NURS: Resources for MSN Students

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Accrediting arm of the AACN

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a full-service professional organization representing the interests of the nation's 3.1 million registered nurses through its constituent and state nurses associations and its organizational affiliates. 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.

Directory and current officer information for each state nurses assns.

A list of professional nurse organizations, national and international, created by the Agape Center. See left hand column on page for additional links to more nurse organizations

American Association of Colleges of Nursing Fact Sheet. (PDF available at this link)

AACN

Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine, National Academies.

Nursing Education statistics from the NLN Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing

Report by Karl Yordy and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

AACN Report

Bureau of Labor Statistics - May 2012

The National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses has been conducted since 1977 and is the largest survey of registered nurses (RNs) in the U.S.

The Academy serves the public and the nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge.

The Health and Medicine Division (HMD) is a division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies). The National Academies are private, nonprofit institutions that provide independent, objective analysis and advice to the nation and conduct other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions related to science, technology, and medicine

Honor Society of Nursing.

"As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted solely to the public's health, we have a unique capability and responsibility to confront the most pressing health and health care problems threatening our society. Our efforts focus on improving both the health of everyone in America, and their health care—how it's delivered, how it's paid for, and how well it does for patients and their families."

"A leader in health policy analysis, health journalism and communication and dedicated to filling the need for trusted, independent information on the major health issues facing our nation and its people. Kaiser is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy.
We serve as a non-partisan source of facts, information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public. Our product is information, always provided free of charge — from the most sophisticated policy research, to basic facts and numbers,..."

The ANF is the national philanthropic organization that promotes the continued growth and development of nurses and services to advance the work of the nursing profession.