Health Care Links

Disclaimer: The links listed below are for a variety of web sites that will provide you with information beneficial to nurse leaders. These web sites have been selected by AONE because they are found to contain valuable information. Please be aware that these sites are not maintained in any way by AONE, therefore we cannot guarantee their availability or accuracy.

If you find a web site you think should be listed on this page, please send the web site address to aone@aha.org.

Legislative Resources

• U.S. House of Representatives www.house.gov
• U.S. Senate  http//:www.senate.gov
• Thomas:Legislative Information On the Net: http://thomas.loc.gov/
  Named after Thomas Jefferson, this site lets researchers analyze pending legislation and voting records.
• The U.S. Legislative Branch http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html

Government Resources

• FirstGov http://www.firstgov.net/
  The official site for U.S. Government information, services, transactions, and forms.
• The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov
• Department of Veterans Affairs - Patient Safety Virtual Learning Center http://www.va.gov/vlc/cgi-bin/patientsafety_intronew_int.asp
  Developed by the Veterans Health Administration, this section carries patient safety information, alerts, and more.
• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUPnet) http://www.ahcpr.gov/data/hcup/hcupnet.htm
  Interactive online service that enables you to get answers to questions about hospital use, patient outcomes, and hospital charges.
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) http://www.osha.gov/
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)  http://www.hhs.gov/
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/
  • HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) http://cms.hhs.gov/
  • National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
  • NIH National Institute of Nursing Research http://www.nih.gov/ninr/
  • National Center for Research Resources http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/
  • The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) http://www.ahcpr.gov
• Government Accounting Office http://www.gao.gov
• National Health Information Center http://www.health.gov/NHIC/
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
• National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hinfo.html

Nursing Organizations

• Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses - http://www.medsurgnurse.org
• Academy of Neonatal Nursing, LLC - http://www.academyonline.org
• Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association - http://www.astna.org
• American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing - http://www.aaacn.org
• American Academy of Nursing - http://www.aannet.org
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing - http://www.aacn.nche.edu
• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses - http://www.aacn.org
• American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants - http://www.aalnc.org
• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists - http://www.aana.com
• American Association of Nurse Attorneys, Inc. - http://www.taana.org
• American Association of Occupational Health Nurses - http://www.aaohn.org
• American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses - http://www.aascin.org
• American College of Nurse Practitioners - http://www.nurse.org/acnp
• American Holistic Nurses' Association - http://www.ahna.org
• American Nephrology Nurses' Association - http://anna.inurse.com
• American Nurses Association - http://www.ana.org
• American Organization of Nurse Executives - http://www.aone.org
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association - http://www.apna.org
• American Radiological Nurses Association - http://www.arna.net
• American Society of Pain Management Nurses - http://www.aspmn.org
• American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses - http://www.aspan.org
• American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses - http://www.aspsn.org
• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - http://www.anacnet.org
• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses - http://www.aorn.org
• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses - http://www.rehabnurse.org
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses - http://www.awhonn.org
• Center for Nursing Leadership - http://www.cnl.org
• Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools - http://www.cgfns.org
• Croatian Nurses Association - http://www.hums.hr
• Dermatology Nurses' Association - http://www.dnanurse.org
• Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association - http://www.ddna.org
• Emergency Nurses Association - http://www.ena.org
• Infusion Nurses Society - http://www.ins1.org
• International Association of Forensic Nurses - http://www.forensicnurse.org
• International Nurses Society on Addiction - http://www.intnsa.org
• International Society of Nurses in Genetics, Inc. (ISONG) - http://www.isong.org
• International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses - http://www.ispn-psych.org
• NANDA International - http://www.nanda.org
• National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists - http://www.nacns.org
• National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care - http://www.nadona.org
• National Association of Neonatal Nurses - http://www.nann.org
• National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists - http://www.nanmt.org
• National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners - http://www.napnap.org
• National Association of School Nurses - http://www.nasn.org
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing - http://www.ncsbn.org
• National Gerontological Nursing Association - http://www.ngna.org
• National League for Nursing - http://www.nln.org
• National Nursing Staff Development Organziation - http://www.nnsdo.org
• National Student Nurses' Association, Inc. - http://www.nsna.org
• Nurses Christian Fellowship - http://www.intervarsity.org/ncf/ncfindex.html

• Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow - http://www.nursesource.org

• Nurse Healers Professional Associates International - http://www.therapeutic-touch.org/default.asp

• Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs - http://www.vanurse.org

• Oncology Nursing Society - http://www.ons.org
• Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society - http://www.pens.org
• Sigma Theta Tau, International: Honor Society of Nursing - http://www.nursingsociety.org
• Society for Vascular Nursing - http://www.svnnet.org
• Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc. - http://www.sgna.org
• Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses - http://www.sohnnurse.com
• Society of Pediatric Nurses - http://www.pedsnurses.org
• Society of Trauma Nurses - http://www.traumanursesoc.org
• Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates - http://www.suna.org
• Wound Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society - http://www.wocn.org  

Other Nursing/Healthcare Resources

• American Hospital Association http://www.aha.org
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp
• International Hospital Federation http://www.hospitalmanagement.net/
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org
• The National Health Information Resource Center (NHIRC)  http://www2.ari.net/chrc/oldchrc/nhirc/home_newlogsky.html
• American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics (ASLME) http://www.aslme.org
• Johnson & Johnson - The Wharton Fellows Program in Management for Nurse Executives, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - www.executivefellows.net