ANA endorsed a campaign for immunization update.
The International Council of Nurses accepted the invitation of the American Nurses' Association to host the council's quadrennial congress in 1981 in Kansas City, Missouri.
The American Academy of Nurses admitted thirty-three members.
1975 marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the American Journal of Nursing Company.
At the request of the White House and the U. S. Department of State, ANA formed the Advisory Committee on Vietnamese Nursing Personnel.
ANA's Affirmative Action Task Force published "Affirmative Action Programming for the Nursing Profession Through the American Nurses' Association," a brochure outlining a model affirmative action plan.
The Congress for Nursing Practice revised the statements on scope of practice and the model practice act.
ANA's Division on Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice and the Emergency Department Nurses' Association published Standards of Emergency Nursing Practice.
ANA's Board of Directors established the Shirley Titus Award in recognition of individual nurse contributions to the association's economic and general welfare program.
In accord with a directive from the 1974 House of Delegates, ANA's Board of Directors approved a fee schedule for accreditation of continuing education activities of state nurses' associations, organizations with approval processes, colleges, and universities.
The Commission on Nursing Education and the Congress for Nursing Practice sponsored a meeting on the accreditation of continuing education programs in nursing and the implementation of standards of nursing practice.
ANA's Division on Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice formed a Task Force on Nursing in High Blood Pressure Control under the National Blood Pressure Education Program.
The executive committees of the ANA and the AMA met in Chicago to explore common concerns. The discussions included national health insurance, Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSRO), National Joint Practice Commission and Joint Commission on Accreditation.
ANA's Affirmative Action Task Force held two regional conferences which focused on improving nursing care and health care delivery for ethnic/minority consumers and on promoting affirmative action programs in nursing.
During 1975, ANA published the following documents: Standards for Nursing Education, Accreditation of Continuing Education in Nursing, Accreditation of Continuing Education