Additional Resources

• National Nursing Organizations and Associations
• Studies
• Data Sources
• Regional Centers for Health Workforce Studies

National Nursing Organizations and Associations

As a well-established profession, nursing has numerous local, state, national, even global organizations and associations that you can look to for professional support. The following will provide you with a list of just a few of these organizations.

• The Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• Center to Champion Nursing in America
• Council of Graduate Schools
• Committee on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) International
• Discover Nursing
• National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers
• Jeannette Rankin Foundation
• National Institutes of Health
• National League for Nursing
• National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
• National Student Nurses' Association
• Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow
• National Academy of American Scholars
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Studies

Studies on the nursing profession can provide excellent insight into current events and future trends within the profession. You can research the following sites for more information about nursing studies, statistics and employment among other topics that affect the nursing profession.

• Health Professional Shortage Areas
• Nursing World: Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Research & Publications

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Data Sources

• AACN State Nursing Work Force Reports
• Academy Health
• Administration on Aging (AoA) USA.Gov
• American Hospital Association (AHA)
• HRSA Area Resource File (ARF)
• Best Nursing Degree
• HRSA Bureau of Health Professions
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Bureau of the Census
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Current Population Survey
• Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau
• BLS Employment Projections
• FedStats
• Health Care Reform in IL: What it Means to You
• Health Professional Shortage Areas
• Healthy People 2020
• Institute of Industrial Relations Library
• Institute of Medicine
• Kaiser Family Foundation
• National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers
• National Institute of Nursing Research
• Nursing World: Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
• State Occupational Projections
• The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• The Center for Health Professions
• The Illinois Health Workforce: Highlights from the Health Workforce Profile
• The United States’ National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• Urban Institute
• World Health Organization (WHO)

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Regional Centers for Health Workforce Studies

• America’s Career Infonet
  
• Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Compensation Surveys
• Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau
• Economic Research Institute
• Interagency Collaborative on Nursing Statistics (ICONS)
• Occupational Employment Statistics
• Salary and Benefits Report: Hospital and Healthcare Compensation Service
• Southeast Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies
• State University of New York at Albany
• University of Illinois at Chicago
• University of Washington