Membership in national and state nursing organizations offer professionalism, promotes networking, and can better your career, especially if you are actively involved in the organization. However, you do not need to be a member to utilize many of the rich resources available on their websites.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NURSES ORGANIZATIONS
National and international organizations provide information relevant to nursing specialties and general issues in nursing. Some also set standards of care and scope of practice. Many of these organizations enable certification in nursing specialties, and most provide opportunities for continuing education.
- Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses
- www.medsurgnurse.org
- Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association
- www.astna.org
- American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
- www.aaacn.org
- American Assembly for Men in Nursing
- www.aamn.org
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- www.aacn.org
- American Association of Diabetes Educators
- www.aadenet.org
- American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
- www.aalnc.org
- American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
- www.aann.org
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- www.aana.com
- American Association of Nurse Attorneys
- www.taana.org
- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
- www.aaohn.org
- American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
- www.aascin.org
- American College of Nurse Midwives
- www.midwife.org
- American College of Nurse Practitioners
- www.nurse.org/acnp
- American Holistic Nurses' Association
- www.ahna.org
- American Medical Informatics Association
- www.amia.org
- American Nephrology Nurses' Association
- www.annanurse.org
- American Nurses Association
- www.nursingworld.org
- American Organization of Nurse Executives
- www.aone.org
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association
- www.apna.org
- American Public Health Association
- www.apha.org
- American Radiological Nurses Association
- www.arna.net
- American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses, Inc.
- www.asorn.org
- American Society of Pain Management Nurses
- www.aspmn.org
- American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses
- www.aspan.org
- American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive/Surgical Nurses, Inc.
- www.aspsn.org
- Association of Community Health Nurse Educators
- www.uncc.edu/achne/
- Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- www.anacnet.org
- Association of Occupational Health Professionals
- www.aohp.org
- Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
- www.apon.org
- Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
- www.aorn.org
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
- www.apic.org
- Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
- www.rehabnurse.org
- Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
- www.awhonn.org
- Dermatology Nurses' Association
- www.dna.inurse.com
- Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association
- www.ddna.org
- Emergency Nurses' Association
- www.ena.org
- Endocrine Nurses Association
- www.endo-society.org
- Home Healthcare Nurses Association
- www.nahc.org
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- www.hpna.org
- Infusion Nurses Society, Inc.
- www.ins1.org
- National Association for Associate Degree Nursing
- www.noadn.org
- International Association of Forensic Nurses
- www.iafn.org
- International Nurses Society on Addictions
- www.intnsa.org
- International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses
- www.iomsn.org
- International Society of Nurses in Genetics
- www.isong.org
- National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
- www.nacns.org
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses
- www.thehispanicnurses.org
- National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists
- www.nanmt.org
- National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
- www.npwh.org
- National Association of Orthopedic Nurses
- www.orthonurse.org
- National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service
- www.napnes.org
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- www.napnap.org
- National Association of School Nurses, Inc.
- www.nasn.org
- National Black Nurses Association, Inc.
- www.nbna.org
- National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses
- www.nflpn.org
- National Federation for Specialty Nursing Organizations
- www.nfsno.org
- National Gerontological Nurses Association
- www.ngna.org
- National League for Nursing
- www.nln.org
- National Student Nurses' Association
- www.nsna.org
- North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
- www.nanda.org
- Nursing Division of the American Association of Mental Retardation
- www.aamr.org
- Oncology Nursing Society
- www.ons.org
- Respiratory Nursing Society
- www.respiratorynursingsociety.org
- Society for Vascular Nursing
- www.svnnet.org
- Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc.
- www.sgna.org
- Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses, Inc.
- www.sohnnurse.com
- Society of Pediatric Nurses
- www.pedsnurses.org
- Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates
- www.suna.org
- Transcultural Nursing Society
- www.tcns.org
- Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society
- www.wocn.org
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