About Our Organization
About - Arizona Indian Nurses Association
During the Nurses week of 2020, the National Association of Indian Nurses America (NAINA) released a survey to find the Diaspora of Indian Nurses and their contribution to the United States health care system. The survey came around and caught the attention of a couple of nurses in an Indian NP WhatsApp group in Arizona. Many Indian Nurses seek to join an organization, yet none was present in Arizona. Gradually, a group of like-minded people, inspired by the survey, collaborated about forming a state chapter for NAINA in Arizona.
Though many of the nurses were distressed due to the pandemic, when approached with this idea the response was astonishing! More than 100 nurses, under 10 days assembled in a virtual platform! Though COVID 19 separated us through social distancing, the Arizona Indian Nurses felt the need to come closer than ever. As the enthusiasm grew, more nurses heard about the group, and the numbers grew rapidly to 140!
In July 2020, Year of the Nurse, Arizona Indian Nurses Association (AZINA) was formed with the purpose of empowering all nurses of Asian Indian origin for their personal and professional growth while contributing their best to promoting a healthy Arizona. AZINA also intended to make the Asian Indian nurses more visible as leaders of healthcare systems nationally and internationally.
Goals of AZINA
- To organize all nurses and nursing students of Indian origin and heritage together for the development of a professional group that is stronger, visible, and to be at the cutting edge of practice, education, and research.
- To provide health awareness to ethnic minorities as well as socially, spiritually, and economically under-served communities.
- To equip the members with cultural competency, sensitivity, educational experience, and professional growth to be effective in a multicultural society.
- To promote the nursing profession through career counseling, mentoring, knowledge sharing, leadership training, and related professional guidance in schools, colleges, and among the public site at large.
- To support nursing education by providing scholarships to eligible candidates based on availability of funds.
- To conduct, analyze, and publish information to increase knowledge and awareness of the health care needs of people in ethnic minorities.
- To participate in conferences, workshops, seminars, and forums to increase the members’ awareness of healthcare needs of ethnic minorities as well as socially, spiritually and economically under-served populations.
- To conduct health seminars, health screening workshops, and forums on health and nursing programs for members of the community, especially ethnic minority communities, and socially, spiritually and economically under-served communities.
