Barbados Nursing Association

The Barbados Nurses Association (BNA) was formerly the Barbados Registered Nurses Association (BRNA) and is a not for profit Association.
It was founded in the decade of the thirties by a great nurse, the innovative and visionary Eunice Gibson, who saw the need for unity and a professional fraternity, at a time when there was growing restlessness and discontent among nurses at the Barbados General Hospital, due to appalling conditions of service at the time.
The vision and foresight of Miss Gibson along with support from eleven farsighted colleagues resulted in the formation of the BRNA in July 1936. The association has been blessed with a number of outstanding persons at the helm and the present President is Mrs. C. Joannah Waterman.
The Association was incorporated by an Act of Parliament on February 15th, 1943 under CAP 354 of the Laws of Barbados through the BRNA Act 1943-146. The Act makes provision for the BRNA as a body politic and corporate to:
• Manage its own internal affairs (set its own rules/regulations)
• Plan and execute programmes for the benefit of its members
• Engage in real estate transactions
• Negotiate loans for the benefit of its members
• Have perpetual succession – continue as an organization under its registered name

Barbados Nurses Association
Gibson House
Lower Collymore Rock
St. Michael
Phone: 246-427-5627
Mobile: 246-233-3962
Monday to Friday
9:30 am – 4:00 pm