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Professional Associations

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
• American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN)
• American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
• American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN)
• American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
• American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP)
• American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA)
• American Nurses Association/Nursing World (ANA)
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• American Nursing Informations Association (ANIA)
• American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association (APSNA)
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
• American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses (ASPAN)
• Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
• Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
• National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS)
• National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)
• National League for Nurses (NLN)
• National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA)
• Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)
  The international honor society for nursing offers members services and information; home of the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library.
• Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA)

Government & Official Organizations

• AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
• Pennsylvania's State Board of Nursing (PA Dept. of State)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  The NIH is also experimenting with a Clinical Center, including a number of topics of interest to nurses.
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• World Health Organization (WHO)