History of HANP

What year was HANP founded?

What spurred the need to found HANP?

What were the founding goals/purposes of HANP?

What was the response of NPs in Houston when the organization was founded?

How many NPs were the official founding NPs?

I was instrumental in setting up HANP as a non profit corporation and developing the bylaws. Prior to that time, HANP was a very loosely run group with no real structure. I initiated regular meetings with the Board to develop the structure for the organization, and together we laid the foundation for the organization as we know it today. As Director of the Adult Nurse Practitioner Program, I encouraged all my students to become active in their professional organizations, which has increased membership.

I sat as VP for HANP from 1995-1999 (there were few of us around at the time! And the election process was not implemented formally, there were very few NP's available/interested in running for office!)

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