Academy of Neonatal Nursing
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We honor and support the professionalism, dedication, and commitment of all neonatal nurses. The mission of the Academy is to provide quality neonatal education and programs at a reasonable cost to all health care professionals. The Academy of Neonatal Nursing achieves this mission through professional, peer-reviewed publications, educational conferences, and offering books and other materials to newborn health care professionals.
As a professional nursing organization our dedication to your education is absolute. Using techniques that provide cost-effective learning modalities, the Academy strives to make your membership dollars stretch as far as possible. Join today and become part of the 7,900 neonatal nurses who make the Academy the world's largest neonatal nursing association.
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Alzheimer's Association, Desert Southwest Chapter
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The mission of the Alzheimer's Association is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research, to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. The Medical-Scientific Advisory Committee is designed to enhance the Desert Southwest Chapter's capacity to build greater awareness of and support for research to end Alzheimer's disease in Arizona and Southern Nevada.
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American Association for the History of Nursing
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The American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) is a professional organization open to everyone interested in the history of nursing. Originally founded in 1978 as a historical methodology group, the association was briefly named the International History of Nursing Society. The purpose of the Association shall be to foster the importance of history as relevant to understanding the past, defining the present, and influencing the future of nursing.
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American Cancer Society
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Together with our millions of supporters, the American Cancer Society (ACS) saves lives and creates a world with less cancer and more birthdays by helping people stay well, helping people get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back. The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the ACS has 12 chartered Divisions, more than 900 local offices nationwide, and a presence in more than 5,100 communities.
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American Geriatric Society
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The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is a not-for-profit organization of close to 6,000 health professionals devoted to improving the health, independence and quality of life of all older people. The Society provides leadership to healthcare professionals, policy makers and the public by implementing and advocating for programs in patient care, research, professional and public education, and public policy. Click here to learn more about American Geriatrics Society.
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The Carter Center
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The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health.
While the program agenda may change, The Carter Center is guided by five principles:
1. The Center emphasizes action and results. Based on careful research and analysis, it is prepared to take timely action on important and pressing issues.
2. The Center does not duplicate the effective efforts of others.
3. The Center addresses difficult problems and recognizes the possibility of failure as an acceptable risk.
4. The Center is nonpartisan and acts as a neutral in dispute resolution activities.
5. The Center believes that people can improve their lives when provided with the necessary skills, knowledge, and access to resources.
The Carter Center collaborates with other organizations, public or private, in carrying out its mission. Click here to learn more about The Carter Center.
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CGFNS International
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CGFNS International is an immigration-neutral nonprofit organization, globally recognized as an authority on credentials evaluation of the education, registration and licensure of nurses, health care and other professionals worldwide.
CGFNS is comprised of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools, the International Commission on Healthcare Professions and the International Consultants of Delaware.
CGFNS protects the public by ensuring that nurses and other health care professionals educated in countries other than the United States are eligible and qualified to meet licensure, immigration and other practice requirements in the United States. Click here to learn more about CGFNS.
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Dreyfus Health Foundation
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The Dreyfus Health Foundation, founded in 1988, is a not-for-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for better health worldwide by transforming individuals and communities through a problem-solving process that empowers them to change themselves and their environments for the better. DHF makes a long-term commitment to helping people help themselves by reinforcing its ongoing programs and encouraging the use of available resources in project implementation and replication. The Foundation works to improve quality of life globally by fostering creative problem-solving and project sustainability at the local and national levels and by promoting cooperation and interaction between participating countries. Click here to learn more about DHF.
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EMDR International Association
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The EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) is a professional association where EMDR practitioners and EMDR researchers seek the highest standards for the clinical use of EMDR. EMDR is an accepted psychotherapy by leading mental health organizations throughout the world for the treatment of a variety of symptoms and conditions. This website provides information to the greater EMDR community including clinicians, researchers, and the public that our members serve.
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International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology
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The International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology is a society of professionals from throughout the world who are interested in advancing the cognitive education of children, youth, and adults. IACEP strives to maintain an organization that brings together persons with diverse applied and theoretical interests. We welcome the participation of teachers, therapists, assessment specialists, administrators and research professionals. The Association recognizes the importance of collaborative inquiry that includes researchers and practitioners, working together or separately, in advancing the goals of cognitive theory, education, assessment, and therapies.
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International Confederation of Midwives
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ICM has grown from a small group of midwifery associations in Western Europe to a major confederation of more than 100 autonomous member associations from countries in every part of the globe. Criteria for membership demand that each association is headed by midwives who determine their own governance and activities, and are committed to the mission, vision and aims of ICM.
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International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry
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The International Society for Ethical Psychology & Psychiatry is a network of professionals and individuals concerned with the impact of mental health theories on public policy, and the effects these theories have on therapeutic practices, individual well-being, personal freedom, and family and community values. Our varied membership includes: psychiatrists, psychologists, professional clinical counselors, social workers, professors, researchers, educators, lawyers, psychiatric survivors, concerned family members, mental health professionals and advocates.
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Lamaze International
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Lamaze is a nonprofit organization that promotes a natural, healthy and safe approach to pregnancy, childbirth and early parenting. Knowing that pregnancy and childbirth can be demanding on a woman's body and mind, Lamaze serves as a resource for information about what to expect and what choices are available during the childbearing years.
Lamaze education and practices are based on the best, most current medical evidence available. They can help reduce the use of unnecessary interventions and improve overall outcomes for mothers and babies. Working closely with their families, health care providers and Lamaze educators, millions of pregnant women have achieved their desired childbirth outcomes using Lamaze practices.
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National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
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The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS), founded in 1995, exists to enhance and promote the unique, high value contribution of the clinical nurse specialist to the health and well-being of individuals, families, groups, and communities, and to promote and advance the practice of nursing.
Members of NACNS benefit from national, regional, and local efforts of the Association to make the contributions of CNSs more visible.
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National Association of Hispanic Nurses
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NAHN National Association of Hispanic NursesÆ is a non-profit professional association committed to the promotion of the professionalism and dedication of Hispanic nurses by providing equal access to educational, professional, and economic opportunities for Hispanic nurses.
NAHN is also dedicated to the improvement of the quality of health and nursing care of Hispanic consumers. Click here to learn more about NAHN.
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National League for Nurses
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Dedicated to excellence in nursing education, the National League for Nursing is the preferred membership organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education. NLN members include nurse educators, education agencies, health care agencies, and interested members of the public. The NLN offers faculty development programs, networking opportunities, testing and assessment, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its 33,000 individual and 1,200 institutional members. Click here to learn more about NLN.
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National Student Nurses' Association
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Over 3,000 nursing students participate in NSNA's Annual Convention, which features leadership and career development activities, opportunities to listen to renowned nursing leaders, hear about job opportunities and the chance to network with hundreds of other students. The program includes a state board exam mini review. The Foundation of the NSNA, created in memory of NSNA's first executive director, Frances Tompkins, is a non-profit corporation (501 C-3) organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. The FNSNA has distributed over 2 million dollars in scholarships for undergraduate nursing education. The Promise of Nursing Regional Scholarship Program, administered by the FNSNA, provides undergraduate and graduate nursing scholarships and school grants. Click here to learn more about NSNA.
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The American Association of Nurse Attorneys
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The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA) provides resources, education and leadership to its members and the healthcare and legal communities.
- To promote and enhance TAANA and the profession of the nurse attorney
- To provide educational programs, products and services to members, chapters and the public
- To facilitate communication, collaboration and leadership among members
- To serve as a resource for the healthcare and legal communities
Click here to learn more about The American Association of Nurse Attorneys.
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The Penn Center for Bioethics
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The field of bioethics emerged over thirty-five years ago. It provides a practical language for mediating between developments in science and popular culture and a means for our society to talk about its deepest moral concerns, fears and hopes. The Center employs this language to promote scholarly and public understanding of the ethical, legal, social and public policy implications of advances in the life sciences and medicine. It fosters informed dialogue about these issues across a broad spectrum of opinions that not only are the right questions addressed, but that the answers given rest upon solid facts and cogent arguments. From birth to death, from the lab to the stock market, Penn faculty engage in careful analysis, thoughtful reflection, and foster public discussion about the critical biomedical questions that put our traditions and values to the test.
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Watson Caring Science Institute
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The Watson Caring Science Institute is an international non-profit foundation created to advance the philosophies, theories and practices of Human Caring, originated by Distinguished Professor Jean Watson, who holds the Murchinson-Scoville Endowed Chair in Caring Science at the University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center. The Theory and Science of Human Caring seeks to restore the profound nature of caring-healing, and bring the ethic and ethos of Love back into Health care. Through an extended network of professional, clinical and academic colleagues, the Institute will translate the model of Caring-Healing/Caritas into more systematic programs and services which can continue to transform health care, one nurse/one practitioner/one educator/one system at a time. Click here to learn more about WCSI.
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