Internet access to nursing associations, Part 1: United States

Internet Access to Nursing Associations, Part 1: United States Section Editor: Paul McGinty, RN, BSc, TNCC, Ed Cert

he Internet has created a forum for immediate access to almost any professional nursing association or organization in the world.The following is a sampling of listings that may be of interest to trauma nurses.The list was compiled with use of a search engine to identify "professional nurses associations." Especially helpful sources for identifying other sites can be found at: http://members.tripod.com/-DianneBrownson /organizations.html; http://www.springnet.com/non.htm#Special (Nursing organizations on the Net); and \http://www.springnet.com/np/nplstsrv.htm (List of services for Nurse Practitioners and Other Advanced Practice Nurses). This article is the first in a two-part series. Part II will list sites for accessing international nursing associations.

TRAUMA NURSING COALITION American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: http://www.aacn.org American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: http://www.aana.com Association of Operating Room Nurses: http://www.aorn.org Association of Rehabilitation Nurses: http://www.rehabnurse.org Emergency Nurses Association: http://www.ena.org National Fright Nurses Association: http://www.nfna.org

Paul McGinty is a clinical nurse consultant in the emergency department at St. Vincent's Hospital, Australia. For reprints write Paul McGinty, RN, BSc, TNCC, Ed Cert, Emergency Department, St. Vincent's Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia (02) 9361 7492. Int J Nurs Trauma 1998;4:52. Copyright © 1998 by the Emergency Nurses Association 1075-4210/98/$5.00 + 0 6511189800 52

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CLINICAL SPECIALTY ORGANIZATIONS American Association of Neuroscience Nurses: http://www.aann.org American Forensic Nurses: http://csz.com/wns/aboutus.htm American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association: http://www.apsna, corn American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses: http://www.aspan.org American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Nurses: http://www.inurse.com/-asprsn Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology: http://www.apic.org International Association of Forensic Nurses: http://members.aol.com/COCFCI/index.html Intravenous Nurses Society: http://www.insl.org National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses: http://www.inurse.com/-naon National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners: http-//www.napnap.org National Gerontological Nursing Association: http://www.nursingcenter.com/people/nrsorgs /ngna

Society of Pediatric Nurses: http://www.pednurse.org Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates: http://www.duj .com/suna.html

GENERAL INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS American Association for the History of Nursing: http://users.aoLcom/nsghistory/AAHN.html American Nurses Association: http://www.nursingworld.org National Council State Boards of Nursing: http://www.ncsbn.org/flIes/otherweb.html National League for Nursing: http://www.nln.org Sigma Theta Tan International: http://stti web.iupui.edu Society of Critical Care Medicine Nursing Section: http:pobox.upen.edu/-jtv/mainpage.html Transcultural Nursing Society: http://www'nursingcenter'c°m/pe°ple/nrs°rgs/tcn VOLUME 4, NUMBER 2