In 1992, the nonprofit A&A Ridgewood Registered Professional Nurses Association (“A&A”) was incorporated by registered nurses to “promote the excellence of independent and private nursing practice.” For over 31 years, the organization referred its nurse members to care for patients ranging from new mothers to those on ventilators. In 1994, A&A nurses successfully lobbied the NJ legislature to amend the NJ Patient Bill of Rights, granting hospitalized patients the right “to contract directly with a NJ licensed registered nurse of the patient’s choosing for private professional care.”

To advance its goal of promoting the profession of nursing, A&A awarded a scholarship to an undergraduate nursing student at Ramapo College each year since 2003. In 2018-2019, A&A endowed this fund to award annual scholarships of equal value to two outstanding senior nursing students. A&A ceased operations in 2023, leaving this endowment to future RNs as A&A’s lasting legacy.

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