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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
- American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- American Academy of Nursing
- American Assembly for Men in Nursing
- American Association for the History of Nursing
- Illinois Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- 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 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 Surgical Nurses
- American Thoracic Society: Nurses Section
- ANA-Illinois
- Association of Camp Nurses
- Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
- Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- Association of Pediatric Hematology/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
- Chicago Chapter National Black Nurses Association
- Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association
- Emergency Nurses Association
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- Illinois Association of Colleges of Nursing
- Illinois Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- Illinois Association of School Nurses
- Illinois League for Nursing
- Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders
- Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing
- Infusion Nurses Society (see intravenous)
- International Association of Forensic Nurses
- International Council of Nurses
- The International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning
- International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses
- International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care
- International Society of Nurses in Genetics
- Lambda Pi Alpha Sorority Beta Mu Chapter
- 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 Hispanic Nurses - Illinois
- 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 Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers
- 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
- Nursing Community Coalition
- Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education
- Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs
- Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International
- Nu Phi and Alpha Eta Chapters of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc
- Oncology Nurses Society
- Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
- 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
- Student Nurses Association of Illinois
- Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society