NURSING

ORGANIZATIONS
NUR 210

American Nurses
Association
Isabel Hampton Robb
1890
National, state and local
AACN
Accredits educational providers
AJN
http://www.nursingworld.org

National League for

Nursing

1952
Individuals and agencies
Accrediting body (NLNAC)
Educational workshops
Testing agency for certification
consultation
N&HC: Perspectives on Community
NLN Update

Speciality Organizations
American Board of Nursing
Specialist
ANCC: American Nurses
Credentialing Center

State Board of Nursing

Governmental agency
responsible for licensing and
registration process
Legal control over schools of
nursing
Mutual Recognition Model

Nurse Practice Act

Regulatory definition of nursing
practice
Defines the scope of practice
Regulate the licensure and
practice of nursing
ANA (1955)

Sigma Theta Tau

International
Honor society for nursing
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Founded in 1922
To create a global community
Leadership and scholarship in
practice, education and research
www.nursingsociety.org

Commission on Collegiate
Nursing Education (CCNE)
Accrediting agency
Baccalaureate and graduate
programs

National Student
Nurses Association

1952
IMPRINT
NSNA
GANS (state)
GBANS (local)

Nursing Professional
Continuing education
Involvement with research
Political action