Join these nurse groups if not the ANA

"Not interested in the ANA? Consider joining one of these groups to promote nursing practice...
Obtained 4/26/01 from the ANA website of course. Link to any group can be found at:
http://www.nursingworld.org/rnindex/snp.htm

Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, formerly the Association for Health Services Research
Academy of Medical Surgical-Nurses (AMSN)
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
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 Neuroscience Nurses
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American College of Nurse Practitioners
American Medical Informatics Association
American Holistic Nurses Association
American Nephrology Nurses Association
American Nursing Informatics Association
American Paralysis Association
American Pyschiatric Nurses Association
American Radiological Nurses Association
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Nurses (ASPRSN)
American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN)
Ask the Experts (Medscape site for Nurse Practitioner questions)
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)

AORN Perioperative Nursing Data Set
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses
Atlanta Reproductive Health Center
Best Practices Network
Best Practices Search Conducted for the Health Care Financing Adminstration to find the Best Practices in coordinated care for
people with chronic illness
The Center for Telemedicine Law
Claire M. Lintilhac Nurse-Midwifery Service
Dermatology Nurses' Association (DNA)
Emergency Nurses Association
Flight Nursing: The Seaox Air-Medical Homepage
Heart Surgery Forum
Home Health Care Nurse
International Society of Nurses in Genetics
Intravenous Nurses Society
Jobs for Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives, Nurse Anesthetists and other Advanced Practice Nurses
Last Acts (end of life care)
National Association of Neonatal Nurses
The National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists
National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners
National Association of School Nurses, Inc.
National Black Nurses Association
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators
National Gerontological Nursing Association
National Nurses Society on Addictions
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
New York University John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing
NP Central: Information For and About Nurse Practitioners
Nurse-Midwifery and Women's Health Nursing
Nursing Organization Liaison Forum (NOLF) members
Oncology Nursing Society
Parse Resources (nursing theory)
QualPage: Qualitative Research
Renalnet: Nephrology Nurses
Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA)
Trauma Information Pages
Worldwide Congress on Pain
Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society" >>Quote from NrsKaren

NrsKaren, my apologies to you for copying these from your posting. I just thought this was too good of a list to be buried at the bottom of another posting.

[This message has been edited by Jenny P (edited April 28, 2001).]
EXACTLY...Don't just sit around B****ing, do something, become part of a collective voice!!!

Greetings All Nurses,Your post failed to mention most of these org.(s) are a or sattelite/sub catagories of the ANA and are members of the infamous ANA! I tried to join several of them and they told me that they were part of the ANA! Look to the CNS they certify and where there that accreditation comes from! the ANA as a part of the ANA!





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Jamistic, you are wrong re the above list. All of theses are independent organizations.Here is another list from ANA web:http://www.nursingworld.org/affil/index.htm













---The American Nurses Association comprises ANA itself, its fifty-three (53) constituent state members, three related entities and thirteen (13) organizational affiliate members. In addition, ANA established the Nursing Organization Liaison Forum (NOLF), which comprises more than 70 national nursing organizations and serves as a platform for addressing important issues that affect nursing and health care in general. Operating Guidelines for the Nursing Organization Liasion Forum (NOLF) and a downloadable application for organizational membership in NOLF. ANA Related Entities:under direct control of ANAAmerican Academy of Nursing American Nurses Credentialing Center American Nurses Foundation Organizational Affiliates:All independent organizations but with direct ties to ANAAmerican Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing American Association of Critical-Care Nurses American Association of Nurse Anesthetists American Holistic Nurses Association American Psychiatric Nurses Association American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Association of Rehabilitation Nurses Association of Women's Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses Emergency Nurses Association Intravenous Nurses Society National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses National Association of School Nurses, Inc. Oncology Nursing Society Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses Nursing Organization Liaison Forum (NOLF) (* denotes Organizational Affiliate members in NOLF) Independent,participate in group discussionsAcademy of Medical-Surgical Nurses Air and Surface Transport Nurses American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing* American Assembly for Men in Nursing American Association for Continuity of Care American Association of Critical-Care Nurses* American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants 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 of Nurse Practitioners American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing American Holistic Nurses Association* American Medical Informatics Association American Nephrology Nurses Association American Psychiatric Nurses Association* American Public Health Association American Radiological Nurses Association American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses, Inc. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Nurses, Inc. American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN)* American Thoracic Society Association for Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, Inc. Association of Black Nursing Faculty in Higher Education, Inc. Association of Community Health Nursing Educators Association of Occupational Health Professionals Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, Inc. * Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses Association of Rehabilitation Nurses * Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (Formerly NAACOG)* Chi Eta Phi Sorority Consolidated Association of Nurses in Substance Abuse International Council on Graduate Education for Administration in Nursing Dermatology Nurses Association Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association Drug and Alcohol Nursing Association, Inc. Emergency Nurses Association * Hospice Nurses Association International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses (ACAPN, SERPN, ISPCLN) International Society of Nurses in Genetics Intravenous Nurses Society* National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA/LTC) National Association of Hispanic Nurses National Association of Neonatal Nurses National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Reproductive Health National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses * National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners National Association of School Nurses, Inc * National Association of State School Nurse Consultants, Inc. National Black Nurses Association, Inc. National Gerontological Nursing Association National League for Nursing National Nurses Society on Addictions National Nursing Staff Development Organization National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties National Student Nurses Association North American Nursing Diagnosis Association Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs Oncology Nursing Society * Philippine Nurses Association of America, Inc. Respiratory Nursing Society Sigma Theta Tau, International, Inc. Society for Vascular Nursing Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc. Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses, Inc. * Society of Pediatric Nurses Society of Urologic Nurses & Associates Inc. Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society (* denotes Organizational Affiliate members in NOLF)

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses that is not "part" of the ANA. Its a separate organization with separate functions & separate dues. Most of the professional organizations will collaborate with each other on one thing or another at some point. That includes the ANA. So are we to participate in NOTHING because the big bad ANA might have a working relationship with it??? Talk about cutting your nose to spite your face.....

Here's one more organization to add to the long list of nursing organizations (not much for kid nurses though!)The Society of Pediatric Nurses- a great group working to further pediatric issues in nursing.

Another item to check; in Texas you have the choice of joining ANA or not when you join TNA. Check your state and see if that option is available to you. At least get involved in your own state.

Go Barbara Rose!I'm NYSNA/ANA but love to see another nurse such as yourself, speaking from the great state of Texas.



























--EXACTLY...Don't just sit around B****ing, do something, become part of a collective voice!!!

The only nursing group I want to join is a UNION.

ok...fill me in here because i'm just a student. Is there some reason why you wouldn't want to join the ANA?

I agree.I'm a staunch opponent of the ANA - they don't represent me. The ANA only represents 35% of nurses: BSN and AP nurses. They don't represent ADN nurses and actively advocate for their elimination. They also don't represent LVNs/LPNs and won't even let them join. It's not a national nurses organization. It's a national BSN/AP organization.But I am a member of the Amer Assoc of Critical-Care Nurses. Their annual conference is such an experience. While I don't agree with everything AACN says (open-visitation comes to mind) they haven't made it their mission to denigrate their prespective member base.I'm going to my third straight NTI conference in Anaheim next month. What a treat.~faith,Timothy.

Quote from ZASHAGALKAI agree.I'm a staunch opponent of the ANA - they don't represent me. The ANA only represents 35% of nurses: BSN and AP nurses. They don't represent ADN nurses and actively advocate for their elimination. They also don't represent LVNs/LPNs and won't even let them join. It's not a national nurses organization. It's a national BSN/AP organization.