About Us

The Panamanian Nurses Association of the United States, Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt:
professional, community service organization founded on November 3rd, 1979 to serve as a
unifying self-help mutual assistance network for Panamanian Nurses in the United States
working together towards professional development, personal growth and community service.

		Serves as a clearing house to exchange and disseminate information to its members and
		to the Panamanian –American community on the following:

		Nursing
		Educational
		Employment
		Medical
		Civics
		Community development
		Cultural
		Health Issues

		Provides educational, tutorial, financial and professional assistance to the newly arrived
		Panamanian nurses and to those training locally.

		Conducts workshops, seminars, in-service education, conferences and forums that
		would improve and enhance the nursing skills and professional development of its members.

		Conducts Community Health Education Programs and activities, diagnostic health fairs,
		refers clients to appropriate facilities for treatment direct services; conducts research; publish reports and newsletters; operates a speaker’s bureau and presents testimony at public hearings

		Inform the general public regarding access, adequacy and relevance of crucial issues that
		would ensure the provision of qualified nursing and health care services for all

		Initiates, develops, provides, endorses, promotes, sponsors and support programs and
		activities that would improve the skills and professional developments of its members and would enhance the quality of life of the Panamanian community in the United States and in the Republic of Panama