Helpful Links
- Assessment
Practice assessing Lung Sounds at the RALE Repository.
- Disease Processes
A great site for patient and family education related to asthma, this site gives a clear explanation of what asthma is, how it works, what treatments there are, and how they help. Good clear graphics, and easy to understand.
Cancer is a major issue in health care. "Bone marrow transplant info" is a site that provides not only information about current research and practice related to BMT, but loads of links to various cancer sites, including those related to pediatric cancer.
Healthgate provides information for the public and for health care professionals on topics related to health and illness, nutrition and exercise. Search engines are also included for Medline searches and a medical dictionary on-line.
Want to learn more about birth defects and infant mortality? Check out the March of Dimes website.
Multiple Sclerosis clients can visit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society website for information on the disease, clinical research, legislative alerts, and more.
- Government Agencies
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) provides up to date information on disease and treatment, statistics, publications, and legislation.
Search through a wealth of information related to healthcare, disease, legislation and more at the National Institute for Health (NIH).
- Job Resources
Interested in a job? You can find regional job listings at Aftercollege.com.
Post your resumé or search for nursing jobs at nursejobshop.com.
Search monster.com for job listings around the nation.
- Nursing Organizations
CLVNA: Find out more information about Licensed Vocational Nurses and membership in the California organization
NA's: Find out about the American Nurses' Association, State Nurses' Association, Credentialing and Online Journal of Nursing
A wealth of information is available from the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), including general information, licensure, the Nursing Practice Act, Continuing Education, Diversion Programs for nurses, and much more.
The BVNPT (Board of Vocational Nursing & Psychiatric Technicians) posts similar information regarding the Licensed Vocational Nurse in California. (ORGANIZATIONS)
Find out about how the National Student Nurses Association can help nursing students and the profession at the NSNA website.
- Nursing Profession
Learn about nursing careers and nursing schools at this Johnson & Johnson web site: discovernursing.com
Learn about the history of nursing and how the profession has progressed at AA History of Nursing
Browse through Nursing journals, forum discussions, nursing resources and career opportunities at Lippincott's Nursing Center.
Perform free medical information searches at PubMed.
Springnet, the publisher of Nursing2004, contains many articles and links for nurses, nurse managers, student nurses, nurse practitioners, ER nurses, critical care nurses, and much more.
Keep up to date on important issues in health care and nursing by reading Nurseweek
Allnurses.com connects you to information related to nursing/medical associations, boards, colleges/universities, commercial businesses, books, and resources.
Diane Brownson includes a huge listing of other Nursing Links at her website for nurses.
Need CEU's (continuing education units)? www.rnweb.com has over 300 courses available at low cost. This is also an excellent source for FREE full text articles.
- Pharmacology
Dr.Koop.com provides more drug information for the consumer.
eDruginfo has information about recently approved drugs and new drug warnings.
The Food and Drug Administration has a lot of information and links available for health professionals, consumers, and patients.
Herbs.org offers a bibliography of journal articles about 15 commonly used herbs.
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices informs the healthcare community about safe medication practices.
The Mayo Clinic's Web site for consumers has a large offering of drug information.
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy focuses on online pharmacies. Check them out to see how to determine which services are safe to use.
The Physician's Desk Reference site contains an extensive list of drugs with detailed information and color photographs.
RxList is Healthcentral's easy-to-use consumer drug index. Enter the drug name or pill identification number for full information (part of John Hopkins University).
United States Pharmacopeia establishes standards of quality and disseminates information about the use of medicines. Visit their site for more in-depth information.
