Helpful Links
- Assessment
Practice assessing Lung Sounds at the RALE Repository.
- Disease Processes
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. Additionally, visit the website for the American Cancer Society.
For more information about diabetes, visit the American Diabetes Association.
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.
Mayo Clinic has a wealth of information on Diseases & Conditions; Drugs & Supplements, Treatment Decisions, Healthy Living, and more. Great patient education site:
- 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).
Hospital Compare (Medicare)
- 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.
Increase your visibility by creating a profile on EliteSitter.com.
CampusRN - Search Thousands of Entry-Level Jobs, Externships and Scholarship Opportunities.
- National Initiatives
Future of Nursing
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Institute of Medicine
National Patient Safety Goals
QSEN (Quality and Safety in Educating Nurses)
- NCLEX
Learn about the 8 Steps of NCLEX and other important information at the NCLEX Candidate Bulletin Information Page
- Nursing Organizations
Association of Perioperative Nurses
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
Perform free medical information searches at PubMed.
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.
Nursing Degree Guide is a listing of Nursing programs and other articles and interviews related to Nursing practice.
Be sure you're aware of current guidelines relating to social media and social networking by reading a white paper recently published by the NCSBN.
- Patient Advocacy
Campaign Zero
- Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics
Child Development Institute
Kids Health
- Pharmacology
Dosagehelp.com provides a dosage calculations tutorial, complete with explanations and examples, to help nursing students prepare for a medication exam.
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.
- RN To BSN Information
Visit this website for a list of nationally-accredited RN to BSN programs
http://www.bestnursingdegree.com/programs/rn-to-bsn/
Visit
OnlineNursingPrograms.com to view information about continuing education.
- Scholarship and Financial Aid Information
NursingScholarshipUS provides free scholarship and financial aid resources from numerous sources for nursing students.
SNAPLE NF Outreach is a program that provides up studet loan forgiveness to students pursuing
graduate degrees and faculty positions.
CampusRN Scholarship Fund - CampusRN has $15,000 in scholarships available to Nursing & Allied Health Students.
- Study Skills, Study Help, and Scholarly Writing
Need extra help with studying nursing content? There are lots of different ways to study and to learn. Try freenursetutor.com for lots of FREE great resources for nursing students!
Ever struggled with APA format? Try the APA website for more information, or for really good helpful hints on APA style, visit Purdue's Online Writing Lab which provides and online workshop on writing in APA format.
Free Skills Videos from Saddleback College Nursing Program: Click the Podcast button to view.
Take advantage of a special RCC Student discount available for
Skyscape resources including Nursing Manuals, Drug Guides and more!
Need help practicing for NCLEX? Check out this link for NCLEX practice questions.
See this link for information about Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) used by the NCSBN for NCLEX
