Nursing: Professional Organizations

Nurse practice laws and regulations are specific to each state. Check out AANP’s quick reference guide for licensure and regulatory requirements, as well as practice environment details, for all 50 states and the U.S. Territories.

• Alabama
  • Advanced Practitioners for the River Region
  • Bay Area Nurse Practitioner Association
  • Central Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association
  • North Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association
  • Nurse Practitioner Alliance of Alabama
  • West Alabama Nurse Practitioners
  • Wiregrass Nurse Practitioner Association

• Alaska
  • Alaska Nurse Practitioner Association

• Arizona
  • Arizona Nurse Practitioner Council

• Arkansas
  • Arkansas Nurse Practitioner Association

• California
  • California Association for Nurse Practitioners

• Colorado
  • Colorado Society of Advanced Practice Nurses
  • Northern Colorado Nurse Practitioner Coalition
  • Southern Colorado Advanced Practice Nurses Association

• Connecticut
  • Connecticut Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Society

• Delware
  • Delaware Coalition of Nurse Practitioners

• District of Columbia
  • Nurse Practitioner Association of the District of Columbia

• Florida
  • Florida Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • Florida Nurse Practitioner Network
  • Florida Panhandle Nurse Practitioner Coalition
  • Nurse Practitioner Council of Collier County
  • Nurse Practitioner Council of Miami-Dade
  • Nurse Practitioner Council of Palm Beach County
  • Tallahassee Area Council of Advanced Practice Nurses

• Georgia
  • South Georgia Association of Nurse Practitioners​
  • United Advanced Practice Registered Nurses of Georgia

• Hawaii
  • Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses

• Idaho
  • Intermountain Advanced Practice Nurses Association
  • Nurse Practitioners of Idaho

• Illinois
  • Illinois Chicago Chapter - National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners​
  • Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing

• Indiana
  • Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses of Indiana
  • Society of Nurses in Advanced Practice

• Iowa
  • Iowa Association of Nurse Practitioners​
  • Iowa Nurse Practitioner Society

• Kansas
  • Kansas Advanced Practice Nurses Association

• Kentucky
  • Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners & Nurse Midwives

• Louisiana
  • Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners

• Maine
  • Maine Nurse Practitioner Association

• Maryland
  • Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland

• Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners

• Michigan
  • Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners

• Minnesota
  • Association of Southeastern Minnesota Nurse Practitioners​
  • Minnesota Nurse Practitioners
  • Northern Nurse Practitioner Association

• Mississippi
  • Mississippi Association of Nurse Practitioners

• Missouri
  • Advanced Practice Nurses of the Ozarks​
  • Missouri Coalition of Nurses in Advanced Practice
  • Missouri Nurses Association
  • St. Louis Nurses in Advanced Practice

• Montana
  • Montana Nurses Association

• Nebraska
  • Nebraska Nurse Practitioner Network​
  • Nebraska Nurse Practitioners

• Nevada
  • Nevada Advanced Practice Nurses Association

• New Hampshire
  • New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association

• New Jersey
  • New Jersey State Nurses Association

• New Mexico
  • New Mexico Nurse Practitioner Council

• New York
  • The Nurse Practitioner Association of New York State

• North Carolina
  • Metrolina Coalition of Nurse Practitioners​
  • North Carolina Nurses Association
  • Wake Central Nurse Practitioner Council​

• North Dakota
  • North Dakota Nurse Practitioner Association

• Ohio
  • Northeast Ohio Nurse Practitioners​
  • Ohio Association of Advanced Practice Nurses

• Oregon
  • Nurse Practitioners of Oregon

• Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners

• Rhode Island
  • Nurse Practitioner Alliance of Rhode Island

• South Carolina
  • South Carolina Nurses Association
  • Upstate Nurse Practitioner Association

• South Dakota
  • Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota

• Tennessee
  • Northeast Tennessee Nurse Practitioners Association
  • West Tennessee Nurse Practitioners Alliance

• Texas
  • Advanced Practice Nurses of the Permian Basin
  • Austin Advanced Practice Nurses
  • Brazos Valley Nurse Practitioner Association
  • East Texas Nurse Practitioner Association
  • Central Texas Nurse Practitioners
  • Houston Area Nurse Practitioners
  • North Texas Nurse Practitioners​​
  • Texas Nurse Practitioners

• Utah
  • Utah Nurse Practitioners

• Vermont
  • Vermont Nurse Practitioners Association

• Virginia
  • Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners

• Washington
  • Washington State Nurses Association

• West Virginia
  • West Virginia Nurses Association

• Wisconsin
  • Metro Milwaukee Nurse Practitioners