Professional associations for nurses
Whatever your nursing specialty, you can bet there’s an association to help meet your professional needs. Check out our list of nursing organizations.
Whatever your nursing specialty, you can bet there’s an association out there to offer career information, continuing-education credit, networking opportunities and other resources to meet your professional needs. Here are some nursing organizations to check out, listed in alphabetical order:
- Academy of Medical-Surgical-Nurses
- Academy of Neonatal Nursing
- Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association
- American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- American Assembly for Men in Nursing
- American Assisted Living Nurses Association
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- American Association of Diabetes Educators
- American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
- American Association of the History of Nursing
- 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 Assessment Coordinators
- The American Association of Nurse Attorneys
- American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners
- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
- American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
- American College of Cardiovascular Nurses
- American College of Nurse-Midwives
- American College of Nurse Practitioners
- American Holistic Nurses Association
- American Nephrology Nurses’ Association
- American Nurses Association
- American Nursing Informatics Association
- American Organization of Nurse Executives
- American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association
- American Radiological Nurses Association
- American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses
- American Society for Pain Management Nursing
- American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
- American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses
- Army Nurse Corps Association
- Asian American/Pacific Islander Nurses Association
- Association of Camp Nurses
- Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses
- Association of Child Neurology Nurses
- Association of Community Health Nursing Educators
- Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- Association of Pediatric Hemotology/Oncology Nurses
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
- Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
- Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
- Dermatology Nurses’ Association
- Emergency Nurses Association
- Endocrine Nurses Society
- Federal Nurses Association
- Home Healthcare Nurses Association
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- Infusion Nurses Society
- International Association of Forensic Nurses
- International Council of Nurses
- International Nurses Society on Addictions
- International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses
- International Society of Nurses in Genetics
- International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses
- National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association
- National Association of Bariatric Nurses
- National Association Directors of Nursing Administration/Long Term Care
- National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses
- National Association of Indian Nurses of America
- National Association of Neonatal Nurses
- National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists
- National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
- National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service
- National Association of Registered Nurse First Assistants
- National Association of School Nurses
- National Association of State School Nurse Consultants
- National Black Nurses Association
- National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses
- National Gerontological Nursing Association
- National League for Nursing
- National Network of Career Nursing Assistants
- National Nurses in Business Association
- National Nursing Staff Development Organization
- National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
- National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
- National Private Duty Association
- National Student Nurses' Association
- Navy Nurse Corps Association
- Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs
- Oncology Nursing Society
- Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society
- Respiratory Nursing Society
- Rural Nurse Organization
- Philippine Nurses Association of America
- Sigma Theta Tau International, The Honor Society of Nursing
- Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates
- Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses
- Society of Pediatric Nursing
- Society of Trauma Nurses
- Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates
- Society for Vascular Nursing
- Transcultural Nursing Society
- Visiting Nurse Associations of America
- Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society