PCC Exam Part 1 – Introduction to Nursing, 2026 – Study
and Review Material
List National Nursing Organizations - correct answer ✔✔ -American Nurses Association (ANA)
-National League for Nursing (NLN)
-Florida Nurses Association (FNA)
-National League for Nursing (NLN)
-American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
-Florida Student Nurses Association (FNSA)
List Professional Nursing Organizations (Specialty Organizations) - correct answer ✔✔ Clinical
specialty
Group Identification
Similar Values
Clinical Specialty (specialty organization characteristics) - correct answer ✔✔ Association of
Operating Room Nurses (AORN); Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC); Emergency Nurses
Association (ENA) (p.17)
Group Identification (specialty organization characteristics) - correct answer ✔✔ National
Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (NOADN), National Association of Hispanic Nurses
(NAHN), American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AMN) (p.17)
Similar Values (specialty organization characteristics) - correct answer ✔✔ Nurses Christian
Fellowship (NCF), Nursing Ethics Network (NEN) (p.17)
Professional Nursing Organizations (Sigma Theta Tau International) - correct answer ✔✔ Sigma
Theta Tau International (STTI) is the national honor society for nursing. Members are sought
, from the clinical, educator, and researcher nursing communities as well as from senior level
baccalaureate and graduate programs. The goal of this organization is to foster nursing
scholarship, leadership, and research. (p.17)
List Professional Nursing Organizations (Sigma Theta Tau International) - correct answer ✔✔ -
National Honor Society for Nursing
-Delta Beta at USF
Sigma Theta Tau International goal - correct answer ✔✔ goal is to foster nursing scholarship,
leadership, and research
American Nurses Association (ANA/National) - correct answer ✔✔ Originally, these
organizations focused on establishing standards of nursing to promote high quality care and
work toward licensure as a means of enduring adherence to these standards. They track
healthcare legislation, serve as liaisons with national government representatives to inform
them of how current and proposed legislation will affect nursing, and develop and sponsor
legislation that will have a positive effect on nursing and patient care. (p.17)
National League for Nursing (NLN/National) - correct answer ✔✔ -1st nursing org
-goal: establish&maintain universal standard of educ.
-sets standards for & evaluates all types of nursing ed. prog.,studies, nursing workforce
-lobbies&participates w/other major healthcare org to set policy for the nursing workforce, aids
in faculty development, funds research on nursing ed.
National Student Nurse's Association (NSNA) - correct answer ✔✔ -goal/role: address student
concerns
-holds yearly conventions for it
-student counterpart of the ANA
-reps U.S nursing students
and Review Material
List National Nursing Organizations - correct answer ✔✔ -American Nurses Association (ANA)
-National League for Nursing (NLN)
-Florida Nurses Association (FNA)
-National League for Nursing (NLN)
-American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
-Florida Student Nurses Association (FNSA)
List Professional Nursing Organizations (Specialty Organizations) - correct answer ✔✔ Clinical
specialty
Group Identification
Similar Values
Clinical Specialty (specialty organization characteristics) - correct answer ✔✔ Association of
Operating Room Nurses (AORN); Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC); Emergency Nurses
Association (ENA) (p.17)
Group Identification (specialty organization characteristics) - correct answer ✔✔ National
Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (NOADN), National Association of Hispanic Nurses
(NAHN), American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AMN) (p.17)
Similar Values (specialty organization characteristics) - correct answer ✔✔ Nurses Christian
Fellowship (NCF), Nursing Ethics Network (NEN) (p.17)
Professional Nursing Organizations (Sigma Theta Tau International) - correct answer ✔✔ Sigma
Theta Tau International (STTI) is the national honor society for nursing. Members are sought
, from the clinical, educator, and researcher nursing communities as well as from senior level
baccalaureate and graduate programs. The goal of this organization is to foster nursing
scholarship, leadership, and research. (p.17)
List Professional Nursing Organizations (Sigma Theta Tau International) - correct answer ✔✔ -
National Honor Society for Nursing
-Delta Beta at USF
Sigma Theta Tau International goal - correct answer ✔✔ goal is to foster nursing scholarship,
leadership, and research
American Nurses Association (ANA/National) - correct answer ✔✔ Originally, these
organizations focused on establishing standards of nursing to promote high quality care and
work toward licensure as a means of enduring adherence to these standards. They track
healthcare legislation, serve as liaisons with national government representatives to inform
them of how current and proposed legislation will affect nursing, and develop and sponsor
legislation that will have a positive effect on nursing and patient care. (p.17)
National League for Nursing (NLN/National) - correct answer ✔✔ -1st nursing org
-goal: establish&maintain universal standard of educ.
-sets standards for & evaluates all types of nursing ed. prog.,studies, nursing workforce
-lobbies&participates w/other major healthcare org to set policy for the nursing workforce, aids
in faculty development, funds research on nursing ed.
National Student Nurse's Association (NSNA) - correct answer ✔✔ -goal/role: address student
concerns
-holds yearly conventions for it
-student counterpart of the ANA
-reps U.S nursing students
