Research Guides: Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing: Professional Nursing Organizations

Guidelines

National Guideline Clearinghouse - Browse by condition; treatment or intervention; quality measures; organization - Includes a guidelines in progress register (new or updated) - Detailed search by “Intended User” – “Advanced Practice Nurse”; “Nurse”; “Hospital”; etc. - Detailed search by “Clinical Specialty” – “Nursing”; etc. - Detailed search by “IOM Care Needs” and “IOM Domain”
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence NICE produces guidance in three areas of health: Public Health; Health Technologies; Clinical Practice
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario This organization has created a strong position in the nursing community as leaders in influencing and promoting health public policy. There are currently almost 50 published guidelines as well as a Toolkit and Educator's Resource to support implementation.

Associations

American Academy of Nursing
The mission of the AAN is to serve the public and nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge.
American Nurses Association
The American Nurses Association (ANA) represents the nation's 2.9 million registered nurses (RNs) through its 54 constituent member associations. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.
Asian American / Pacific Islander Nurses Association, Inc.
On January, 1992 in Washington, D.C., 100 minority nurses were invited to the First Invitational Congress of Minority Nurse Leaders sponsored by the Division of Nursing, Office of Minority Health, and the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. At this meeting, the Asian American Pacific Islander nurses met and formed a new national organization, Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association (AAPINA).
Chi Eta Phi Sorority
Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. is a professional association for registered professional nurses and student nurses (male and female) representing many cultures and diverse ethnic backgrounds. More than 8000 Registered Nurses and Student Nurses hold membership in Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.
NANAINA (American Indian and Alaska Native Affiliated Nursing Association)
NANAINA is a committed group of persons from every corner of the country, dedicated to the health and well-being of the American Indian and Alaska Native people. Some of us are ourselves American Indian, Alaska Native, some not. We are nurses, non-nurses, serving or not in communities and programs for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Regardless, we hope you will join us in our cause, our endeavors to raise the health of our people and to advance our profession.
National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Since 1975 the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) is the nation’s leading professional society for Latino nurses.
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NAHN is devoted to promoting safe, quality health care delivery to Latino communities and individuals, and we recognize excellence among Latino nurses, provide formal and informal mentoring opportunities, and generally serve as a center of excellence for our members. Our goal is to create a cadre of highly-qualified Latino nurses by advancing educational, professional and leadership skills and opportunities for our membership. In addition, we work to recruit additional Latinos into the nursing profession because, while Latinos represent 18% of the US population, less than 7% of the nursing workforce is of Latino descent.
National Black Nurses Association, INC.
THE NATIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION, INC. was organized in 1971 under the leadership of Dr. Lauranne Sams, former Dean and Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama.
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NBNA mission is to provide a forum for collective action by African American nurses to represent and provide a forum for black nurses to advocate for and implement strategies to ensure access to the highest quality of healthcare for persons of color.
National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA)
The National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA) is a unified force advocating for equity and justice in nursing and health care for ethnic minority populations.
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NCEMNA, Inc. is made up of five national ethnic nurse associations:

Asian American/Pacific Islander Nurses Association, Inc. (AAPINA)
National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association, Inc. (NANAINA)
National Association of Hispanic Nurses, Inc. (NAHN)
National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NBNA)
Philippine Nurses Association of America, Inc. (PNAA)
This collaboration gives voice to 350,000 minority nurses and to the lived health experience of a constituency marginalized from mainstream health delivery systems.
National Institute of Nursing Research
A component of the National Institutes of Health, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the mission of NINR is to promote and improve the health of individuals, families, communities, and populations. NINR supports and conducts clinical and basic research and research training on health and illness across the lifespan.
National League for Nursing
The National League for Nursing promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce. NLN members include nurse educators, education agencies, health care agencies, and interested members of the public. The NLN offers faculty development programs, networking opportunities, testing and assessment, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its 20,000 individual and 1100 institutional members.
National Student Nurses' Association
The National Student Nurses' Association, with over 50,000 members, mentors the professional development of future nurses and facilitates their entrance into the profession by providing educational resources, leadership opportunities, and career guidance.
United American Nurses
The United American Nurses, AFL-CIO (UAN) is the only national nurses union by and for RNs. It is the premier union for registered nurses, working to shape the future of all staff nurses and the health care system for the better by improving the economic and general welfare of nurses, providing a quality work environment, protecting nurse and patient safety and influencing nursing practice standards.

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Guidelines

Associations