Health News Network
- "Daily reports & press releases about Health & Medical issues from the nation's leading newspapers & government agencies (NIH, FDA, CDC, & NCI)", plus more....
Nurse-Recruiter.com- "We are here to serve nurses around the world by connecting them to health care providers around the world." This is a great site!
Foundation of Nursing Studies
- "to help nurses improve their patient care by encouraging them to use the most up-to-date methods. It is widely agreed that excellent practice should always be based on research findings but, unfortunately, some research findings never actually reach the patients who will most benefit. Nurses need to be able to respond to developments in their field and change their practice quickly and easily"
The Nightingale Network
- "The Nightingale Network, established July 17, 1998, is dedicated to empowering nurses, nursing students and the public by facilitating, supporting and mentoring grassroots nursing activism"
AHN
- America's Health Network page with lots of resources like, current medical headlines, disease information, health tools,...(CRNA)
CDC
- "National Prevention Information Network-a service of the National Center HIV, STD, and TB prevention"
eBMJ
- "we publish original scientific studies, review and educational articles, and papers commenting on the clinical, scientific, social, political, and economic factors affecting health"
RNWeb
- "the online community for Registered Nurses,
featuring articles and resources from RN Magazine.
"
Nursing Topics- "The links displayed on this page are checked and updated every month to ensure they are current and active for a no hassle browsing session!"
Research Nurse
- "Research Nurse was founded to meet the continuing education needs of research practitioners responsible for the conduct of clinical studies"
MNRS
- "The Midwest Nursing Research Society is using this web page to share information about nursing research, funding sources, publications, program meetings, and about the Society"
Southern Nursing Research Society
- "The mission of the Society is to: Advance nursing research, Promote dissemination and utilization of research findings, Facilitate the career development of nurses and nursing students as researchers, Enhance communication among members, Promote the image of nursing as a scientific discipline
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ERIC
- Search the ERIC Database. "This version of the ERIC Database provides access to ERIC Document citations from 1966 through April 1999 and ERIC Journal citations from 1966 through January 1999"
Nurses resources
- general nursing sites, tutorials and study guides, case histories, CPR and first aid, online books, references and dictionaries,etc...
Online Preceptor Page
- "Online resource for Perioperative Nurse Preceptors and Students," sponsored by Ch. 4403 AORN Dallas. Just e-mail your questions!
Nursing 201
- lecture notes for the fundamentals of nursing
Professional Nursing Resources
- "Transcultural, Holistic, and Alternative Care Sites." Ch. 15, p. 292 in K&E is on "Ethnicity and Culture," and p.311 is the "Spirituality and Religion" chapter.
Therapeutic Communication- "Therapeutic Communication Techniques," presented in a slide show format. Ch. 353 in K&E on p. 353 is on "Helping & Communicating"
Therapeutic Communication- "Here are some very simple but valuable guidelines in therapeutic communication. They are simple but not always easy to implement".
Cross-cultural Communication - "Working on Common Cross-cultural Communication Challenges by Marcelle E. DuPraw, National Institute for Dispute Resolution and Marya Axner, Consultant in Leadership Development & Diversity awareness ".
Nursing Assessment
- "a list of great sites on the web that are related to various types of assessment"
Physical Exam Study Guides- How to do a Head to Toe Physical Exam, the UNCW "Head-to-Toe Order of Examination Areas" is in K&E in Chapter 22, in a box on p. 466
Vital Signs
- the basics on how to. Assessing Vital Signs is in ch. 21 on p. 424 of K&E
The Auscultation Assisstant- "Designed to assist medical students and health care professionals (NURSE'S!) with learning how to distinguish between various heart and breath sounds." Nursing Students can strengthen these skills by practicing in your schools Nursing Skills Lab
Cardiovascular Exam
- step-by-step instructions on how to perform a cardiovascular exam. Assessment of the Cardiovascular system in on p. 518 of K&E
Neurologic Examination- Step-by-step outline of a Neuro Exam, Assessment of the Neuro System is on p. 542 in the K&E text.
Piaget
- the Child Development Institute has a nice guide on Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development
Erikson
- the Child Development Institute has a nice guide on Erikson's stages of Social-Emotional Development
Baby Zone
- Dr. Nathan's Pregnancy and Parenting Glossary
Infant-Adolescent CE
- although these are CE credits, they are also great tutorials for Infant, Toddler, Preschool, School Age, & Adolescent Assessments
Pharmacology
- a list of drug related sites done by the Mining Co.
Pharmacy Zone
- Drug search that gives you data on the drug, Pictures of some of the drugs, and some even have Patient Education Leaflets (InteliHealth's U. S. Pharmacopeia database)
Drug Checker
- "This service allows you to take the preventive step of determining whether the drugs you are taking interact with each other, or interact with a certain food, and cause a bad reaction in your body"
Online Preceptor Page
- "Online resource for Perioperative Nurse Preceptors and Students," sponsored by the Dallas Ch. 4403 AORN.*Just e-mail any questions you may have about pre, intra, or post-op nursing care!
Laboratory Values- Provided for Northwestern University Medical Students by Dr. Al Telser, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and the Galter Library
Radiology
- "brief summaries of the major types of radiological exams"
beWELL.com
- Searchable and Alphabetical Diagnostic Procedures Handbook
PowerPoint Nursing Lectures
- conditions of the blood, cardiac conditions. Lower, peripheral vascular, and Upper respiratory conditions.
Medical Info. from A-Z
- anatomy, anethesiology, biochem, cardiology, emergency medicine, nuero, nursing, OBGYN, oncology, peds, pharmacology, plus many more links of interests!
Learning & Learning Theory
- links to all the major learning theories, remember nurses are educators! There is a Teaching & Learning section in the K&E textbook in chapter 19, p. 382.
Medical Book Store- a great article/overview of the Teaching-Learning process
Clinical Nursing Education Page- excellent list of clinical nursing resources, such as: Hypoxia, High Cholesterol, Drug Protocols, Thrombolytic Therapy, CABG......!
ECG Rounds- "features a collection of challenging EKG's with diagnosis and analysis"
NCLEX
- "PREP For The NCLEX or for your next Exam"
NCLEX Sites
- "The following is a list of NCLEX related sites that can help you prepare for the exam. Knowing what I know now about the NCLEX, I feel that these links can help keep you focused on how to study for the exam."
Nursing Center- "Continuing Education Online," serves as a great tutorial for students and has some interactive cases!
Continuing Education Network
- "Let the educators of CRITICAL CARE CONNECTIONS, INC
assist you with meeting your educational goals, continuing education requirement, and your professional needs."
Nurse CEU.com
- this site "categorizes, by practice focus, and links you to all nursing continuing education (ceus, contact hours) modules offered on the Internet"
SGN Homepage
- this site is dedicated to the Air Force Nurses Corp.
Aerospace Nursing
- "The Vision of this department is to be the center of excellence for Aerospace and Battlefield Nursing, and Critical Care Air Transport education and training."
An American Nurse at War
- "An American Nurse At War (AANAW) is a video documentary created as a learning tool for the general public, television audiences and students in high school and college."
