Nursing - Links

For additional information about Texas Nursing, contact:

• The Texas Board of Nursing 333 Guadalupe #3-460 Austin, Texas  78701.  Website:  http://www.bon.state.tx.us
  
  
• Rregistered Nurse and Nursing Education, contact:
  • National League for Nursing, 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006. Website: http://www.nln.org
    
    
• Baccalaureate and graduate nursing education, nursing career options, and financial aid, contact:
  • American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 1 Dupont Circle NW., Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036. Website: http://www.aacn.nche.edu
    
    
• Registered nurses, including credentialing, contact:
  • American Nurses Association, 8515 Georgia Ave., Suite 400, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Website: http://nursingworld.org
    
    
• NCLEX-RN exam and a list of individual State boards of nursing, contact:
  • National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 111 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 2900, Chicago, IL 60611. Website: http://www.ncsbn.org
    
    
• Nursing population, including workforce shortage facts, contact:
  • Bureau of Health Professions, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8-05, Rockville, MD 20857. Website: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov
    
    
• Obtaining U.S. certification and work visas for foreign-educated nurses, contact:
  • Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools, 3600 Market St., Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Website: http://www.cgfns.org
    
    
• Accredited clinical nurse specialist programs, contact:
  • National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, 2090 Linglestown Rd., Suite 107, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Website: http://www.nacns.org
    
    
• Nurse anesthetists, including a list of accredited programs, contact:
  • American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, 222 Prospect Ave., Park Ridge, IL 60068.
    
    
• Nurse-midwives, including a list of accredited programs, contact:
  • American College of Nurse-Midwives, 8403 Colesville Rd., Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Website: http://www.midwife.org
    
    
• Nurse practitioners, including a list of accredited programs, contact:
  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, P.O. Box 12846, Austin, TX 78711. Website: http://www.aanp.org
    
    
• Nurse practitioners education, contact:
  • National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, 1522 K St. NW., Suite 702, Washington, DC 20005. Website: http://www.nonpf.org
    
    
• Critical care nurses, contact:
  • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, 101 Columbia, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656. Website: http://www.aacn.org
    
    
• Registered nurses in all fields and specialties, contact:
  • American Society of Registered Nurses, 1001 Bridgeway, Suite 411, Sausalito, CA 94965. Website: http://www.asrn.org