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Nursing Subject Guide Contents
Scope and Introduction
Getting Started
Reference Resources
Electronic Databases & Indexes
Journal Titles
Related Subject Guides at Chesnutt
Library
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Online Research Guides
Related Web Sites
Related Web Sites
Professional Associations &
Organizations
Nursing Board Examination
Miscellaneous
Professional
Associations & Organizations
American Association
for the History of Nursing
http://www.aahn.org/
The American Association for the History of
Nursing (AAHN ) is a professional organization open to everyone
interested in the history of nursing. Originally founded in 1978 as a
historical methodology group, the association was briefly named the
International History of Nursing Society. The purpose of the Association
shall be to foster the importance of history as relevant to understanding
the past, defining the present, and influencing the future of nursing.
[from website]
American Association of Colleges
of Nursing
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/
AACN's educational,
research, governmental advocacy, data collection, publications, and other
programs work to establish quality standards for bachelor's- and
graduate-degree nursing education, assist deans and directors to implement
those standards, influence the nursing profession to improve health care,
and promote public support of baccalaureate and graduate education,
research, and practice in nursing— the nation's largest health care
profession. [from website]
American College of Nurse-Midwives
http://www.acnm.org/
With roots dating to 1929, the American
College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is the oldest women's health care
organization in the U.S. ACNM provides research, accredits midwifery
education programs, administers and promotes continuing education
programs, establishes clinical practice standards, creates liaisons with
state and federal agencies and members of Congress.
The mission of ACNM
is to promote the health and well-being of women and infants within their
families and communities through the development and support of the
profession of midwifery as practiced by certified nurse-midwives, and
certified midwives. The philosophy inherent in the profession states that
nurse-midwives believe every individual has the right to safe, satisfying
health care with respect for human dignity and cultural variations.
[from website]
American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners
http://www.aanp.org/default.asp
Formed in
1985, the AANP is the largest and only full-service professional
membership organization in the United States for NPs of all specialties.
[from website]
National League for Nursing
http://www.nln.org/
The NLN Mission - to advance quality nursing
education that prepares the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse
populations in an ever-changing health care environment. [from website]
North Carolina Nurses Association
http://www.ncnurses.org/
NursingWorld Official Website of
the American Nurses Association
http://www.nursingworld.org/
The American Nurses Association is the only
full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.7
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 economic and general welfare
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. [from website]
Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Society
http://www.nursingsociety.org/
A Vision to Lead: To create a
global community of nurses who lead in using scholarship, knowledge and
technology to improve the health of the world's people.
[from website]
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Nursing Board Examination
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
http://www.ncsbn.org/
The purpose of NCSBN is to provide an
organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on
matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety
and welfare, including the development of licensing examinations in
nursing. [from website]
North
Carolina Board of Nursing
http://www.ncbon.com/
The North Carolina Board of Nursing is a
regulatory agency, comprised of elected nurses, appointed citizens and
staff, charged with ensuring safe, effective nursing care for the citizens
of North Carolina.
The Board is responsible for enforcing the
North Carolina Nursing Practice Act. Its primary purposes are to educate
and consult, serve as a resource, set standards, promulgate and interpret
rules, license and discipline nurses, and develop standards for the
evolving legal scope of nursing practice within the State. [from
website]
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Miscellaneous
Center for Disease Control
and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
World Heath
Organization Statistical Information System
http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
American Medical
Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/
Discover Nursing
http://www.discovernursing.com/default.aspx
Learn more about nursing education and
careers.
NursingNet
http://www.radiologyworkers.com/nursingnet.htm
The RNstudent.com staff are educators and students in the allied health
and nursing fields. We put together this website for the benefit of our
nursing students as well as all nursing students around the world. [from
website]
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