A great way to get encouragement from your colleagues and to get involved in issues affecting your profession is to join a nursing organization.
To help you get connected to the right organization, Medical Express has compiled a list of nursing bodies and associations across all specialties, along with a variety of general interest nursing links.
General Nursing Links:American Nurses Association (ANA)American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE)Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)CINAHL Information SystemsJoint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN)National Guideline ClearinghouseNational Health Information ClearinghouseNational League for Nursing (NLN)National Women’s Health Resource CenterNurseZone.comRN.com (available to all nurses)SpringNet Nursing Reference LibraryTravel Nursing Resource CenterSpecialty Nursing Organizations:American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)American Academy of PediatricsAmerican Assembly of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN)American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)American Association of Nurse Assessment CoordinatorsAmerican Association of Nurse-Anesthetists (AANA)American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP)American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN)Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC)Association of Operating Room Nurses, Inc. (AORN)Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN)Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)Intravenous Nurses Society (INS)National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, Inc. (NAON)National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners (NAPNAP)National Center for Education in Maternal and Child HealthOncology Nursing Society (ONS)Society for the Advancement of Women’s HealthSociety of Pediatric Nurses (SPN)
