Useful Nursing Resources

 

Nursing Print Journals

 

Selected Nursing Web Sites

• Nursing Center

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Online Tools and Calculators

 

• Nursing Calculators
• Body Surface Area Calculator
• Online Clinical Calculator
• HAPI (Health & Psychosocial Instruments) Database*

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Tests and Measurements Resources

• Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences(U Texas)
• Finding Information about Psychological Tests(APA)
• TestLink(ETS)
• Buros Institute Test Reviews Online
• Research Instruments(Stanford Patient Education Research Center)
• Welch E-Book:Instruments for clinical health-care research
• JHU HIV Guide (For PDAs)

 

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Drug Information

• RxList(Top 200 Prescribed Drugs; Search by Imprint Codes)
• DRUGFACTS.com(Free Information for Over 4,500 Generic and Trade Name Drugs)

 

PDA and Mobile Computing Resources

• Move your Brain to your Hand- from Advance for Nurses
• RNpalm- The journal of mobile nursing informatics
• PEPID- Portable Emergency and Primary Care Information Database 17041
• Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide- Free download for Pocket PC, Palm OS, Blackberry
• MedCalc- Over 75 free biomedical calculations for your Palm OS device

 

Patient Education Resources (For Clinicians and Patients)

• MEDLINEplus(National Library of Medicine)
• English and Non-English Patient Handouts(Oregon Health Sciences U)
• Ethnomed (Cross-Cultural Healthcare Resources)
• Selected Spanish Patient Education Handouts(Advance for Nurse Practitioners)
• Medem Medical Library for PatientsFrom reputable medical societies
• National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD)
• AllReferHealth- Great site for family and community health!
• HIV InSite(University of California, San Francisco AIDS Research Institute)
• healthfinder ™(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Oncolink®(University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource)
• Go Ask Alice(Columbia University Health Question & Answer Service)
• Health Info 2000(More than 750 Links to Health and Medical Information)
• Health Talk Interactive(Interactive Feedback on Health Issues for Consumers)

 

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Patient Safety

• Practitioner Medication Error Reporting System(US Pharmacopoeia)
• Medication Errors(FDA)
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices
• National Patient Safety Foundation
• National Center for Patient Safety(Veterans Administration)
• Medical Errors and Patient Safety(AHRQ)
• HIPAA Resources from HHS

 

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Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

• What is Evidence-Based Nursing?*
• Evidence-Based Nursing (University of Minnesota)
• Research Resources for Evidence-Based Nursing(McGill University)
• Evidence-Based Nursing Syllabi, Worksheets
• Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing

 

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Nursing Research and Theory

• AHRQ Nursing Research
• Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT)
• National Institute of Nursing Research
• Johns Hopkins University Center for Nursing Research
• JHU Research Administration Services
• Johns Hopkins Medicine Research
• School of Public Health Office of Research Administration
• AHRQ Nursing Research
• QualPage- for qualitative researchers

 

Grants and Funding

• SRA (Society of Research Administrators) GrantsWeb
• Foundation Center
• GrantsNet (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
• GrantsNet (DHHS)
• GuideStar- National Database of Non-Profit Organizations
• Baltimore Community Foundation
• Catholic Campaign for Human Development – Archdiocese of Baltimore

 

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Nursing Informatics

• American Nursing Informatics Association

 

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Transcultural Nursing

• EthnoMed(University of Washington)
• Transcultural Nursing Society
• CultureMed(SUNY)
• Cultural Diversity in Nursing
• American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
• American Nurses Association

 

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Professional Organizations and Government Resources

• American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• Sigma Theta Tau International(Nursing Honor Society)
• American Association for the History of Nursing
• AORN: Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc
• National Gerontological Nursing Association
• National League for Nursing
• State of Maryland Board of Nursing
• Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

 

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Certifications, CNE, Job Seeking

• International Council of Nurses
• Travel Nurses
• World Health Organization
• ANA Career Guide
• Peacecorps
• American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Kaplan Nursing Page(information on N-CLEX, Careers, State Certifications)
• Nursing Credits Online
• Expediant Medstaff Nursing Jobs
• Nursing Job Hub
• Travel Nurse Express

 

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Writing and Style Guides

• Citation Machine- generates APA and MLA citations by resource type.
• APA Resources from the Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Online Medical Dictionary
• Care Plan Writing(Open Directory Listing)

 

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Hospitals and Accreditation

• Maryland Hospitals
• HospitalWeb
• American Hospital Directory
• European Hospital Directory
• JCAHO
• OSHA