HEHNA was founded in 1980 by a group of Employee Health Nurses from New England hospitals. They named the new organization the Hospital Employee Health Nurses Association of New England or HEHNA.

Most of them came to Employee Health with no previous experience in this unique, challenging and often solitary nursing specialty. They banded together to form a network of support.

As HEHNA grew, nurses who worked for other healthcare facilities asked to join. We changed our name and the definition of our membership to embrace these new members. We now welcome others with an interest in healthcare employee health nursing. 

WE WELCOME YOU TO JOIN US as we continue to grow and adapt!

Our Bylaws

HEHNA ByLaws define:

• our mission
• our objectives
• our membership
• our dues
• the election of officers and terms of office
• the duties of officers
• our meetings
• our committees
• a quorum
• our voting body
• our fiscal year
• the order of business at meetings

You can read our ByLaws by clicking the link below.

HEHNA ByLaws

members have represented

St. Joseph Healthcare                      Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital          Winchester Hospital                       Caritas Holy Family Hospital          Heywood Hospital                           Family Health Center                            Saint Vincent Hospital                      Exeter Hospital                             Emerson Hospital                               Morton Hospital & Medical Center    Frisbie Memorial Hospital                     Rehab Hospital of the Cape and Islands  York Hospital                                        New England Sinai Hospital & Rehab Milford Regional Medical Center Merrimack Valley Hospital                     New England Sinai Hospital               Health Alliance, L. H.                  Charlton Southcoast Hospital               Milton Hospital                                      St. Luke's Southcoast Hospital            Union Hospital                                  UMass Memorial Health Care     Northeast Health Systems                     Metro West Medical Center                    Wentworth-Douglass Hospital    Northeast Health Systems                   Charles River Hospital                     UMass Medical Center                       Cape Cod Hospital                                Rhode Island Hospital                           Lowell General Hospital                         St. Anne's Hospital               Rehabilitation Hospital                        Mount Auburn Hospital                          Anna Jacques Hospital                      Salem Hospital                            Nashoba Valley Medical Center           New England Baptist Hospital            Mercy Medical Center                      Rehab Hospital of the Cape & Islands    Franciscan Hospital for Children    Monadnock Community Hospital    Southern NH Medical Center              Hebrew Rehabilitation Center/ Hebrew Senior Life                                           Beverly Hospital