Nursing Associations

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
  The largest and only full-service professional membership organization in the United States for NPs of all specialties.
  
  
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing
  The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is the national voice for America's baccalaureate- and higher-degree nursing education programs.
  
  
• American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
  The American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants promotes the professional advancement of registered nurses consulting within the legal arena by providing a forum for education and exchange of information.
  
  
• American Association of Managed Care Nurses
  The “expert”resource in managed care nursing; to establish standards for managed care nursing practices; to positively impact public policy regarding managed health care delivery, and to assist in educating the public on managed care.
  
  
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
  The largest and only full-service professional membership organization in the United States for NPs of all specialties.
  
  
• American Association of Nurse Executives
  The American Association of Nurse Executives (AANEX) is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to supporting nurse executives in long-term care by providing accurate and timely information various subjects.
  
  
• American Board of Nursing Specialty
  ABNS is a not-for-profit organization with two arms - a Membership Assembly and an Accreditation Council. Each is governed by elected representatives. ABNS is an advocate for consumer protection by establishing specialty nursing certification. Member organizations of ABNS represent over a half million certified registered nurses around the world.
  
  
• American Case Management Association
  The American Case Management Association, Inc. (ACMA), a non-profit organization, has been established as THE Professional Association that offers solutions to support the evolving collaborative practice of Hospital/Health System Case Management.
  
  
• American College of Healthcare Executives
  Health Administration Press is a division of the Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). ACHE is an international professional society of 30,000 healthcare executives who lead our nation's hospitals, healthcare systems, and other healthcare organizations.
  
  
• American Hospital Association
  HospitalConnectTM links together the Internet sites for dozens of organizations serving health care providers. This health leadership portal, found at hospitalconnect.com, makes it faster and more convenient for you to access information from member sites, no matter where you are going within the HospitalConnectTM.
  
  
• American Nurses Association
  The American Nurses Association is a full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.6 million Registered Nurses through its 54 constituent state associations and 10 organizational affiliate members.
  
  
• American Nursing Informatics Association
  ANIA provided the first opportunity for informatics nurses in Southern California to meet and network. It has since grown to be a non-profit organization with members across the United States sharing common interests in informatics, networking, education and information resources that enrich and strengthen the roles of nurses in the field of informatics. The field of nursing informatics includes domains of clinical information, education and administration decision support.
  
  

• American Organization of Nurse Executives
  The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE), a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association, is a national organization of nearly 4,000 nurses who design, facilitate, and manage care representing nurse leaders who improve healthcare. AONE members are leaders in collaboration and catalysts for innovation.

• Assisted Living Federation of America
  The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) is the largest association exclusively dedicated to the assisted living industry and the population it serves. ALFA represents over 5,000 for-profit and not-for-profit providers of assisted living as well as a diverse range of organizations involved in the assisted living industry. With 40 state affiliates nationwide, ALFA promotes the philosophy of consumer choice and quality of life for seniors.
  
  
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
  AWHONN is the leading professional association for nurses who specialize in the care of women and newborns. Our members include neonatal nurses, APRNs, women's health nurses, OB/GYN and labor and delivery nurses, nurse scientists, nurse executives and managers, childbirth educators and nurse practitioners.
  
  
• Connecticut League for Nursing
  The Connecticut League for Nursing advances and strengthens the nursing profession by providing education for and facilitating collaboration among educators, practitioners, administrators, consumers and other stakeholders to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing healthcare environment.
  
  
• National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration
  NADONA/LTC is the only professional non-profit association specifically serving Directors and Assistant Directors of Nursing in Long Term Care. It was chartered in 1986 with 40 founding members in St. Louis, Missouri.
  
  
• National League for Nursing
  This is the first organization for nursing in the United States of America. The society was formed for the establishment and maintenance of a universal standard of training for nursing.
  
  
• National Nursing Staff Development Organization
  The National Nursing Staff Development Organization (NNSDO) advances the speciality practice of staff development for the enhancement of quality healthcare outcomes. Staff development as a specialty of nursing practice is defined by standards, based on research, and critical to quality patient and organizational outcomes.
  
  
• State Boards of Nursing Links
  CaseManagement.com, Inc. was organized in 1999 to provide a case management system for the benefit of patients, case managers, health care providers, insurers, employers, employees, and consumers of health care services. CaseManagement.com, Inc., based in greater Charlotte, North Carolina, is a private company.
  
  
• The American Association of Nurse Attorneys
  The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA) was established in 1982. Currently TAANA provides resources, education, and leadership to its members and the healthcare and legal communities regarding health law and policy.