Organizations that have endorsed the CNS Education Standards as of July, 2013:
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN & AACN Certification Corp)
- Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE)
- Academy of Medical/Surgical Nurses (AMSN)
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
- American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN)
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
- Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN)
- Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
- Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN)
- Clemson University School of Nursing
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
- DeSales University
- East Carolina University
- Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA)
- Graceland University
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA)
- Indiana University School of Nursing
- LSUHSC School of Nursing
- National Gerontological Nursing Association (NGNA)
- National League of Nursing (NLN)
- Ohio State University College of Nursing
- Oncology Nursing Society and Oncology Nursing Certification Corp (ONS and ONCC)
- Purdue University Calumet
- Society of Pediatric Nurses (SPN)
- The College of St. Scholastica School of Nursing
- Uniformed Services University
- University of Delaware
- University of Minnesota
- University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
- University of Washington School of Nursing
- Upstate Medical University College of Nursing
- Ursuline College School of Nursing
- Valparaiso University College of Nursing
- Widener University School of Nursing