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North Carolina Board of Nursing
The North Carolina Board of Nursing is a regulatory agency, comprised of elected nurses, appointed citizens and staff, charged with ensuring safe, effective nursing care for the citizens of North Carolina. The Board is responsible for enforcing the North Carolina Nursing Practice Act. Its primary purposes are to educate and consult, serve as a resource, set standards, promulgate and interpret rules, license and discipline nurses, and develop standards for the evolving legal scope of nursing practice within the State.

North Carolina Center for Nursing
The NCCN was established by the North Carolina General Assembly to address issues of supply and demand for nursing, including issues of recruitment, retention, and utilization of nurse manpower resources. The Center provides an ongoing strategy for the allocation of the State's resources directed towards nursing.

North Carolina Nursing Association
The NCNA is the professional association for all registered nurses in North Carolina. The organization provides a variety of benefits to members, including publications, discounts, employment opportunities, and networking. NCNA maintains a registered nurse lobbyist in the General Assembly when the legislature is in session, and monitors study committees and other legislative groups between sessions. NCNA is a constituent member of the American Nursing Association, the national association for registered nurses. Membership in NCNA provides access to several ANA benefits.

National League for Nursing
The mission of the NLN is “to advance quality nursing education that prepares the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing health care environment.” On this site, see especially Online Course Programs. The NLN’s activities include setting standards, promoting professional growth and improvement of faculty and nursing education leaders, conducting educational research, providing data about the nursing workforce supply and the nurse educator workforce, evaluating and assessing educational outcomes and practice competencies, and advocating for all types of academic and lifelong learning programs in nursing.

National Council of State Boards of Nursing
The purpose of NCSBN is to provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare, including the development of licensing examinations in nursing. NCSBN's programs and services include developing the NCLEX-RN® and NCLEX-PN® examinations, performing policy analysis and promoting uniformity in relationship to the regulation of nursing practice, disseminating data related to the licensure of nurses, conducting research pertinent to NCSBN's purpose, and serving as a forum for information exchange for members. On this site, see especially links for: NCLEX-PN® Test Plan and NCLEX Fact Sheet.

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Nursing Schools

UNC System Nursing Schools:

• Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Charlotte: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Cullowhee: Western Carolina University
• Durham: NC Central University
• Fayetteville: Fayetteville State University - Initial Approval
• Greensboro: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Greensboro: NC Agricultural & Technical State University
• Greenville: East Carolina University
• Pembroke: University of North Carolina at Pembroke
• Wilmington: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Winston-Salem: Winston-Salem State University

Other North Carolina BSN Programs:

• Charlotte: Queens University of Charlotte
• Durham: Duke University
• Hickory: Lenoir-Rhyne College
• Wilson: Barton College

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International Resources:

Local and Global Links:
Compiled by: Viven De Beck, RN, PhD, FAAN

• American Nurses Association
  Services, links, news, bookstore & information on International activities; ICN Link.
• Global Volunteers
  Organization that works to coordinate volunteers involved in International human and economic development activities.
• Institute of International Education
  Promoting free flow of knowledge and ideas across national boundaries.
• International Council Of Nurses
  Information on the organization and member countries. Projects and publications, links to other nursing sites and link to International Nursing Review (INR) official publication of ICN Guidelines for authors for manuscripts for INR can be accessed through this site.
• International Organizations And NGO's
  Information on thousands of international organizations, their projects, publications and more.
• Pan American Health Organization
  Information on health issues, disease, projects and employment opportunities.
• Peace Corps
  Information about the Peace Corps, programs, news and connection to the Peace Corps community.
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
  Information for members, library, careers, education, publications and research.
• Study Abroad.com
  Information about study abroad opportunities, organized by city, country, subject, academic programs, language programs.
• UNAIDS: Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
  UNAIDS, is the main advocate for global action on the epidemic. It leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS, and alleviating the impact of the epidemic. Newsletter, publications, HIV-AIDS information, staff and structure and job opportunities.
• USAID (Agency for International Development)
  USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. It is the principal US agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms. Directory of agency, information on activities, project etc. Publications, education and training employment opportunities.
• Worldbank
  The World Bank Group’s mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world. It is a development Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty. HIV-AIDS activities, poverty, vaccines, other health and developmental resources, publications, careers
  and employment.
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. WHO's objective is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Reports, services, information sources and links to many other sites.