 General
Health & Nursing Resources
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- AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Allnurses.com
Nursing jobs, news, links, discussion groups.
- American Heart Association
Risk assessment tests, news, publications, local offices, and much more about
the AHA.
- American Public Health Association
On this site you can get information about membership, association conferences,
legislative affairs, news and publications from the American Public Health
Association.
- CINAHL Information Systems
Home page of CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health. Information
about their products only.
- eAccessHealth.org
"New Opportunities for Accessing Health Information in the Twin Tiers
A Guide for Librarians, Medical Professionals, and Consumers "
- MEDWEB @ Emory University
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National Guideline Clearinghouse
This resource is a database of evidence based clinical guidelines made
available by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. A detailed abstract of each
guideline is provided, along with full text where available, or information
for obtaining a print copy.
National Institute of
Nursing Research
A searchable database for NINR grants.
- NIGHTINGALE
Presented by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Nursing.
An early pioneer in providing nursing information on the web. Conference information
and call for papers.
- NursingNet
A Home page dedicated to nursing practice of all disciplines. Created by a
nurse, and a nursing student, formerly an Emergency Medical technician, "dedicated
to the Continuing Education and involvement of nursing professionals and allied
health care providers." (Intro.)
- World Health Organization
Publications, news on world health, health information for travellers, online
library, and more.
Special
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- AIDS
- Cancer information
- American Cancer Society
Learn more about the American Cancer Society, their events, publications,
guidelines, grants, and address for the local offices.
- National Cancer
Institute CancerNet
Provides access to PDQ database - the current clinical cancer information
database of the National Cancer Institute.
- OncoLink
The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Resource Center, provides cancer
information to patients, their families, and health care providers. Includes
descriptions of various cancers, diagnostic tests, and treatments. Recipient
of numerous Web awards.
- Consumer Health/Patient Education
- Death and Dying
- Genetics
- Geriatrics
- Midwifery, Pregnancy, Birth
- Midwifery Today
Geared toward parents and those considering midwifery as a career. Links
to the Online Birth Center, and Midwifery Today. Good midwifery source with
a U.S. perspective.
- Neurological Disorders
Organizations
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Government
Resources
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- Department of Health and
Human Services
Links to Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Aging,
Health Care Financing Administration, Public Health Service, Food and Drug
Administration. Also contains consumer information, research and data, and
GrantsNet.
- National Institutes of Health
Links directly to national databases such as PDQ, NIAID, NIH Research Labs
on the Web, Grants and Contracts and job vacancies at NIH. Links to the National
Library of Medicine.
- National Library of Medicine
Variety of services at the NLM, including database searching with a valid
account.
- National Institute of
Nursing Research
Organization information, news and events, publications and research information
can be found on this page.
- Centers for Disease Control
CDC statistics, MMWR, Traveler's Health, and Diseases, Health risks, and Prevention
Guidelines.
Internet
Resources
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- Galaxy
- Nursing
Internet links, but particularly a good list of links to institutions.
- Health on the Net Foundation
Sponsored by the Swiss-bases Health on the Net Foundation, screens websites
for reliability of information. Can be used to search for other reliable sites.
- MedWeb
Biomedical Internet Resources from Emory University Health Sciences Library.
- Resources
for Nurses and Families
Provides listing of over 150 sites on diverse topics concerning nursing, children,
and families.
E-journals
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- Hardin MD
This is a selected list of free full-text online electronic medical journals,
with an emphasis on journals that are included in Medline.
- The
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
Full text articles from the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.
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