The National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) is a non-profit professional association in the United States, committed to the promotion of the professionalism and dedication of Hispanic nurses by providing equal access to educational, professional, and economic opportunities for Hispanic nurses.
| Hispanic Health Care International | |
| Italic Title: | no |
| Abbreviation: | Hisp. Health Care Int. |
| Discipline: | Nursing |
| Language: | English, Spanish |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publishing |
| History: | 2002–present |
| Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Issn: | 1540-4153 |
| Eissn: | 1938-8993 |
| Website: | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hci |
| Link1: | https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/springer/hhci |
| Link1-Name: | Online access (vols. 1–13) |
The National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) was founded in 1975 by Ildaura Murillo-Rohde. The year before, at an American Nurses Association meeting, a group of Hispanic nurses had met regarding the feasibility of establishing an ANA Hispanic caucus. Though they did not affiliate with ANA, the group established the National Association of Spanish-Speaking Spanish-Surnamed Nurses (NASSSN) in 1976. Murillo-Rohde incorporated NASSSN in Washington State in 1977 where, at that time, she was employed as Associate Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The group was renamed as the National Association of Hispanic Nurses in 1979. NAHN launched its official professional peer-reviewed publication, Hispanic Health Care International (HHCI) at the 27th Annual Conference held July 2002 in Miami, Florida. It was initially published by Springer Publishing, but is now published by SAGE Publishing since 2016. HHCI is a bilingual journal (English and Spanish) and is published four times a year.
Leadership at the National Association of Hispanic Nurses consists of: an Executive Board including a President, President-Elect, Immediate Past-President, Treasurer, and Secretary, the Board of Directors including the Executive Board plus five Board Members, and an Executive Director.
Past Presidents:
1976-1979 Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, PhD, RN*, FAAN
1979-1980 Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, PhD, RN*, FAAN
1980-1982 Bertha Mujia, MSN, RN*
1982-1984 Hector Hugo Gonzalez, PhD, VR-RN (Retired)
1984-1986 Henrietta Villaescusa, MPH, RN*
1986-1988 Henrietta Villaescusa, MPH, RN*
1988-1990 Janie Menchaca Wilson, PhD, RN
1990-1992 Janie Menchaca Wilson, PhD, RN
1992-1994 Sara Torres, PhD, RN, FAAN
1994-1996 Sara Torres, PhD, RN, FAAN
1996-1998 Antonia Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN
1998-2000 Carmen Portillo, PhD, RN, FAAN
2000-2002 Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, PhD, RN, FAAN
2002-2004 Nilda (Nena) Peragallo, DrPH, RN, FAAN
2004-2006 Rev. Dr. Rudy Valenzuela, PhD, NP, FAANP, FAAN
2006-2008 Maria Tere Villot, BSN, RN
2008-2010 Norma Martinez-Rogers, PhD, RN, FAAN
2010-2012 Angie Millan, DNP, RN, FAAN
2012-2014 Jose Alejandro-White, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, MBA, CNE, CCM, FACHE, FAAN
2014-2016 Daniel Suarez, MA, RN, NYAM Fellow
2016-2018 Anabell Castro-Thompson, MSN, RN, ANP-C, FAAN, FAANP
2018-2020 Norma Cuellar, PhD, RN, FAAN
2020 Alana Cueto, MSN, RN, CNL
2021-2022 Adrianna Nava, PhD, MPA, RN
2022-2024 Adrianna Nava, PhD, MPA, RN
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