Linda Hamilton was elected as president of Minnesota Nurses Association

Linda Hamilton, RN has been elected to lead the 20,000 members of the Minnesota Nurses Association as the organization pursues an aggressive agenda of activism by nurses on behalf of the patients in their care.

Hamilton has been a registered nurse for 28 years and works at Children`s Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis. She was most recently honored by the national AFL-CIO as a "Political Hero" for her long-term dedication of connecting political activism with nursing advocacy.

Hamilton and the other newly-elected officers on the Board of Directors and various Commissions and committees will assume their duties at the close of MNA`s 104th annual convention, October 10 - 13.