The Webliography of Nursing Organizations
Designed by: Tobie Kenyon
This is the website for the American Nurses Organization.
www.nursingworld.org
This website is intended for Nurses. It includes patient safety issues, ethics,
knowledge, government affairs, scope of practice and political issues just to
name a few.
I give the website a ‘10’. It is packed full of useful information, and easy to use.
This is the website for the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
www.orthonurse.org
This website is intended for nurses in the Orthopaedic field. It covers clinical
practice issues, Orthopaedic Nurse Certification (ONC) testing dates and
locations, case studies and continuing education.
I give the website an ‘8’. It has a lot of useful information, but in order to access
the entire website, one must be a member. Membership dues are roughly $90
annually.
This is the website for the New York State Nurses Association
www.nysna.org
This website is intended for New York state nurses and nursing students. It
contains information on safe staffing issues, evidence-based practice, education
opportunities, continuing education credits and practice alerts.
I give the website a ‘7’ because it appears very union focused but has very good
information for nurses and student nurses.
This website is dedicated to emergency room nursing.
www.ena.org
This website is intended for emergency room nursing personnel. It includes
staffing information, safe patient initiatives, best practice, emergence
preparedness, continuing education, and emergency nursing certification exam
information.
I score this website a ‘9’ because it has great information and is easy to use.
This website is intended to provide information regarding black nurses.
www.nbna.org
NBNA is committed to improving the quality of life of persons who
share the African American heritage. The website includes information
regarding the mission of NBNA, how to best serve African American
communities, issues facing African American nurses, and education.
I score this website a ‘10’. It contains great informat ion.
American
Holistic Nurses
Association
This website is focused on increasing awareness of holistic nursing.
www.ahna.org
The website contains information on holistic nursing, helping to improve the
health care workplace through the incorporation of the concepts of holistic
nursing, educating patients professionals and the public about holistic nursing
and integrative health care, and promoting research and scholarship in the field
of holistic nursing.
I score this website a ‘7’. It has good information, but not much of it.
This website is focused on the specialty practice of psychiatric-mental health
nursing, health and wellness promotion through identification of mental health
issues, and prevention of mental health problems.
www.apna.org
The website contains information on the practice of psychiatric nurses,
leadership opportunities, continuing education credits, annual conventions, and
practice issues facing psychiatric nurses.
I give this website a ‘10’. It is dedicated to providing valuable information to it’s
population. Great information contained.
This website is focused on Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses. The
organization dedicated to promoting excellence in hospice and palliative nursing
care.
www.hpna.org
This website is full of valuable information related to nurses practicing in the
palliative or hospice fields of nursing. It contains information regarding end of life
issues, quality of life issues, policy, and public information.
I score this website a ‘10’. It is easy to use and has valuable information.
This website on concentrated around nurses caring for gerontological
patients.
www.ngna.org
NGNA is made up of members who share are committed to improving the quality
of nursing care to older adults. The website contains links to articles, information
regarding education, and discussions of best practice for patient care.
I score this website a ‘9’. It has a lot of good information, slightly difficult to
navigate.
This website contains information relating to visiting nurses. It
includes information on infection control, influenza prevention,
education offerings, and procedure documents.
www.vnaa.org
I give this website a ‘6’. I didn’t like the fact that there were several
sponsor links on the home page. This to me, makes me feel that some
of the information contained may be biased.