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Associations and Societies
AACN - American Association of Colleges of Nursing
"The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is the national voice for America's baccalaureate- and higher-degree nursing education programs.AACN's educational, research, governmental advocacy, data collection, publications, and other programs work to establish quality standards for bachelor's- and graduate-degree nursing education, assist deans and directors to implement those standards, influence the nursing profession to improve health care, and promote public support of baccalaureate and graduate education, research, and practice in nursing the nation's largest health care profession."
ANA - American Nursing Assocation, NursingWorld
"The American Nurses Association is the only full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.7 million registered nurses (RNs) through its 54 constituent member associations. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public."
AORN
"AORN is the professional organization of perioperative registered nurses whose mission is to support registered nurses in achieving optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures."
National League for Nurses
"The NLN Mission: To advance quality nursing education that prepares the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing health care environment."
Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow
"Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow (NHT) is a coalition of 42 nursing and health care organizations working together to wage a communications campaign to attract people to the nursing profession. Purpose: The nation is facing a potentially dangerous nursing shortage. The risk of a major nursing shortage is both short and long-term, and is more serious in some geographic areas than others. Rather than wait until the problem is severe and patients are at risk, NHT is working now to heighten awareness about the looming nursing shortage and the excellent opportunities that await those who seek a career in nursing."
RN Advocate
"The Internet Resource Guide for Registered Nurses" Has links to numerous nursing associations, as well as nursing journals, news, jobs and information on travel nursing.
WNA - Wyoming Nurses Association
"The Wyoming Nurses Association is the professional organization for registered nurses in Wyoming. Our mission is to promote the profession of nursing, provide a unified voice of nurses, and advocate for a healthier Wyoming."
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Bookmark Managers
Free Bookmark Managers
Review and compare online bookmark managers that allow organization and management of bookmarks and is available from any computer with Internet access. Sites can be either publicly viewable or privately listed.
FURL
"Furl is a free service that saves a personal copy of any page you find on the Web, and lets you find it again instantly by searching your archive of pages. It's your Personal Web."
OnFolio
"Onfolio is a PC application for reading RSS news feeds, collecting and organizing online content and publishing to email, weblogs and web sites."
Pluck
"Award winning reader & feed directory"
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Directories and Megasites
HardinMD Nursing & Nursing Research
Part of large directory maintained by Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa.
MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
"MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments."
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Ethics
ANA Center for Ethics and Human Rights
Maintained by the American Nurses Association, this web site contains information on "Issues of interest include the creation and participation in ethics committees at the institutional and state level, clarification of ANA position statements, policies and guidelines of the Code for Nurses With Interpretive Statements."
Ethical and Legal Issues in Nutrition, Hydration and Feeding
"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that the development of clinical and ethical criteria for the nutrition and hydration of persons through the life span should be established by members of the health care team. Registered dietitians should work collaboratively to make nutrition, hydration, and feeding recommendations in individual cases."
INC Code of Ethics for Nurses
"An international code of ethics for nurses was first adopted by the
International Council of Nurses (ICN) in 1953. It has been revised
and reaffirmed at various times since, most recently with this
review and revision completed in 2005."
National Ethics Center for Bioethics Literature
"The Ethics Library was established at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics in 1973 with funding from the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation to support research projects at the Institute...In 1985 this growing information resource was awarded a competitive five year grant by the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health to become the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRCBL), dedicated to collecting and organizing the burgeoning bioethics literature, and providing reference services. The original grant was extended for three years, and eventually converted to an NLM contract that continues today."
Nursing Ethics.ca
Maintained by Chris MacDonald, PhD, Professor at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada.
