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Nursing
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"After
two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse." W.C.
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Facts.com Click on
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FirstSearch
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Internet
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| Accreditation
& State License Information |
National League for Nursing Accreditation, Inc.: http://www.nlnac.org National Council of State Boards of Nursing: http://www.ncsbn.org Illinois Department of Professional Regulation: http://www.idfpr.com (Click on Professional Regulation. Select a Profession from the drop down menu.) Indiana State Board of Nursing: http://www.in.gov/pla/ |
| Associations |
American Nursing
Association: http://www.ana.org National League for Nursing: http://www.nln.org National Student Nurses’ Association: http://www.nsna.org Nursing World: http://nursingworld.org (part of the American Nursing Association site) |
Clinical
Trials |
Clinical Trials in progress: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ |
| Drugs/Pharmacology |
Drug Information
Online: http://www.drugs.com/ Nurse’s PDR Resource Center: http://www.NursesPDR.com RX List: the Internet Drug Index: http://rxlist.com/ US Pharmacopeia: http://www.usp.org |
Government
Web sites |
Centers for
Disease control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov
Medline: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/medline.html MedWatch: http://www.fda.gov/medwatch (FDA Medical Products Reporting Program) National Institutes of Health: http:/a/www.nih.gov Food and drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en |
Health
Topics |
National
Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health MedlinePlus: http://www.medlineplus.gov A.D.A.M. Encyclopedia: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html Hardin MD: University of Iowa: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html MedWeb
@ Emory University: http://www.medweb.emory.edu/SPT--Home.php |
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Legal/Ethical
Issues |
Brent’s
Law: http://www.nursingspectrum.com
(Online question and answer column featuring Nancy Brent, RN, nurse attorney) Center for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov U.S. Dept. of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/healthprofessional/index.html |
Medical
Pictures |
Hardin MD, University of Iowa: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html |
Nursing
Calculator |
http://www.manuelsweb.com/nrs_calculators.htm |
| Nursing
Research |
Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality: http://www.ahrq.gov National Institute of Nursing Research: http://www.ninr.nih.gov/ |
Patient
Safety |
National Patient Safety Foundation: http://www.npsf.org |
Scholarships |
U.S. Dept. of Education federal student aid: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov |