Introduction

Chapter 1: History of Nursing

Chapter 2: Alternative Careers

Chapter 3: Entrepreneurship

Chapter 4: Making the Change

References

Apendicies

Course Exam

APPENDICIES

Appendix A  International and National Health Organizations

American Association of Diabetes Educators
Box 56, N Woodbury Road   
Pittman, NJ   08071

American Red Cross
17th and D Streets NW
Washington, DC   20006
American Association for RespiratoryTherapy
1720 Regal Row 
Dallas, TX   75235
American School Health Association
P.O. Box 708
1521 South Water Street
Kent, OH   44240
American Cancer Society
777 Third Avenue 
New York, NY   10017
American Society of Childbirth
P.O. Box 16159
7113 Lynnwood Drive
Tampa, FL   33687

American Diabetes Association 
600 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY   10020

American Urological Association Allied
6845 Lake Shore Drive
P.O. Box 9397
Raytown, MO   64133

American Heart Association
840 North Lakeshore Drive 
Chicago, IL   60611
Association of the Care of Children in Hospitals
3615 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington, DC   20016
American Hospital Association
 840 North Lakeshore Drive 
Chicago, IL   60611
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
875 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL   60611
American Lung Association  
1740 Broadway   
New York, NY   10019
  National Institutes of Health
900 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD   20205
American Medical Society 
 535 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL   60610 
National Kidney Association
2 Park Avenue
New York, NY   10016
American Public Health Association
1015 15th Street NW 
Washington, DC   20005
Alpha Tau Delta National Fraternity for Professional Nurses
14631 N. Second Drive
Phoenix, AZ   85023
Office of Human Development Service Office of Policy and Legislation
200 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC   20201
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
1 DuPont Circle, Suite 530
Washington, DC   20036
Pan American Health Organization
525 23rd Street NW   
Washington, DC   20037
American Nurses’ Association 2
420 Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO   64108
Peace Corps
806 Connecticut Avenue NW 
Room P-301
Washington, DC   20526
  American Organization of NurseExecutives
840 North Lakeshore Drive
Chicago, IL   60611
People to People Health International Foundation (Project HOPE) 
Millwood, VA   22646 
Committee of Catholic Nurses and Social Assistants
Palazzo S. Calisto
1-00120 Cittadel Vaticano, Italy
US Office of Personnel Management
1900 E Street NW
Washington, DC   20415
International Council of Nurses
3 Place Jean Marteau
1201 Geneva, Switzerland
US Public Health Services
Dept. of Health and Human Services
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD   20857
National League for Nursing
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY  10019-1350
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia, 1211
Geneva 27, Switzerland
National Student Nurses’ Association
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY   10019-1350
World Federation of Neurosurgical Nurses
286 W. 2nd Street
Morrestown, NJ   08057
Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society of Nursing
1100 Waterway Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN   46202

                                                        
Appendix B  Regional Nursing Organizations

Mid Atlantic Regional Nursing Association
Teachers College
Columbia University
Box 146 
525 W. 120 Street 
New York, NY   10027
Midwest Alliance in Nursing
Room 108-BR
Indiana University
1226 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN   46223
New England Organization of Nursing
c/o EDC
55 Chapel Street
Newton, MA   02160
Southern Council of Collegiate
Education for Nursing
1340 Spring Street NW
Atlanta, GA   30309
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
P.O. Drawer P
Boulder, CO   80302

 

