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American Assembly for Men in Nursing

  • Providing a framework for nurses to meet, discuss, and influence factors which affect men as nurses

American College of Nurse Practitioners

  • Focusing on legislative, regulatory and clinical practice issues

Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses

  • Professional news and resources, online CE opportunities and career advice

American Academy of Nursing

  • Comprised of approximately 1700 nursing leaders in education, management, practice and research

American Association of Critical Care Nurses

  • Resources for critical care nurses through journals, products, peer networking, certification exams for CCRN and CCNS credentials as well as continuing education credits (CE) programs.

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

  • Information guidance and resources on anesthesiology issues

American Nurses Association

  • Services, products and information including certification and credentialing

American Nurses Credentialing Center

  • Credentialing programs and related services

American Psychiatric Nurses Association

  • Fosters excellence in the domains of education, policy, practice, research, and organizational development in the specialty practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing

AORN - Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses

  • AORN is the professional organization of perioperative registered nurses. AORN's mission is to support registered nurses in achieving optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures by providing members with education, standards, services, and representation.

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

  • Professional association for nurses who specialize in the care of women and newborns

California Nurses Association

  • Includes membership information, news, practice alerts, press releases, newsletter, and consumer information

CANP - California Association for Nurse Practitioners

  • A unifying voice and networking forum for all nurse practitioners in the state of California

CNCC - Coalition for Nursing Careers in California

  • Coordinated through the Coalition for Nursing Careers in California, provides downloadable posters, powerpoint presentations and other tools

HealthWeb Nursing Topics

  • Complete, authoritative list of links to nursing resources in the categories of academic institutions, associations, career resources, and discussion groups

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

  • Devoted to hospice and palliative care nursing and related disciplines

Infusion Nurses Society

  • Promotes excellence in infusion nursing through standards, education, advocacy and outcomes research

John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing

  • Identifies and develops best practices in nursing care of older adults

Medscape Nurses

  • News, resources, CME and links to related centers and resources

National Council of State Boards of Nursing

  • Information on nursing regulation and licensure

National Institute of Nursing Research

  • Nursing research grants and information supported by the NINR

National League for Nursing

  • Devoted to nursing education, online courses in professional development, provides research grants in nursing education

Oncology Nursing Society

  • Information for oncology nurses, other healthcare providers, people with cancer and their families and friends

UC Nurses

  • Information and resources for nurses working in the UC Medical System

 

 

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