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DailyMed - Provides information about marketed drugs.
Drug
Information - Reliable drug information from the National
Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health
ethnomed - Contains information about cultural beliefs,
medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health
care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are
refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world.
Hardin
Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources - Links to
directories in 38 clinical subjects and medical specialties plus
links to medical pictures.
Health
Web - Information for locating, evaluating, and using
health-related Internet resources.
MedHist
(History of Medicine) - Searchable catalog of Internet sites
and resources.
MEDLINEplus
(Health Information for Consumers) - Reliable
consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine.
National Academies -
Information on issue-oriented questions about education, science,
technology, and health in the U.S. Includes links to many
full text publications.
National Library of Medicine
Special Information Services - Information
resources and services in toxicology, environmental health,
chemistry, HIV/AIDS, and specialized topics in minority health.
PILOTS
Database (PTSD) - Electronic index to the worldwide
literature on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
World Health Organization - UN site on International Health.
Professional
Organizations & Agencies
Academy
of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Government agency
for evidence-based practice.
American
Nurses Association (Nursing World)
American
Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) - Provides
comprehensive credentialing.
American
Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
ANCC
Accreditation - American Nurses Credentialing Centler list
of accredited organizations providing continuing education for
nurses.
Association for Death Education and Counseling (The Forum) - ADEC's newsletter, addresses topics in death and dying for death education and counseling professionals.
Center
for Health Affairs (formerly Greater Cleveland Hospital Assn.)
- Addresses and weblinks to hospitals in Northeast Ohio.
Emergency
Nurses Association
Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
National
Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect -
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services site with information about child abuse and links to
related sites.
National Guideline Clearinghouse (evidence based clinical
guidelines and related materials).
National
Institute of Health - A to Z of NIH health resources,
clinical trials, health hotlines, MEDLINEplus, drug information.
National
Institute of Nursing Research -
NIH division that supports clinical
and basic research in nursing. Provides grants.
National
League for Nursing - Organization for nursing education and
the accreditation of nursing programs.
National
Library of Medicine (includes Free Medline)
Ohio
Board of Nursing - Regulatory board that licenses nurses in
Ohio.
Siecus
(Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.)
- Non-profit organization that
develops, collects, and disseminates information on sex and
sexuality.
Sigma
Theta Tau International - Nursing honor society to support
Nursing research.
U.S
Dept. of Health and Human Services (Healthfinder) - Links to
selected information and web sites from over 1,700 health-related
organizations.
Journals
MMWR:
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Online
Journal of Issues in Nursing
PC-FACS
- Summaries for clinicians in critical care from the American
Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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