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Recommended Websites

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

bullet American Heart Association 2005 Guidelines for CPR and ECC
Provides a summary of changes and webcasts on the 2005 American Heart Association guidelines for CPR and ECC for 3 different populations: hospitals, EMS, and the community.

bullet 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.

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

bullet 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.

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

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

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

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

bullet 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.

bullet 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.

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

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

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

bullet Healthy People 2010
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.
 

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

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

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

bullet 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.

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

bullet 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.

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

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

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

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

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

bullet Nursing Leadership Institute
Helps nursing leaders enhance their leadership skills through continuing education programs and sharing of best practices.

bullet 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.

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

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

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

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

bullet 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.

bullet 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.

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

 

 

 



 



 



 

 

 


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