Resources for Nurses
Nursing Conferences
Nursing Topics
Nursing Organizations
Nursing Profession
Nursing Shortage
Resources
for Nurse Researchers
Research Resources
Nursing
Instruments and
Measurements
Research Instruments in CINAHL
Survey
and Questionnaire Design
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Bibliographies
- Hot Topics
[Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine]
Resource listings on selected topics of interest to nurses and nurse
practitioners.
Cancer Resources
Career Guidance
- Careers@NurseWeek
A career resource center for nurses.
- careerbuilder.com
Includes a job search database for healthcare professionals.
Career information resources also provided.
- MedCareers
A job search database for healthcare professionals. Includes
chats, onlines newsletter, and articles on topics such as
interviewing skills and job security.
- MedHunters
Includes a job search database for healthcare professionals.
- Nursing
Center
Career Center
Lists job openings for the United States and Canada. Includes
opportunities for travel nursing, a guide to licensure and
certification, and job hunting resources.
- Nursing
Job Search Handbook
Includes examples of resumes, cover letters, and interview
questions.
- Nursing Spectrum Career
Fitness Online
Includes a job search database for nurses.
- RNJobs.com
Includes a job search database for nurses.
Clinical Guidelines and Care Plans
- AHRQ Clinical Practice
Guidelines
Provides clinical practice guidelines, quick reference guides for
clinicians, and consumer's guide in English and Spanish.
- CarePlans.com
Includes a real time chat room, discussion forums, and libraries
to assist caregivers in all aspects of healthcare.
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
Provides a complete list of over 400 guideline summaries
available through the NGC website of the AHRQ.
- RN Central
Care Plans
Provides examples of care plans and includes a blank care plan
template so nurses can create their own.
- UCSD
Practice Guidelines Online
Provides access to the University of California at San Diego
Medical Center 's outpatient and inpatient guidelines. Adobe
Acrobat is necessary to view the guidelines.
Clinical Trials
- CenterWatch Clinical Trials
Listing Service
Provides access to a listing of more than 41,000 industry
and government-sponsored clinical trials as well as new
drug therapies recently approved by the FDA. Designed to be
a resource both for patients interested in participating in
clinical trials and for research professionals.
- Clinical Trials.gov
From the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes
of Health. Provides patients, family members and members of
the public current information about clinical research studies.
Consumer Health
A listing of some helpful Internet resources for seeking medical or
health information.
Continuing Education
- ANA Continuing
Online Education
Features personalized, ANCC accredited online certificates
instantly upon completion.
- ceWEB
A site managed American Health Consultants.
- NurseCEU.com
Provides links to all nursing continuing education modules
offered on the Internet.
- Nursing
Center
CE Connection
Provides access to over 300 ANCC/AACN contact hours.
Provides full text articles available for contact hours.
- Nursing Conferences
[Mayo Clinic Libraries]
A listing of conferences for nurses arranged by
specialty.
- Nursing
Spectrum
Offers on-line continuing education courses. Includes
information regarding state requirements for continuing
education.
- RnCEUS
ANCC approved Continuing Education online.
- RNWeb CE Center
Features ANA/AACN approved continuing education credit.
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Electronic Discussion Groups
Ethics
Evidence-Based Nursing
General Nursing Websites
- About.com: Nursing
An excellent collection of nursing related web sites.
- Academic Journal
Directory
A useful site for nurses interested in writing for publication.
Maintained by the University of Texas Medical Branch School
of Nursing.
- Allnurses.com
A comprehensive collection of nursing related web sites.
- Hardin Meta Directory
of Internet Health Sources (Hardin
MD)
Internet listings of medical disease and professional specialty
resources maintained by the Hardin Library for the Health
Sciences (University of Iowa).
- Health: United States
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Services' (DHHS) annual report on the health status of the
nation.
- HealthWeb
Provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on
the Internet selected by librarians and information professionals.
