Sadie Health Cabaniss was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame on July 1, 2002, at the ANA Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[6] Throughout her career, Sadie Heath Cabaniss was heavily devoted to the cause of public health and laid the foundation for professional nursing in Virginia.

Cabaniss accepted the offer and ran the school on the Nightingale method of nursing education from 1895 until April 1901.

As president of the organization, she assisted in drafting a measure that ultimately regulated the practice of nursing in the Commonwealth.

[6] Her continued devotion to public health led Cabaniss to develop a nurses' settlement in St. Augustine, Florida, as well.

The main goal of this challenge was to raise $4 million for scholarships, professorships, and the chair position if the dean of the School of Nursing.