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Healthcare Organizations

Here's a partial list of organizations that may be useful to you.

Nursing


  • Organization of distinguished leaders in nursing who have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to the profession and to health care.

  • Research, education, and charitable affiliate of the ANA.

  • National Nurses Week is the time in May each year when you can demonstrate the importance of nursing in healthcare. Site includes media kits, catalog, and the Nightingale Pledge.

  • Information on public policy regarding nursing, nurse aides, and nursing regulation.

  • Provides clinical resources, journals, and educational opportunities to nursing and other health care professionals.

  • Advancing the health of diverse communities through nursing.

  • The professional organization of perioperative nurses that unites its members by providing education, representation, and standards for quality patient care.

  • Gives perioperative managers and leaders immediate access to news and information about health care and perioperative management issues.

  • Interested in providing the best cancer care possible.

  • Promotes excellence in nursing practice to improve the health of women and newborns.

  • Federation of more than 120 national nurses' associations worldwide.

  • Promoting optimal mental health care for those in need, while providing an environment that is conducive to educating nursing professionals.

  • Nonprofit organization dedicated to the professional enhancement of registered nurses practicing in a consulting capacity in the legal field.

  • Represents VNA home health and hospice agencies.

  • Promotes and advances professional rehabilitation nursing practice through education, advocacy, collaboration, and research.

  • Seeks to advance the quality of nursing in the interests of the public.

Athletic Training and Physical Therapy


  • National medical society representing physiatrists, physicians who are specialists in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

  • Provides leadership and direction to the physiotherapy profession, foster excellence in practice, education, and research.

  • Includes a directory of state boards and information on the National Physical Therapy Examinations.

  • For rehab professionals and disability therapists, offering seminars, government advocacy, publications, insurance and more.

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