BHLTH 497B: Health Care Reform and the Future of Nursing: Policy Organizations, Healthcare Resources, Nursing Organizations & Unions

• Center for Studying Health Systems Change: http://www.hschange.org/
• IHI: Institute for Healthcare Improvement: http://www.ihi.org/
• AARP – policy section: http://www.aarp.org/politics-society/

Foundations

• RWJF:The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (home): http://www.rwjf.org/
• Hartford Foundation for Geriatric Nursing: http://hartfordign.org/
• Josiah Macy Foundation: http://www.josiahmacyfoundation.org/
• Grantmakers in Health: http://www.gih.org/
• Kaiser Family Foundation: http://kff.org/health-reform/

• Center for the Health Professions at UCSF: http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/Public/Center-Home.aspx
• HRSA – NSSRN: Health Resources Services Administration – National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/
• WAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies: http://depts.washington.edu/uwchws/
• Health Workforce Information Center: http://www.hwic.org/
• National Conference of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/
• WA State legislature home page: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/visitingthelegislature.aspx
• The Joint Commission: http://www.jointcommission.org/
• WSPHA: Washington State Public Health Association: http://www.wspha.org/
• American Public Health Association: http://www.apha.org/

Nursing Organizations

• Center to Champion Nursing in America: http://championnursing.org/ (not exactly a nursing organization, but a joint venture of the RWJF and the AARP)
• American Nurses Association (ANA): http://nursingworld.org/
• Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA): http://www.wsna.org/
• Washington Center for Nursing: http://www.wacenterfornursing.org/
• AONE: American Organization of Nurse Executives: http://www.aone.org/
• NWONE: Northwest Organization of Nurse Executives: http://www.nwone.org/
• NFLPN: National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses: http://www.nflpn.org/
• NCEMNA: National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations: http://www.ncemna.org/
• AACN: American Association of Colleges of Nursing: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/
• NLN: National League for Nursing: http://www.nln.org/
• OCNE: Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education: http://www.ocne.org/
• Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers: http://www.nursingworkforcecenters.org/
• QSEN: Quality and Safety Education in Nursing: http://www.qsen.org/
• NCSBN: National Council of State Boards of Nursing: https://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm

Nursing Unions

• SEIU Health Care: 1199NW: http://www.seiu1199nw.org/
• United Staff Nurses Union (UFCW): http://www.ufcw21.org/
• National Nurses United: http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/

.com site

• Suzanne Gordon (Author, lecturer, nursing and patient advocate -- not a nurse, but writes about nursing): http://www.suzannegordon.com/