Is there any type of organization that governs nurses US wide?

Recently, I was asked if it is individual states that govern nurses or if there was a national organization that governance over those individual states and I didn't know. So I put this question out to the knowledgable nurses here.
Not that I'm aware of.

NO. Each state has a board of nursing which creates the Nurse Practice Act for that state.

http://www.nln.org/nlnac/ NLN is about educationhttps://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm for boardshttp://www.nursecredentialing.org/Certification.aspx testing for specialtiesGoverning us.....no and that's part of the problem.....

Every state has own laws pertaining to nursing but over the years standards have developed that cross state lines. Sometimes the standards become law and other times not. There was a time when new grads took "state boards" for each state in which they were licensed. Finally all the states agreed to accept NCLEX, so you take one test only but may still have to provide other documentation for each state's licensure requirements.

Isn't the ANA the official governing body of the nursing profession? That is what I always thought. Although, I will be the first to admit, they are as useful as tits on a bull. They are part of the problem.JMHO and my NY $0.02.Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRNSomewhere in the PACNW

Quote from lindarnIsn't the ANA the official governing body of the nursing profession? That is what I always thought. Although, I will be the first to admit, they are as useful as tits on a bull. They are part of the problem.JMHO and my NY $0.02.Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRNSomewhere in the PACNW

Quote from lindarnIsn't the ANA the official governing body of the nursing profession? That is what I always thought. Although, I will be the first to admit, they are as useful as tits on a bull. They are part of the problem.JMHO and my NY $0.02.Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRNSomewhere in the PACNW