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Informative Links

Professional organizations

• American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM):  www.acnm.org
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP):  www.aanp.org
• National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH):  www.npwh.org
   

Information and professional development

• Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health:  www.jmwh.org
• National Center for Policy Research (CPR) for Women and Families:  www.center4policy.org
• North American Menopause Society (NAMS):  www.menopause.org
• Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners:  www.pacnp.org
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America:  www.plannedparenthood.org
   

Licensure and certification
 

• Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing:  www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/cwp/view.asp?a=1104&q=432883
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing:  www.ncsbn.org
• Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine (for nurse-midwives):  www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/cwp/view.asp?a=1104&q=432799
• New Jersey State Board of Nursing http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/medical/nursing.htm
• Delaware Board of Nursing http://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/nursing/index.shtml

"Especially gratifying…is seeing the names of classmates from Penn in print as they publish in the literature and speak at national meetings".

-- Joan Bloch, MSN
     WHCS Graduate,
     Class of '81