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MISSION
"To promote excellence in nursing
through education, advocacy and nurturing for nurses to
achieve quality patient care, full professional potential
and career satisfaction."
VISION
Professional Nurses Promoting Excellence
in Healthcare
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TNA DISTRICT
9 OFFICERS
Mary Holt Ashley, President
Brenda Binder, President-Elect
Lucindra Campbell-Law, Past-President
Shirley Morrison, Secretary
Cynthia Hall, Treasurer
Board Members
Nancy Crider
Peggy Landrum
Vivian Lilly
Connie Jennings
Teresa Oehler
Tangula Taylor
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HISTORY OF THE
TEXAS NURSES ASSOCIATION DISTRICT 9
1887 1st recorded history of "professional"
nursing which has been said is that provided by the Sisters
of Charity at the Incarnate Word who came to Houston in
1887, to establish St. Joseph's Infirmary.
1896 Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States
& Canada organized. Name changed to Nurses Associated
Alumnae of the United States.
1907 Graduate Nurses' Association of the State
of Texas organized in Fort Worth, Texas.
1908 National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses
founded.
1909 Texas was accepted for membership in the
Nurses Associated Alumnae.
1911 Nurses Associated Alumnae of United States
changed its name to American Nurses Association, with
basis of membership changed from Alumnae Associations
to State Nurses Associations.
1916 Houston unit of Texas Nurses Association organized
as the Harris County Registered Nurses Association.
1935 A district office was opened in the Medical
Arts Building. It was the 1st district office in Texas.
District 9 covered 14 counties (currently 8 counties).
1964 The Texas Graduate Nurses Association changed
its name to the Texas Nurses Association.
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