"From its founding in 1917 to the present, the Hawai'i Nurses' Association has served as the organization for nursing in Hawai'i and continually strives to preserve the identity, integrity, and continuity of the profession. In 1918, the Hawai'i Nurses' Association (then known as the Honolulu Nurses' Club) became affiliated with the American Nurses Association. For more than eighty years the Hawai'i Nurses' Association has been recognized as the official voice for the nursing profession in Hawai'i."