Arkansas Nurses Association

01/01/2026

12/31/2025

Plan ahead: Before you have even one drink, designate a sober driver to get you home safely. If you wait until you’ve been drinking to make this decision, you might not make the best one.

12/31/2025

Thanks to Oklahoma City University Kramer School of Nursing for supporting 2026 Nurses Day at the Capitol. https://www.okcu.edu/academics/schools-colleges/kramer-school-of-nursing.
Registration open at https://arna.nursingnetwork.com/nursing-events/149944-2026-nurses-day-at-the-capitol #!registration

12/30/2025

In support of White River Health staff, we are devastated to hear about the incident that occurred during your shift. Please know that your entire nursing family is standing behind you.
You come to work to heal, and it is profoundly unfair when that environment is violated. We trust you are given the time you need to heal—physically and emotionally.

Let us be absolutely clear: Violence is not part of the job.

A 42-year-old man is being held on a $75,000 bond after police say he attacked a nurse and a hospital security guard at White River Medical Center on Christmas Eve. Reggienald Holmes faces two counts of second-degree

12/28/2025

We put together this "Year in Review" video to celebrate YOU—the faces, the stories, and the incredible milestones we reached as an association this year because of you.

12/27/2025

Keep the season’s festive lights in front of you — not flashing in your rearview mirror.

12/26/2025

Don’t let a DUI ruin your holiday spirit. A sober ride is the only way to roll during the
holidays. Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.

12/26/2025

Nurses and training staff to the rescue.

What started as a regular high school basketball game in Cabot quickly turned into a life or death emergency when a referee collapsed on the court after sufferi

12/23/2025

Georgia nursing student, Caroline Rubin a BSN student in the honors program at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, finds her voice to discuss misinformation in healthcare. Georgia Nurses Association

"Navigating [the holidays] requires a skill set no textbook ever covered."

In an , nursing student Caroline Rubin breaks down how to survive the holidays as a healthcare professional in an era of medical misinformation.

Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/119111?trw=no

12/21/2025

Scholarships for nursing students available.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced today a new initiative for attracting some of the best Arkansas students to UAMS. The program will provide full tuition and fees for 40 exceptional students entering UAMS, including the College of Medicine, with the fal...