May 1st, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Featuring: Oriana Beaudet, DNP, RN, PHN
Vice President of Innovation for the American Nurses Association

Register Here

Developing & Managing Your Personal Brand

Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Featuring: Greg Durkin, MEd, BSN, RN, NPDA-BC
Director of Clinical Education & Informatics at Boston Children's Hospital

Register Here

ANAMASS Awards/FNAMA Scholarship Gala

Thank you to our ANAMASS Awards and FNAMA Scholarship Gala sponsors. View the full list here.

Celebrating Our 2025 ANAMASS Awards and FNAMA Scholarship Recipients at the Gala!

Living Legends in Massachusetts Nursing

  • Gaurdia Banister, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
  • Jeanne Watson Driscoll, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, APRN-BC (awarded posthumously)
  • Cynthia Jacelon, PhD, RN-BC, CRRN, FGSA, FAAN
  • Timothy Quigley, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
  • Judith Vessey, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN

2025 Living Legends in Massachusetts Nursing

Additional Award Recipients

Friend of Nursing Award

Benjamin Fierro and Patricia Lynch
(Lynch & Fierro LLP)

Excellence in Nursing Practice

Erin Manzi, BA, RN, CPN

Excellence in Nursing Education

Amanda Choflet, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Julika Wocial, MSN, MS, CCRN

Excellence in Nursing Research

Jennifer Mammen, PhD, NP-BC
Mary A. Manning Nurse Mentoring Award
Karen Collins, MSN, RN, PMH-BC, CARN

Nurse Led-Teams Award

UMove to Improve Mobility Program
(UMASS Memorial Medical Center)

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Award

Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN

Nurse Innovation Award

Nicole Lincoln, DNP, FNP-BC

2025 Award Recipients

Scholarships Awarded

2025 Scholarship Recipients

Joyce L. Wolf Scholarship

Batoul Chouiki
Dahyanira Ramirez
Eden Abebe
Franck Kakpo
Lilyana Ibañez
Nour Chouiki
Shasha Li
Yocelyne Norena

FNAMA Scholarship to Advance Diversity in Nursing

Amidat Yussuff

Edward R. Quigley Memorial Scholarship

Alex Phan
Guadalupe Torres
Noah Amerault
Timothy Fenton, BS

Ruth Lang Fitzgerald Memorial Scholarship

Alyssa Creonte, MSN, CNP

ANAMASS Invites All RNs To Another Unforgettable Red Sox Nurses Night at Fenway Park!

JOIN ANA Massachusetts for Red Sox Nurses Night at Fenway Park. This special night is all about celebrating and recognizing the dedication of nurses like you!

ANAMASS invites you to another unforgettable Nurse Night at Fenway Park.
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles
Game Time: 6:45 p.m.

Secure your spot today and join us for a well-deserved night of appreciation, camaraderie, and Red Sox baseball!

Tickets: $43.22 - $59.68
(ANAMASS receives a $5 donation from each ticket sold)

JUST IN: More Tickets added to Nurses Night at Fenway.
Order Today

2025 Walk for Hunger

Join ANAMASS and friends at The 57th Walk for Hunger, a fun-filled three-mile walk around Boston Common to raise money for critically needed hunger relief in Massachusetts.

If you are interested in walking with ANAMASS at the 2025 Walk for Hunger on Sunday, May 4, 2025, please contact lpresutti@anamass.org or register at https://give.projectbread.org/team/650399

All ANAMASS Members, their families, nursing students, and RN's are welcome to join the team!

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Work at the Forefront of Mental Healthcare – Right in Your Own Community!
Sheppard Pratt Solutions, backed by the nation’s largest private nonprofit behavioral health provider, is helping expand access to high-quality mental healthcare at Anna Jaques Hospital in Amesbury, MA.
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Foundation for Nursing Advancement in Massachusetts
IT IS NOT TOO LATE to DONATE to FNAMA to SUPPORT Nursing Scholarships in the Commonwealth

The Foundation for the Advancement of Nursing In Massachusetts, Inc. (FNAMA) was founded in 2020 as the research, education, and charitable affiliate of ANA Massachusetts. Since its inception, we have sought to advance the nursing profession by raising funds for advances in research, education, and clinical practice to the benefit of the whole healthcare system.

The foundation relies on the generosity of donors like you to achieve and expand on its mission and vision. Please click here to donate or scan the QR code to the right.

Help us award over $70,000 in scholarships NEXT Year by DONATING TODAY!

Learn more about the impact these scholarships have on nursing students across the Commonwealth!

Strategic Career Growth Starts Here: Pursue Your MSN
A Master of Science in Nursing from Framingham State University will open doors for you to new career opportunities, empowering you to inspire and mentor future nursing professionals.
Learn more
Get Involved
Attention ANAMASS Members: The MA Board of Registration in Nursing Seeking New Members

Vacant — RN Direct Care, Not Advanced Nursing Practice
Vacant — RN Direct Care, Patients with Substance Use Disorder
Vacant — LPN, Direct Care, Acute or Long-Term Care
Vacant — RN Direct Care, Not Advanced Nursing Practice

Before you apply, visit Join a Board within the Bureau of Health Professions Licensure and Boards/Commissions FAQs for more information.

ANAMASS would like to support members interested in applying! Please contact info@anamass.org for information about a letter of support after reviewing the above requirements.

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Want to advance as an RN? UMassD Online has an RN-BS program designed to fit your schedule and career ambitions.
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JOIN ANA & ANAMASS Today!

Joint ANA/ANAMASS members get amazing benefits to help them on and off the job. Join ANA/ANAMASS and receive FREE CNE, award-winning journals, up-to-date nursing news, and free webinars. You also get discounts on tuition, liability insurance, financial planning, student loan refinancing and more. Join ANA/ANAMASS today! Just $15/month!

Advocacy
Opposing DMH Cuts in H1

ANAMASS joins with the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health and other organizations to advocate for reinstating funding to the Department of Mental Health! Learn More

Call to Action
Contact Your Representatives

Contact your legislator and ask them to cosponsor the following ANAMASS legislation.

SD142/HD2328 An Act relative to acute hospital and nursing home governance.

Requires all acute care hospitals and nursing homes to have an RN as a sitting & voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing the organization's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies, and programs. Learn More

AORN Is Collecting Information To Support Legislative Efforts for Surgical Smoke Evacuation in Massachusetts, and We Need Your Help!

We need Massachusetts-specific data on surgical smoke evacuation and your experiences to share with legislators and key stakeholders. Your participation is vital. Please take the Massachusetts Surgical Smoke survey today. Thank you for your immediate attention to this survey. Stay tuned for updates on the Massachusetts smoke evacuation bills.

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