Nursing Associations
NURSING AND OTHER IMPORTANT HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS
When searching for authoritative information on a topic, you may wish to search these websites for guidelines and standards.
Joint Commission (formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations -or JCAHO)
http://www.jointcommission.org/
American Academy of Nursing (AAN)
http://www.aannet.org/
American Association for the History of Nursing
http://www.aahn.org/
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/
American Nurses Association (ANA)
http://www.nursingworld.org
American Nursing Informatics Association
http://www.ania.org/
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)
http://www.nanda.org/
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
http://www.nursingsociety.org/
The society’s associated website, Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library (http://www.nursinglibrary.org/portal/), allows users to search study and conference abstracts.
Nursing Specialty Associations
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
http://www.aanp.org/
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
http://www.aacn.org/
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN)
http://www.aann.org/
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
http://www.aana.com/
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN)
http://www.aaohn.org/
American College of Nurse-Midwives
http://www.acnm.org/
American Holistic Nurses Association
http://www.ahna.org/
American Nephrology Nurses Association
http://anna.inurse.com/
American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
http://www.apna.org/
American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses (ASORN)
http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/asorn/
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
http://www.aorn.org/
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN)
http://www.rehabnurse.org/
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
http://www.awhonn.org/
Dermatology Nurses’ Association
http://www.dnanurse.org/
Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
http://www.ena.org/
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
http://www.hpna.org/
Infusion Nurses Society
http://www.ins1.org/
National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON)
http://www.orthonurse.org/
Oncology Nursing Society
http://www.ons.org/
Society of Pediatric Nurses
http://www.pedsnurses.org
Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA)
http://www.suna.org
Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society
http://www.wocn.org/
Ethnically-Focused Associations
Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association
http://www.aapina.org/
National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association
http://www.nanainanurses.org/
National Association of Hispanic Nurses
http://www.thehispanicnurses.org/
National Black Nurses Association
http://www.nbna.org/
National Coalition of Ethnic and Minority Nurse Association (NCEMNA)
http://www.ncemna.org/
Philippine Nurses Association of America
http://www.philippinenursesaa.org/
Student Nursing Organizations
Delaware Student Nurses’ Association
http://www.delawarestudentnurses.org/
National Student Nurses Association
http://www.nsna.org/
New Jersey Nursing Students, Inc.
http://www.njnsinc.org/
Student Nurse’s Association of Pennsylvania
http://www.snap-online.org/
State Associations and Boards
ANA’s links to Constituent Member Associations
http://www.nursingworld.org/MemberCenterCategories
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
https://www.ncsbn.org
NLN’s Index to State Leagues of Nursing
http://www.nln.org/stateleagues
New Jersey Board of Nursing
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/medical/nursing.htm
New Jersey League for Nursing
http://www.njln.org/
New Jersey State Nurses Association
http://www.njsna.org/
Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/nurbd
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association
http://www.psna.org/
Pennsylvania League for Nursing
http://www.nln.org/clwebsites/PA
Delaware Nurses Association
http://denurses.org
