Specialty Groups

• NM Nurse Practitioner Council (membership, drug formulary): www.nm-nursepractitioners.org
  
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing (info on multistate licensure compact): www.ncsbn.org
  
• Low cost on-line CE from NCSBN: www.learningext.com
  
• NM Organization of Nurse Executives: www.nmone.org
  
• American Assn. of Nurse Assessment Coordinators:
  www.aanac.org (offers CNE and support for LTC MDS coordinators)
  
• NY Nurses Association Continuing Education Online (ANCC approved): http://69.3.158.146/nurse/nysna/catalog.cfm
  
• American College of Forensic Examiners Institute (forensic nurses are part of it) www.acfei.com

Primary Associations

• American Nurses Association (membership, bookstore, ANCC, AAN, other): http://www.nursingworld.org/ 
  
• Center for American Nurses (workplace advocacy via ANA affiliation, with discounts for CAN affiliated NMNA members to various vendors- books, scrubs, and many more). www.centerforamericannurses.org.
  
• NM Board of Nursing (licensure, license renewal, complaint forms, Nursing Practice Act and Rules):  www.state.nm.us/nursing
• Allison Kozeliski, Exec. Director: 505-841-9082
• Joanna Giglio, Asst. Director (Nursing Education, CE audits, Advanced Practice, and Licensure of foreign-educated nurses: 505-841-9083
• Debra Werner, Asst. Director (Practice, UAPs): 505-841-9084
• Nancy Darbro, Diversion Program Coordinator: 505-841-8345
  
• NM Center for Nursing Excellence: info on scholarships, links to other organizations, nursing programs in New Mexico (cost, length of course, financial aide services), and much, much more. www.nmnursingexcellence.org.