Nursing is one of the most important jobs in the world, and that importance is reflected in the number and quality of organizations created around the job of nursing. Below we’ve include a list of some of these associations. Many nurses belong to several of them.
Nursing Associations
- Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
- Academy of Neonatal Nursing
- Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association
- Alliance for Psychosocial Nursing
- American Assisted Living Nurses Association
- American Association for the History of Nursing
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
- American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
- American Association of Nurse Attorneys
- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
- American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
- American College Health Association
- American Forensic Nurses
- American Long Term & Sub Acute Nurses Association
- American Medical Informatics Association/ Nursing Informatics Working Group
- American Nephrology Nurses Association
- American Nurses Association
- American Nursing Informatics Association
- American Organization of Nurse Executives
- American Public Health Association – Public Health Nursing Section
- American Radiological Nurses Association
- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Nurses Section
- American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses, Inc.
- American Society of Pain Management Nursing
- American Society of Peri-Anesthesia Nurses
- American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgical Nurses, Inc.
- American Thoracic Society: Nurses Section
- Association of Camp Nurses
- Association of Child Neurology Nurses
- Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
- Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
- Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing
- Baromedical Nurses Association
- Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.
- Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools
- Dermatology Nurses’ Association
- Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association
- Emergency Care Connection
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- International Association of Forensic Nurses
- International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses
- International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care
- International Society of Nurses in Genetics
- National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
- National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses
- National Association of Neonatal Nurses
- National Association of School Nurses
- National Association of School Nurses for the Deaf
- National Association of Rural Health Clinics
- National Black Nurses Association, Inc.
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing
- National Gerontological Nurses Association
- National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
- National League for Nursing
- Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses
- Nurses Christian Fellowship
- Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs
- Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International
- Oncology Nurses Society
- Retired Army Nurse Corps Association
- Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing
- Society for Vascular Nursing
- Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc.
- Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head/Neck Nurses
- Society of Pediatric Nurses
- Space Nursing Society
- Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates
- Transcultural Nursing Society/College of Nursing Health
- Wound. Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society