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American Association for the History of Nursing, INC
http://www.aahn.org/resources/internet.html
The American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) is a professional
organization open to everyone interested in the history of nursing. This page
has links to other non-profit, education and government web sites with content
relevant to nursing history and is provided without endorsement.
Clayton State University, School of Nursing, Nursing Theory Link Page
http://nursing.clayton.edu/eichelberger/nursing.htm
This page from Clayton State University offers the most used links to information
about nursing theorists on the web.
Nurses Info: Nursing Theories A-Z
http://www.nurses.info/nursing_theory.htm
Created by Australian nursing agency Swingshift Nurses, information on Grand and Midrange nursing theories and theorists.
Drug Information Portal
http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp
Quick access to quality drug information from the National Library Of
Medicine
Gray's Anatomy
http://www.bartleby.com/107/
The Bartleby.com edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 engravings from the classic
1918 publication, as well as, a subject index with 13,000 entries.
Martindale's Physical Examination and Clincial Skills
http://www.martindalecenter.com/MedicalClinical_Exams.html
Physical examination tools and procedures by body site, pregnancy, pediatrics,
auscultation, lab tests, ABGs, aspiration, burns, airways, IV therapy, injections,
hematology, anesthesia, wound care, emergencies, geriatrics, etc.
The Clinician's Ultimate Reference
http://www.globalrph.com/index.htm
Many useful online medical calculators, drug dilutions, medical abbreviations,
renal dosing, drug information provided by a R.Ph. at the VA Medical Center
in Detroit, MI.
Lab Tests Online
http://www.labtestsonline.org/
"Lab Tests Online has been designed to help you, as a patient or family
caregiver, to better understand the many clinical lab tests that are part of
routine care as well as diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of conditions
and diseases.
If you are a medical professional, this site can serve as a quick reference
tool or as a resource for keeping up with advances in laboratory science. "
American Nurses Association
http://www.nursingworld.org/
News, credentialing, nursing practice, nursing ethics, governmental affairs, ANA publications and links to other organizations.
Massachusetts Nurses Association
http://www.massnurses.org/
MNA is the largest union and professional association of registered nurses and health professionals in the state, and the third largest in the nation, representing more than 23,000 members working in 85 health care facilities, including 51 acute care hospitals, as well as a growing number of nurses and health professionals working in schools, visiting nurse associations, public health departments and state agencies.
AORN
http://www.aorn.org/
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses. Locate chapters,
position statements, recommended practices, toolkits, legislative initiatives
and career information on their website.
AMSN
http://www.amsn.org/
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses. The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
(AMSN) is the only national professional nursing specialty organization dedicated
to adult health/medical-surgical nurses.
AWHONN
http://www.awhonn.org/awhonn/
Association of Womens' Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. Our mission
is to improve and promote the health of women and newborns and to strengthen
the nursing profession through the delivery of superior advocacy, research,
education and other professional and clinical resources to nurses and other
health care professional.
ANNA
http://www.annanurse.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ANNANurse.woa
American Nephrology Nurses' Association. The American Nephrology Nurses'
Association promotes excellence by advancing nephrology nursing practice and
positively influence outcomes for individuals with kidney disease. Find meetings,
chapters, education, events, and health policy on their website.
AACN
http://www.aacn.org/DM/MainPages/AACNHomePage.aspx?pageid=1
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is dedicated to providing
our members with the knowledge and resources necessary to provide optimal care
to critically ill patients.
ENA
http://www.ena.org/Pages/default.aspx
The Emergency Nurses Association website provides working papers, publications,
guidelines, research, safety, preparedness, prevention,membership information,
conferences...
MedlinePLUS
http://medlineplus.gov/
MedlinePLUS is a consumer health website from the National Institutes
of Medicine. "You can use MedlinePlus to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations. You can also get links to the latest medical research on your topic or find out about clinical trials on a disease or condition."
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on complementary
and alternative medicine (CAM).
Center for Disease Control & Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
Centers for Disease Control- Vital public health topics incuding
diseases, conditions, emergency preparedness, environmental health, life stages,
injury prevention, occupational health and statistics.
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/
An United Nations unit responsible for health matters, the WHO website offers
global public health information on diseases, countries, evidence-based
policy options, publications, data and statistics.
DailyMED
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/about.cfm
DailyMed provides high quality information about marketed drugs. Drug
labeling on this Web site is the most recent submitted to the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and currently in use; it may include, for example,
strengthened warnings undergoing FDA review or minor editorial changes. These
labels have been reformatted to make them easier to read. Currently this Web
site contains 10,505 drugs.
National Institute of Nursing Research
http://www.ninr.nih.gov/NewsAndInformation/NINRPublications/
This link takes you to the National Institute of Nursing Research's publications page. It includes free full-text documents on many health topics.
