Professional Organizations
Here is a list of professional organizations for nurses. These organizations are mostly in Canada and the United States. Membership in a professional nursing organization can help you focus your career better, keep up with the latest news and developments, plus be able to communicate with other nurses familiar with the work you do everyday. In short, a great support network. So take some time and check out these professional organizations today. If you are unable to find what you need in this list of nursing professional organizations, simply use the Google search engine I have provided.
American Professional Organizations
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses www.medsurgnurse.org Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association www.astna.org American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing http://aaacn.org American Academy of Nurse Practitioners www.aanp.org American Academy of Nursing www.aannet.org American Assembly for Men in Nursing www.aamn.org American Association of Colleges of Nursing www.aacn.nche.edu American Association of Critical-care Nurses www.aacn.org American Association of Diabetes Educators www.aadenet.org American Association for the History of Nursing www.aahn.org American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants www.aalnc.org The American Association of Managed Care Nurses, Inc. www.aamcn.org American Association of Neuroscience Nurses www.aann.org American Association of Nurse Anesthetists www.aana.com The American Association of Nurse Attorneys www.taana.org American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. www.aaohn.org American Association of Office Nurses www.aaon.org American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses www.aascin.org American Board of Nursing Specialties www.nursingcertification.org American College of Nurse-Midwives www.acnm.org American College of Nurse Practitioners www.acnpweb.org American Forensic Nurses www.amrn.com American Holistic Nurses Association www.ahna.org American Long Term & Sub Acute Nurses Association www.alsna.com American Nephrology Nurses’ Association www.annanurse.org American Nurses Association www.nursingworld.org American Nursing Informatics Association www.ania.org American Organization of Nurse Executives www.aone.org American Public Health Association www.apha.org American Psychiatric Nurses Association www.apna.org American Radiological Nurses Association www.arna.net American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses www.asorn.org American Society of Pain Management Nurses www.aspmn.org
American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
www.aspan.org
American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses
www.aspsn.org
Association of Camp Nurses
www.campnurse.org
Association of Family Practice Residency Nurses
www.afprn.org
Association of Nurse Advocates for Childbirth Solutions, Inc.
www.anacs.org
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
www.anacnet.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, Inc.
www.apic.org
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
www.rehabnurse.org
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
www.awhonn.org
Case Management Society of America
www.cmsa.org
Online Journal of Clinical Innovation
www.cinahl.com
Dermatology Nurses Association
www.dnanurse.org
Emergency Nurses Association
www.ena.org
Endocrine Nurses Society
www.endo-nurses.org
Home Healthcare Nurses Association
www.nahc.org/hhna
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
www.hpna.org
Infusion Nurses Society
www.ins1.org
League of Intravenous Therapy Education
www.lite.org
Midwest Nursing Research Society
www.mnrs.org
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
http://nanda.org
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
www.napnap.org
National Diabetes Education Program
http://ndep.nih.gov
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases www.niddk.nih.gov
National Institute of Health
www.nih.net
National Nursing Staff Development Organization
www.nnsdo.org
National Student Nurse's Association
www.nsna.org
Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society
www.pens.org
Society of Trauma Nurses
www.traumanursesoc.org
Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates
www.suna.org
Canadian Professional Organizations
Alberta Association of Nurses in Independent Practice www.aanip.orgCanadian Association for Drugs and Technology in Health Care www.cadth.ca Canadian Association for Parish Nursing 16 Monique Cres. St. Catharines ON L2M 1S9
Canadian Association of Apheresis Nurses 610 University Avenue Toronto ON M5G 2M9 Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses www.caccn.ca Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing 15-15A Fifth Avenue Court 99 Fifth Avenue Ottawa ON K1S 5K4 Canadian Continence Foundation B.P./P.O. 30 Succ. Victoria Branch Westmount QC H3Z 2V4
Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions2841 Riverside Drive Ottawa ON K1V 8X7
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association www.chpca.net Canadian Intravenous Nurses Association P.O. Box 66572 685 McCowan Road Toronto ON M1J 3N8
Canadian Nurses Foundation 50 Driveway Ottawa ON K2P 1E2
Canadian Nurses Protective Society 50 Driveway Ottawa ON K2P 1E2 www.cnps.ca Canadian Nursing Coalition for Immunization Communicable Disease Prevention and Control 1690 Hollis Street, 11th Floor P.O. Box 488 Halifax NS B3J 2R8
Canadian Nursing Students Association www.cnsa.ca Canadian Palliative Care Association 43 rue Bruyère - Room 131 "C" Ottawa ON K1N 5C8
Canadian Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates 180 Waterford Bridge Road St. John’s NF A1E 1E2 Canadian Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses 3 Sandcliffe Terrace Nepean ON K2G 5X1
Global Health Interest Group 4069 West 27th Avenue Vancouver BC V6S 1R6
International Consortium of Parse Scholars Suite 1908 - 99 Harbour Square Toronto ON M5J 2H2
Nurses Christian Fellowship - Canada P.O. Box 1057 Stratford ON N5A 6W4 www.ncfcanada.ca Nursing Sisters Association of Canada 413-2650 Southvale Crescent Ottawa ON K1B 4S9
Urology Nurses of Canada P.O. Box 731 Mount Pearl NF A1N 2Y2
International Professional Organizations
International Council of Nurses
www.icn.ch
International Nurses Society on Addictions
www.intnsa.org
International Transplant Nurses Society
www.itns.org
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