Professional Nursing Organizations

In addition to the general categories of nurses, you might want to specialize in a specific area of healthcare. The following nurse specialty organization links will help you get started:

• Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
• Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association
• Alliance for Psychosocial Nursing
• American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• American Academy of Nursing
• American Assembly for Men in 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 Diabetes Educators
• American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
• American Association of Managed Care Nurses
• American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
• American Association of Nurse Attorneys
• American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
• American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
• American College Health Association: Nurse/Nurse Practitioner Sections
• American College of Nurse Midwives
• American College of Nurse Practitioners
• American Forensic Nurses
• American Heart Association: Council on Cardiovascular Nursing
• American Holistic Nurses Association
• American Medical Informatics Association/Nursing Informatics
• American Nephrology Nurses Association
• American Nurses Association
• American Nurses Foundation
• American Nursing Informatics Association
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association
• American Public Health Association - Public Health Nursing
• 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 PeriAnesthesia Nurses
• American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgical Nurses, Inc.
• American Thoracic Society: Nurses Section
• American Urological Association
• Association of Camp Nurses
• Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
• Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
• Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses
• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
• Baromedical Nurses Association
• Chicago Bilingual Nurse Consortium
• Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association
• Emergency Nurses Association
• Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
• Illinois Association of Colleges of Nursing
• Illinois Council of Directors of Associate Degree and Practical Nursing Programs
• Illinois Nurses Association
• Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders
• Infusion Nurses Society (see intravenous)
• International Association of Forensic Nurses
• International Council of Nurses
• International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses
• International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care
• International Society of Nurses in Genetics
• National Association for Practical Nurse Education & Service Inc.
• 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 Nurse Massage Therapists
• National Association of NPs in Women's Health
• National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
• National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
• National Association of School Nurses
• National Black Nurses Association, Inc.
• National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners
• National Gerontological Nurses Association
• National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
• National Nurses in Business Association
• National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
• National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities
• North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
• Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education
• Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs
• Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International
• Oncology Nurses Society
• Sigma Theta Tau International
• Society for Vascular Nursing
• Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc.
• Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head/Neck Nurses
• Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates
• Transcultural Nursing Society/College of Nursing Health
• Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society