National Guideline Clearinghouse
http://www.guideline.gov/
National Guideline Clearinghouse, a public resource for evidence-based clinical
practice guidelines. NGC is an initiative of the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. NGC was originally created by AHRQ in partnership with the American
Medical Association and the American
Association of Health Plans (now America's Health Insurance Plans [AHIP]).
Diseases, conditions, treatments, interventions, and measurements from many
organizations.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov/
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has clinical, quality & patient
safety, national guidelines, clinical practice guidelines, patient safety, national statistics, outcomes, statistics, surveys and research for all healthcare
professionals and consumers.
National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/
Fact Sheets, Clinical Trials, Screening, Prevention, Treatments, Coping, Statistics,
Epidemiology, Research from the National Cancer Institute.
ConsultGeriRN
http://consultgerirn.org/
A website with resources on geriatric nursing from The Hartford Institute
for Geriatric Nursing at New York University's College of Nursing. Has online
clinical resources and tools including full-text documents on aspiration, restraints,
evaluation of executive functioning
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration
http://www.samhsa.gov/
A federal agency providing programs and services addressing mental health
and substance abuse problems nationwide.
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
"The National Institute of Mental Health is the largest scientific organization
in the world dedicated to research focused on the understanding, treatment,
and prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of mental health."
Global Library of Women's Medicine
http://glowm.com/?p=glowm.cml/home
Based on the 6 volume Gynecology and Obstetrics edited by Sciarra, there
are 442 chapters organized into 6 main sections: Gynecology, Obstetrics, Maternal
and Fetal Medicine, Gynecologic Oncology, Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility
and Genetics. Written by experts. Includes illustrations. Easy navigation.
The Merck Manual
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html
An online diagnosis and therapy text for healthcare professionals
and consumers.
PubMed Central
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free, full-text, digital
archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Martindale's Virtual Nursing Center
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Nursing_2_Inter.html
Nursing basic medical courses, lectures, atlases, videos, etc.
BMC Nursing
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcnurs/
BMC Nursing is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed
research articles in all aspects of nursing research, training, education, and
practice.
BMC Nursing is indexed by PubMed, CAS, Cinahl and Google Scholar.
AHRQ's Nurses online Handbook
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
Contains evidence-based Patient Safety and Quality information. Chapters
on the Quality Chasm, pressure ulcers, emergency management, medications,
PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature
from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include
links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites."
MedlinePlus
http://www.medlineplus.gov
MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of
Health and other trusted sources on over 800 diseases and conditions. There
are directories, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary,
easy-to-understand tutorials on common conditions, tests, and
treatments, health information in Spanish, extensive information
on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the
media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. MedlinePlus is updated
daily and can be bookmarked at the URL: medlineplus.gov. There is no advertising
on this site, nor does MedlinePlus endorse any company or product.
Dietary Supplements Labels Database
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
The Dietary Supplements Labels Database offers information about label ingredients
in more than 4,000 selected brands of dietary supplements. Information
is also provided on the "structure/function" claims made by manufacturers. These
claims by manufacturers have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
Companies may not market as dietary supplements any products that are intended
to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Ingredients of dietary supplements
in this database are linked to other National Library of Medicine databases
such as MedlinePlus and PubMed to allow users to understand the characteristics
of ingredients and view the results of research pertaining to them, including
the following characteristics: Uses in humans Adverse effects Mechanism of action
TOXNET
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and
toxic releases from the National Library of Medicine.
CORK Database
http://www.projectcork.org/database_search/
The CORK database includes over 69,000 items on substance abuse, indexed
by over 400 terms. Project Cork was founded at Dartmouth Medical School. The
goal is to provide immediate access to authoritative information and materials
on substance abuse, useful to health and human service professionals,
educators and their students, and those in public policy.
Duke University Medical Center Library
http://guides.mclibrary.duke.edu/content.php?pid=103317&sid=780758
The purpose of this guide is to help you easily locate photographs, charts,
diagrams, videos, and other medical images on the Web.
HEAL - Health Education Assets Library
http://www.healcentral.org/index.jsp
The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a digital library that provides
freely accessible digital teaching resources of the highest quality that meet
the needs of today's health sciences educators and learners. Video, images
and audio of anatomy, organ systems, diagnotics tests and diseases from trusted
healthcare shools and governmental agencies.
Public Health Image Library- PHIL
http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp
Photos, illustrations and videos on a wide range of public health topics
from the CDC.
DermAtlas
http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/
Dermatology Image Atlas sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. Over 11,000
images involving the skin. Some 528 contributors.
Smart Imagebase
http://ebsco.smartimagebase.com/smartindex.php?
The Scientific & Medical ART (SMART) Imagebase is a collection of 18,500+
high quality illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery,
diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and other health science
topics. This is a fee based service, but the images can be viewed online
for free. They will all have "SAMPLE" watermark.
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