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 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.

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
Scroll to the bottom of the page for links to the websites for Occupational Outlook Handbook, Florida Health Careers, Choices Planner, Nursing Spectrum: Careers in Nursing, Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow, and Planning a Career in Nursing.

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.

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

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. 

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.

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

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
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.

Student Success Center (SSC), Medical Campus, Miami Dade College
Provides a listing of computer based tutoring programs accessible from computers in the Medical Campus Library and in SSC. SSC also offers online and face-to-face tutoring services. For more information on any of these services or programs, contact SSC at (305) 237-4499.

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.