BSN Program Guide

AIDS Info
Offers information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and research. Topics include a drug database, clinical trials, and vaccine research.

American Heart Association 2010 Guidelines for CPR and ECC
Provides a summary of changes and webcasts on the 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for CPR and ECC for 3 different populations: hospitals, EMS, and the community.

American Red Cross
Provides information about red cross services, such as disaster preparedness, CPR, AIDS, swimming & babysitting courses. Also provides information about volunteer and donation opportunities.

Career Guidance Resources on the Internet
Links to the career websites.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Provides up-to-date information on many aspects of health care, including diseases and conditions, vaccines and immunizations, and emergency preparedness and response. It also includes a section with health statistics.

Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements
Provides the fulltext of the American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics.

Drugs.com
Provides comprehensive information on prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines and natural products, including a pill identifier and interactions checker.

Evidence Based Nursing
Definitions, models, and teaching of evidence based nursing.

Florida Center for Nursing
Provides information on nursing shortage issues and ways of recruiting and retaining nurses in the state of Florida.

Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Provides a listing of domestic violence centers, legal assistance for victims, assistance for special groups, such as immigrants and the elderly, and a schedule of training opportunities.

Florida Department of Health: Nursing Board Overview
Provides applications for renewal or new nursing licenses, Florida Statutes pertinent to nursing, licensed provider directory, continuing education information as well as license information for visiting nurses or people trained in a foreign country.

Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
Features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication.

Health Informatics World Wide: Nursing Informatics
Provides a list of nursing informatics programs.

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or HITECH Act: Full Text
Provides the full text of the HITECH Act, which is a bill that was passed into law in 2009 that provides incentives to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records.

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or HITECH Act: Summary
Provides a summary of the HITECH Act, highlighting its four major goals.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Links to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance procedures.

HealthMap
An interactive map that enables you to view the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health.

Healthy People 2020
A statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats. 

Joanna Briggs Institute
Provides evidence-based practice resources and services.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
The United State's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body for health care organizations and programs.

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Provides the AIDS epidemic update report.

Learn CPR
Provides illustrated guides on performing CPR on adults, children, infants, and pets. Video demonstration also provided.

Management Resources for Healthcare & Medical Professionals
Provides many tools for the nursing manager, including downloadable documents on medical errors, incidence reports, optimizing patient flow and more.

MedlinePlus
Includes a Medical Encyclopedia, Medical Dictionary,Interactive Tutorials on common procedures and conditions, and Doctor and Dentist Directories.

MERCKSource Resource Library
Includes A.D.A.M. Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Merck Manuals, and the PDR Family Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs.

National Institute of Nursing Research
Provides funding and support for nursing research and research training.

Nurses.com
Job listings, continuing education opportunities, and news relevant to nursing.

Nursing Center
Career advice, job listings, and continuing education opportunities.

nursing-informatics.com
Offers continuing education credit-approved courses for health care providers interested in nursing informatics.

Nursing Informatics Online
Provides several discussion forums, a continuing education calendar, job listings, and other useful links.

Nursing Resources from the Nursing & Allied Health Resource Section of the Medical Library Association Includes links to free resources for nurses including databases, electronic books, electronic journals, and web sites related to nursing and allied health disciplines.

Nursing Spectrum
Career advice, job listings, continuing education opportunities, and news relevant to nursing.

Nursing Theory Page
Provides information about a number of nursing theorists, including Orem, Peplau, Roy, Watson, Wiedenback, Kolcaba, and Mercer.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Provides health standards, regulations, and inspections to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths.

Stress & Nursing Burnout Management
Provides stress management information and resources to help nurses deal with job-related stress.

Transcultural Nursing
Provides information about nursing in a third world culture, cultural profiles as related to health care, sample case studies, and a transcultural nursing assessment tool.

United American Nurses, AFL-CIO
Union for nurses that works to improve the economic and general welfare of nurses, provide a quality work environment, protect nurse and patient safety and influence nursing practice standards.

World Wide Wounds
Provides an ejournal, discussion forum, and product news for dressing materials and practical wound management.