Our Story
Our vision is a world in which nursing nurtures wholeness and inspires peace and healing.
The American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) is a non-profit membership association for nurses and other holistic healthcare professionals, serving more than 5500 members and more than 166 local chapters across the U.S. and abroad.
AHNA advances the profession of holistic nursing by providing continuing education in holistic nursing, helping to improve the health care workplace through the incorporation of the concepts of holistic nursing, educating professionals and the public about holistic nursing and integrative health care, and promoting research and scholarship in the field of holistic nursing.
As a resource to its members, AHNA provides a supportive community, informative publications, continuing education, local networking opportunities and expertise in holistic self-care and wellness.
AHNA recognizes the bond linking patient satisfaction and holistic nursing, as well as the connection between holism and career fulfillment. AHNA and its networks are working to legitimize holistic health care and to help resolve the nursing shortage.
AHNA is the only full-service professional organization representing the nation’s holistic nurses, and is at the forefront of policy relating to holistic nursing and integrative health care.
AHNA has taken positions on the practice of complementary, alternative and integrative medicine, holistic nursing ethics, research and scholarship within the field of holistic nursing.
AHNA monitors and responds to government policy initiatives around the U.S. Most recently, AHNA issued a response to the FDA on its draft document: Guidance for Industry on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Products and Their Regulation by the Food and Drug Administration.
AHNA collaborates with the American Holistic Nurses Certification Corporation (AHNCC) to create and maintain Holistic Nurse and Nurse Coach certification.