Contains Healthweb
Nursing
- Healthy People
This annual report presents statistical progress toward each
of the Healthy People 2010 goals.
- HospitalLink
A useful tool to find the web site of almost any hospital in the
United States .
- InterNurse
An online publication written by nurses about nursing.
- Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations
Official JCAHO website.
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
A website organized by subject with links to the best
websites in each area
- Medical Matrix
A collection of sites that are peer-reviewed and annotated.
Registration required.
- Medscape Nursing
A site for advanced practice nurses, specifically designed to
meet the needs of nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists,
nurse midwives, and nurse anesthetists.
- NMAP
A United Kingdom resource developed for nurses, midwives, and
allied health professionals.
- Nurses.com
A professional community for nurses.
- Nursezone.com
An online community aimed at all aspects of nurses' lives.
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- Nursing Center
A collection of nursing-related web sites by Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins.
- Nursing World
The American Nurses Association web site.
- Refdesk.com
Provides access to various types of reference materials.
- Resources for
Nurses and Families
A collection of nursing related web sites.
- RN Central
Provides a collection of nursing related web sites. Includes
care plans.
- RNWeb
Provides nurses with an online community featuring content
from by the journal, RN.
- Virginia
Henderson International Nursing Library
From Sigma Theta Tau. A nursing research library providing
access to the Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing
History of Nursing
Humor
Midwifery
NCLEX
- Testing Services
Provides an overview of the NCLEX examination testing process,
the NCLEX examination review materials and courses, and
answers to frequently asked questions. From the National Council
of State Boards of Nursing.
- Kaplan
Nursing
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions provides information regarding
the NCLEX examination including courses and services, free
practice, and test registration.
Nursing Data
Nursing Schools
Nursing Shortage
- Nursing Shortage
Resources [Mayo Clinic Libraries]
A listing of books, journal articles, reports,
and a few websites
on the nursing shortage.
Nursing Theory
- Nurse
Theorists [Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic
College of Medicine]
A selected listing of books, journals, videos,
and webpages
available on various nurse theorists.
- The Nursing Theory
Page
An overview of nursing theorists maintained at the Hahn School
of Nursing and Health Science at the University of San Diego .
- Nursing
Theory Link Page
A collection of links maintained by the Department of Nursing at
Clayton College and State University .
Transcultural Nursing
- Center for Cross-Cultural Health
Actively involved in the education and training of health care
providers in theState of Minnesota to be culturally diverse in
their health practices.
- Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Addresses broad cultural issues that impact the health of
individuals and families in ethnic minority communities.
- Diversity Rx
Promoting language and cultural competence to improve the
quality of health for minority groups.
- EthnoMed
Contains information about Somali cultural beliefs, medical
issues, and history.
- Information for Health
Care Providers When Dealing With a Muslim Patient
Provides tips on interacting with a Muslim patient. From Dr.
Shahid Athar of the Islamic Medical Association of North
America.
- Patient
Diversity [Mayo Clinic Libaries]
A listing of books, videotapes, and web sites.
- Primary
Care- Clinical Practice Guidelines - Cross Cultural
Resources
An excellent collection of web sites regarding transcultural,
multicultural, and cultural competency resources.
- Transcultural
and Multicultural Health Links
A collection of multicultural links that includes religious groups
(such as Amish, Muslim, and Jehovah Witness) and ethnic
groups (such as Native American, Asian, and Hmong).
- Transcultural Web Sites
[Mayo Clinic Libraries]
A collection of transcultural web sites.
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The lists of resources on these pages are not intended to be complete
or comprehensive. The selected resources included are representative of
the subject areas covered and are an excellent starting point for further
research. Additional print and electronic information can be found by
conducting your own literature search, consulting other library collections,
or contacting a professional librarian/informationist for assistance.
Please check with your local library to determine availability of these
resources and local library access to national interlibrary loan networks
for resources not owned locally. The lists of resources are updated regularly
as new resources are identified by the Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic
College of Medicine.
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