The Barbados Nurses Association (BNA) was formerly the Barbados Registered Nurses Association (BRNA) and is a not for profit Association.

It was founded in the decade of the thirties by a great nurse, the innovative and visionary Eunice Gibson, who saw the need for unity and a professional fraternity, at a time when there was growing restlessness and discontent among nurses at the Barbados General Hospital, due to appalling conditions of service at the time.

The vision and foresight of Miss Gibson along with support from eleven farsighted colleagues resulted in the formation of the BRNA in July 1936. The association has been blessed with a number of outstanding persons at the helm and the present President is Valarie France-Miller.