For 25 years, the hospice and palliative nursing association has been growing steadily… expanding to over 10,000 members throughout the United States and some foreign countries…Leading the Way to promote excellence in the provision of palliative nursing through leadership development, education and the support of research in the field.
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Anniversary Survey - read WHY members chose this specialty and HOW their practice has changed over time
Celebration Activities being held during 2011
Video Tribute - HPNA members answering 1 simple question - What has HPNA meant to them? View the video now!
Call for Photos - Contribute to our 25th Anniversary Photo Album and View it below!
Congratulations HPNA! - personally sign the official HPNA Anniversary Card!
Congratulatory messages received
FANFARE and the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
Graph of Member and Chapter Growth
Our Chapter Memory Book (a large file)
Our Mission - Our Historical Highlights in Leadership, Education and Research
Our Roots
Into our Future
The Meaning of the Symbol of the Fan
View our 25th Anniversary Photo Album
What were you doing in 1986?
Waiting in line to see ‘Aliens’ - or ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ ?
Reading ‘It’ by Stephen King – or Bill Cosby's ‘Fatherhood’ ?
Glued to the television watching coverage of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion?
Graduating from nursing school?
Even if you hadn’t yet considered becoming a nurse, 1986 is a year that continues to impact the lives of all hospice and palliative nurses and their patients. In those days it was known as the 'Hospice Nursing Association; A National Organization'.
Link to our original HNA Incorporation papers
Link to the announcement of our first elected officers