Nursing/Allied Health Webliography
AACC's Nursing and Allied Health Initiative
AACC's Nursing and Allied Health Initiative website provides links to nursing programs at two-year colleges, policy updates, conference and workshop information, scholarship opportunities, reports and more!
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Resources/aaccprograms/health/Pages/resources.aspx
allnurses.com
A website notable for its active nursing discussion forums; also offers a place to post resumes, links to recruiters and available jobs, and a nearly exhaustive list of nursing-related links.
http://allnurses.com/
American Cancer Society
Site of the American Cancer Society. Provides information on cancer and treatment options and medical updates and clinical trails available. Also provides information on the activities of the American Cancer Society. Carries human interest stories on hope and treatment.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
American Heart Association
Provides information about current treatment and the latest research in the treatment of heart disease in this country. Links to many additional sites.
http://americanheart.org/
Care Plans
Great for nursing students to get help on nursing care plans. Contains news briefs and articles. This site also provides a search engine and an extensive health tops library that provides links to more information. This site also has quizzes to help students measure their understanding of the topics.
http://careplans.com/
Center for Palliative Care Education
The Center for Palliative Care Education has developed a compendium of resources on HIV/AIDS palliative care topics. This resource list is divided into topics that correspond with the training modules being developed by the project. It can be used by clinicians to increase knowledge and skills, and by health educators to aid in the development of trainings and to give as handouts to trainees.
http://depts.washington.edu/pallcare/resources/index.shtml
Centers for Disease Control
The premier site for any communicable disease research information, patient education or updates on public health and new findings.
http://www.cdc.gov/
Cybernurse
Cybernurse includes information on taking the NCLEX, Florence Nightingale pledge, Nurses Prayer, and humor. Also has both professional and consumer health topics that include both videos and test.
http://www.cybernurse.com/
Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.dhhs.gov/
Diabetes in Control
A site with news and information for medical professionals. It has the latest information on education, research, treatment of diabetes. There are weekly feature articles written on various topics on Diabetes. Has the latest information on Diabetes control. Viewer may also sign up to receive a free newsletter.
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/
Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
Susan Love, M.D. Excellent site for information and research on breast cancer. Links to articles and personal stories of triumph
http://www.susanlove.com/
Family Medicine Net Guide
A site designed to provide easily understood information on many family health issues and medical conditions.
http://www.fmnetguide.com/
Ferl First
Three self-marking tests to help learners review their knowledge about the muscles, bones and vertebrae on the human skeleton. Learners are required to identify the parts of the skeleton by matching them with the correct terms. Uses flash animations.
http://ferl.qia.org.uk/
Health Information Resource Database
The Health Information Resource Database includes 1,400 organizations and government offices that provide health information upon request. Entries include contact information, short abstracts, and information about publications and services the organizations provide.
http://www.health.gov/nhic/
Mayo Clinic
Educational site with a wealth of information on health related topics. There are search engines for medical conditions from A-Z, drug information, and health tools for making health care decisions.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Medical View
Site provides in-depth information about medical conditions through video presentations on the condition. Topics include diagnosis, medication, testing required, treatment options. Has a video library for the viewer. The viewer needs RealPlayer or Windows Media Player to view the video clips.
http://www.medicalview.com/
Medline
A goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Has information on health topics, drug information, a medical encyclopedia and medical dictionary, has the latest news on health issues from the past 30 days. The site also has information on clinical trails, an interactive tutorial site with a wide range of topics.
http://www.medlineplus.gov/
Medline Plus
Interactive Flash tutorials from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health on the topics of Diseases and Conditions, Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, Surgery and Treatment Procedures, and Prevention and Wellness.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html
National Consortium on Health Science and Technology Education
National Consortium on Health Science and Technology Education's website contains links to skill standards, competency testing guidelines and other related materials
http://www.nchste.org/
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
Provides information on the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN licensing examinations. Information available on the National Council test plan, resources, information about compact states and nursing regulatory information. Information also available about the changes to the test plan
http://www.ncsbn.org/
National Institute of Mental Health
Excellent site for information on mental illness, treatments and where to get help. Provides information on community resources.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
National League for Nursing
Core competencies for nursing educators from the National League for Nursing
http://www.nln.org/facultydevelopment/corecompletter.htm
North Carolina Board of Nursing
Provides information on the nursing practice act in North Carolina. The North Carolina Board of Nursing is the regulatory agency to ensure the delivery of safe and effective nursing care in North Carolina. It is the site for license verification for registered and licensed practical nurses in the state of North Carolina. You can obtain information about the nurse practice issues, education, and consultation involving legal scope of practice and standards of care.
http://www.ncbon.com/
North Carolina Nurses Association
The North Carolina Nurses Association website provides information on current trends and issues facing nurses in the state, links to political issues that impact the provision of nursing care, and information on membership.
http://www.ncnurses.org/
Nurse Education in Practice
Nurse Education in Practice journal articles
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14715953
Nurse Education Today
Nurse Education Today journal articles
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02606917
Nurse Zone
This site deals with work- related issues. "Today's News" features articles about issues that impact nursing in the world today. Of special interest is a student nurse center which is easily accessed from the main menu.
http://www.nursezone.com/
Nursing World
The official web site for the American Nurses Association contains multiple links to sites for credentialing, CE online, and bookstore. Contains political information and links to other professional nurses organizations. Much information on ethics and news in the world of nursing and health care. This site also provides links to funding for education, jobs, and staffing.
http://www.nursingworld.org/
Parenting Center
Great web site for information on growth and development for children ages 2-8years old. Would be a good site for Pediatric Nursing, providing information on common childhood health issues. Parenting topics from A-Z with information available from "Ask the Experts" online. There is also information available on age appropriate games and safety issues.
http://www.parentcenter.com/
Standardized Patients
Articles on the use of Standardized Patients - site includes projects and scripts
http://www.utmb.edu/OED/sp/sp-bibliography.html
The Center for Palliative Care
The Center for Palliative Care curriculum
http://depts.washington.edu/pallcare/training/index.shtml
UltimateNurse
A fairly comprehensive website notable for its many nursing discussion forums. Also included are job postings, a searchable directory of hospitals and links to state boards of nursing, professional associations and journals.
http://www.ultimatenurse.com/
Urology Health/ American Urological Association
Contains information about urological conditions, pathophysiology and treatment. Also has anatomical illustrations.
http://www.urologyhealth.org/patientinfo/
Virtual Hospital
A digital health science library that provides medical reference information for health care providers and patients. This site provides useful information on many health problems for numerous sources. The site contains thousands of textbooks and booklets for the provider and the patient which can be printed. This site also provides a link to the virtual children's hospital which provides information on children's health issues.
http://www.vh.org/
Web MD
Provides valuable health information and tools for managing your health and support for those seeking health information. Has information on diseases and symptoms, a medical library, drug information, many interactive tools and information on clinical trials and much more information to be used for the instructor and student seeking information to enhance learning or gathering patient education information.
http://www.webmd.com/