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Evidence Based Practice
Cancer Control Planet
The Cancer Control PLANET Web portal is a collaborative effort aimed at providing access to data and resources that can help cancer control planners, health educators, program staff, and researchers design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based cancer control programs. The PLANET is intended to help its audience achieve its shared goals:
* Reduce cancer incidence
* Reduce the number of deaths from cancer
* Enhance quality of life for cancer survivors
E-Road Map to Evidence Based Public Health Practice
Maintained by the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice, this web site is intended to provide one-stop shopping to:
* Information about the definition and significance of evidence-based public health practice
* Finding data-demonstrated solutions to public health problems
* Learning how to be an efficient and effective consumer of public health research
Evidence Based Nursing
Maintained by the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. "The goal of this website is the investigation of the field of Evidence Based Nursing. Literature searching and web searching was conducted to discover useful articles and web resources about evidence based practice targeted for nursing professionals and students."
Evidence Based Practice
Part of the massive AHRQ web site. "The EPCs develop evidence reports and technology assessments based on rigorous, comprehensive syntheses and analyses of the scientific literature on topics relevant to clinical, social science/behavioral, economic, and other health care organization and delivery issues. EPC reports and assessments emphasize explicit and detailed documentation of methods, rationale, and assumptions. These scientific syntheses may include meta-analyses and cost analyses. All EPCs collaborate with other medical and research organizations so that a broad range of experts is included in the development process. The resulting evidence reports and technology assessments are used by Federal and State agencies, private sector professional societies, health delivery systems, providers, payers, and others committed to evidence-based health care."
Finding the Best Evidence
Annotated list of links to Evidence Based Practice information on the web, maintained by librarian Peg Allen.
National Guideline Clearinghouse
"The National Guideline Clearinghouse" (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. 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])."
Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library
"The Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library is the realization of Sigma Theta Tau Internationals goal to offer nurses, in all roles around the globe, online access to reliable nursing information that can be easily utilized and shared. The ultimate goal is to make the library one of the most comprehensive resources for nursing information available. Through the librarys complimentary Registry of Nursing Research database, individuals have access to search study abstracts and conference abstracts. The library is operating within an improved environment making it much easier to retrieve specific research information, and for researchers to post up-to-date research findings. The library features a streamlined submission form that will reduce posting research time, and includes contact information for principle investigators providing library users way to connect with other nurses with similar research interests." |
Government Sites
Bureau of Health Professionals
Maintained by HRSA. "Mission: Improve the health status of the population by providing national leadership in the development, distribution and retention of a diverse, culturally competent health workforce that provides the highest quality care for all."
National Institute for Nursing Research
"The National Institute of Nursing Research supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span-from management of patients during illness and recovery to the reduction of risks for disease and disability, the promotion of healthy lifestyles, promoting quality of life in those with chronic illness, and care for individuals at the end of life. This research may also include families within a community context."
National Institutes for Health
"NIH provides leadership and direction to programs designed to improve the health of the Nation by conducting and supporting research:
* in the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and cure of human diseases;
* in the processes of human growth and development;
* in the biological effects of environmental contaminants;
* in the understanding of mental, addictive and physical disorders; and
* in directing programs for the collection, dissemination, and exchange of information in medicine and health, including the development and support of medical libraries and the training of medical librarians and other health information specialists."
Nursing Research
From AHRQ, provides links to government web sites on nursing research and quality.
University of Wyoming Government Documents Web Page
Under "Search for Documents by Subject" select "Health" Maintained by Robert Staley. |
History of Nursing
Barbara Bates Center for the History of Nursing
"The Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing was established in 1985 to encourage and facilitate historical scholarship on health care history and nursing in the United States."
Brownson's Nursing Notes
Personal web page containing links to history of nursing web sites.
International History Links
Maintained by Graham Thurgood, at the University of Huddersfield and focuses on the West Yorkshire History of Nursing.
Nursing Memorabilia
From CareNurse.com, includes photos, Nurses' Duties in 1887, and other links. |
Holistic Nursing
Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Online book published by the National Academies Press.
Native American Ethnobotany
Maintained by the University of Michigan, Dearborn, this searchable database contains information on the foods, drugs, dyes and fibers that are derived from plants and used by American Indians. Bibliographic citations include references to books and journal articles that may not be cited in other databases. Plant names provide links to the Plants National Database, which contains photos and additional information about the plant.