Appendix C  Specialty Nursing Organizations

Aerospace Medical Association Flight 
Nurse – Section ASMA 
PSC Box 3009
APO NY   09223
American Association of NeuroScience Nurses
22 S Washington Street, Suite 203
Park Ridge, IL   60068
American Academy of Ambulatory Nursing Administration
N Woodbury Road
Box 56
Pittman, NJ   08071
American Association of Neurosurgical Nurses
625 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1519
Chicago, IL   60611
American Assembly for Men in Nursing
c/o College of Nursing
Rush University 
600 S Paulina – 474-H
Chicago, IL   60612
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists 219 Higgins Road
Park Ridge, IL   60068
American Association for Critical Care Nurses
One Civic Plaza
Newport Beach, CA   92660
American Association of Nurse Attorneys
P.O. Box 5564
Washington, DC   20016
American Association of Industrial Nurses
P.O. Box 478
Dallas, TX   75221
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
3500 Piedmont Road NE
Atlanta, GA   30305
American Association of Nephrology Nurses
N. Woodbury Road
Box 56
Pittman, NJ   08071
American college of Nurse-Midwives
1522 K Street NW, Suite 1120
Washington, DC   20005
American Holistic Nurses’ Association
P.O. Box 116 
Telluride, CO   81435 
American Indian/Alaska Native Nurses’Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 1588
Norman, OK   73070
Association of Operating Room Nurses
10170 E. Mississippi Avenue
Denver, CO   80231
American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses, Inc.
P.O. Box 3030
San Francisco, CA   94119
Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
Pacific Medical Center 
P.O. Box 7999
San Francisco, CA   94120
American Society of Plastic and ReconstructiveSurgical Nurses
N Woodbury Road
Box 56
Pittman, NJ  08071
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
2506 Gross Point Road
Evanston, IL   60201
Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA   19104
American Society of Post-Anesthesia Nurses
2315 Westwood Avenue, Suite 1 
P.O. Box 11083
Richmond, VA   23230
Dermatology Nurses’ Association
N Woodbury Road
Box 56
Pittman, NJ   08071
Association for Practitioners in Infection Control 
505 E Hawley Street 
Mundelein, IL   60060
Emergency Nurses’ Association
666 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1131
Chicago, IL   60611
Association of Nurses Practicing Independently
21 Spruce Street
Dept NL
Dansville, NY   14437
Lesbian & Gay Nurses’ Alliance
801 E. Harrison, Suite 105
Seattle, WA   98102
Gerontological Nursing
844 West End  
Annapolis, MD   21401 
National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
N Woodbury Road
Box 56
Pittman, NJ   08071
International Association for Enterostomal Therapy, Inc.
One Newport Place, Suite 970
Newport Beach, CA   92660
National Association of Pediatric NurseAssociates and Practitioners
1000 Maplewood Drive, Suite 104
Maple Shade, NJ   08052
National Association for Health Care Recruitment
P.O. Box 93851
Cleveland, OH   44101
National Association of Physician’s Nurses
9401 Lee Highway, Suite 210
Fairfax, VA   22031
National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service
10801 Pear Tree Lane, Suite 151
St. Louis, MO   63134   
National Association of Quality Assurance Professionals, Inc.
Dept NL
1800 Pickwick Avenue
Glenview, IL   60025
National Association of Hispanic Nurses
2014 Johnston Street 
Los Angeles, CA   90031
National Association of School Nurses, Inc.
P.O. Box 1300
Lamplighter Lane
Scarborough, ME   04074
National Association of Nurse Recruiters
30 Woodland Drive 
Churchville, PA   18966
National Black Nurses’ Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 18358
Boston, MA   02118
National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Inc.
 214 South Drive
P.O. Box 11038
Durham, NC   27703
National Flight Nurses’ Association Life Flight
Allegheny General Hospital
320 E North Avenue
Pittsburg, PA   15212
Nurses’ Christian Fellowship
233 Langdon Street 
Madison, WI   53703
Nurses’ Coalition for Action in Politics
1030 15th Street NW, Suite 408
Washington, DC   20005
National Intravenous Therapy Association, Inc.  
87 Blanchard Road
Cambridge, MA   02138
National Nurses’ Society on Addictions
2506 Gross Point Road
Evanston, IL   60201
Nurse Consultants’ Association
P.O. Box 25875
Colorado Springs, CO   80936
Nurses’ Educational Funds, Inc.
555 W 57th Street
New York, NY   10019
National Nurses’ Society on Alcoholism
P.O. Box 7728 
 Indian Creek Branch
 Shawnee Mission, KS   66207
Nurses’ Alliance for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Box 319
Chestnut Hill, MA   02167
Nurses’ House, Inc
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY   10019
Nurses in Transition
P.O. Box 14472
San Francisco, CA   94114
Nurses Now
P.O. Box 5156
Pittsburgh, PA   15206
Oncology Nursing Society
3111 Banksville Road
Pittsburg, PA   15216
Nurses’ Association of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists
600 Maryland Avenue SW, Suite 200 East
Washington, DC   20024 
Otolaryngology and Head/Neck Nurses c/o Warren Otologic Group
3893 E Market Street
Warren, OH   44484
Public Health Nursing/American Public Health Association
1015 Fifteenth Street NW 
 Washington, DC   20005
The Society for Nursing History Nursing Education Department
Box 150
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, NY   10027
Society for Advancement in Nursing, Inc.
Cooper Station, Box 307
11th Street and 4th Avenue 
New York, NY   10003
Transcultural Nursing Society College of Nursing
University of Utah
25 S Medical Drive
Salt lake City, UT   84112
Society for Parenteral and External Nutrition
1025 Vermont Avenue NW
Suite 8110 – Dept N 81 
Washington, DC   20005
United Nurses’ Associations of California 170 W San Jose Avenue, Suite 102
Claremont, CA   91711
Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing 
1070 Sibley Tower
Rochester, NY   14604 
United Nursing Home Association
16400 Southcenter Parkway, Suite 410
Seattle, WA   98188     
Society for Research in Nursing Education
School of Nursing, N319Y
University of California, San Francisco
Third and Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA   94143

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