North Carolina Nurses' Association Records
The North Carolina Nurses’ Association (NCNA), which was founded in 1902 as the Raleigh Nurses Association, advances education, training and policy for registered nurses across the state. At its inception, it lobbied for the North Carolina Nurse Practice Act (1903), which established education and clinical expertise standards in the nursing profession.
The North Carolina Nurses’ Association digital collection has material from 1920 through the early 2000s, including the papers of F. Virginia Marshbanks (1885-1978), who served as director of the NCNA, superintendent of Rex Hospital, and president of the North Carolina League of Nursing Education. Other materials include administrative reports, correspondence, memorabilia, conference pamphlets, photographs from NCNA events, and meeting minutes from the North Carolina Negro Nurses’ Association.
The Negro Registered Nurses' Association, which was organized in 1921, became part of the NCNA in 1949. At the time of the creation of the association, the term “Negro” was used in academic and professional settings to refer to people of African American and occasionally American Indian ethnicity. The name of this association is retained here to ensure historical provenance.
Today, the association represents all registered nurses in North Carolina. Learn more about the association and its history at https://www.ncnurses.org/about-ncna/history-of-ncna/.
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