← Module 1-NUR206A Nursing Organizations Export Options Alphabetize Word-Def Delimiter Tab Comma Custom Def-Word Delimiter New Line Semicolon Custom Data Copy and paste the text below. It is read-only. Select All American Nurses Association (ANA) Nursings professional organization in the US Membership of ANA is only open to? Registered professional nurses The ANA is a voice for nurses It makes decisions about the functions, activities, and goals of the nursing profession Canadan Nurses Association (CNA) Canada's professional nursing organization; acts the same way as ANA National League for Nursing (NLN) Ensures that the public need for nursing is met Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) autonomous accrediting agency that contributes to the impowerment of public health by ensuring quality of education programs Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing By invitation only Storge, tharsos, and time (meaning love, courage, and honor) National Student Nurses's Association (NSNA) National organization for student nurses International Council of Nurses (ICN) Oldest international association of professional women How does the ANA define nursing? "nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individual, families, communities, and populations"