National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
"NCCAM is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals." The four areas of focus for NCCAM are Research, Research Training and Career Development, Outreach, and Integration.
Poisonous Plants
An Information Database that "is a growing reference that includes plant images, pictures of affected animals and presentations concerning the botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants and other natural flora (fungi, etc.)"
UCLA Folk Medicine
"For more than fifty years, folklorists associated with the University of California, Los Angeles have systematically documented beliefs and practices relating to folk medicine and alternative healthcare. In order to make the data more readily available to the worldwide community of researchers and medical practitioners, the Online Archive of American Folk Medicine was established in 1996 under the direction of Dr. Michael Owen Jones, a professor of folklore and history at UCLA."
WholeNurse: Alternative and Holistic Web Centers
Commercial site by NursingLife. Searchable, with options for RSS feed and email alerts.
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Nursing as a Profession
Addressing the Nursing Shortage: Impacts and Innovation in Frontier America, December 2004
Full text report from the Frontier Education Center
ICN Position Statements
From the International Council of Nurses, includes position statements on nursing roles and the scope of nursing.
Registered Nurse Population
Report from HRSA. Report of the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses.
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Nursing Research
HSL Resources: Nursing Research
Links to selected nursing research web sites, selected by the Health Sciences Library at the University of Buffalo. |
Nursing Theory and Philosophy
Clayton State University Nursing Theory Links
Provides links to information on nursing theorists.
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Patient Education
Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion
Click on "Read it Online---Free" to gain full text access to this online book. Lynn Nielsen-Bohlman, Allison M. Panzer, David A. Kindig, Editors, Committee on Health Literacy, published by National Academies Press. This book "examines the body of knowledge that applies to the field of health literacy, and recommends actions to promote a health literate society."
Health on the Net Foundation
"Health On the Net Foundation is the leading organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use. Created in 1995, HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations." Provides guidance for organizations providing health web sites, as well as for those seeking quality information. Searchable links to HON approved health web sites.
Healthfinder
"healthfinderﾮ is an award-winning Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Since 1997, healthfinderﾮ has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. healthfinderﾮ links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations." Searchable, and has information in Spanish. |
Public Health Nursing
American Public Health Association
"The American Public Health Association (APHA) is the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world, representing more than 50,000 members from over 50 occupations of public health."
Organizing State and Local Health Departments for Public Health Preparedness
2006 report prepared by the Rand Corporation for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Recommends concrete strategies to improve public health preparedness.
Outbreak at Watersedge
A public health discovery game from the University of Minnesota.
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
A collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries. A Metasite that is updated frequently.
Public Health Digital Library
"Collection of up to date and authoritative public health oriented websites, including links to topic specific public health information, free electronic journals, and searchable databases." Maintained by the Seattle and King County Public Health.
Public Health Grand Rounds
"Public Health Grand Rounds is a series of satellite broadcasts and webcasts presenting real-world case studies on public health issues ranging from obesity to bioterrorism, from SARS to food safety." Sponsored by CDC and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
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Reference Resources and Online Tools |
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Transcultural Nursing
Cultural Medicine
Extensive list of links to transcultural and multicultural health sites. Maintained by librarian Tanya Feddern.
Diversity Rx
supported by: The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care (RCCHC), Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation of Menlo Park, CA. The site is organized by sections: Essentials, Models and Practices, Policy, Legal Issues, and Networking.
Evaluation of English and Spanish Health Information on the Internet
"Summary: In response to concerns about variation in quality of health information on the Internet, the California HealthCare Foundation asked RAND to design and conduct a large study that described and evaluated English and Spanish health information on the Internet. This study represents a major step forward in rigorous evaluation of web-based health information."
Healthfinder en Espanol
"healthfinderﾮ is an award-winning Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Since 1997, healthfinderﾮ has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. healthfinder links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations." Searchable
MedlinePlus en Espanol
Maintained by the National Library of Medicine, contains over 6,000 full text brochures and handouts in Spanish from government and national association agencies.
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