Medical Terminology
Deciphering Medspeak – from the Medical Library Association.
English for Nursing – helping students understand technical terms.
Medical Terminology – from the Centre for Applied English Studies – from the University of Hong Kong.
MERCK Online Medical Manuals – an online medical library complete with sections, symptoms and a subject disease index.
Medline Plus Medical Dictionary – an online medical dictionary with a search function.
Find your salary as a nurse at Average Nursing Salaries from Salary.com. Be sure to select Healthcare-Nursing and then a state for the most accurate salary.
Pharmacology
DosageHelp.com – is a dosage calculations tutorial which provides examples and practice questions.
Research a Drug – A drug information resource for the healthcare professional from Johns Hopkins Health Information.
Medication Math for Student Nurses
Medicine World.org – Many Online Medical Calculators.
Nursing Math – Medical Calculations Equations formulas.
Pharmacology Math - select a practice quiz on Equivalencies, Basic Ratio & Infusion rates, & more.
· More Pharmacology Math – Show Me – a continuation of Pharmacology Math.
Evidence-Based Practice
Bandolier – “evidence-based thinking about healthcare.”
Evidence Based Clinical Practical Tutorial - from the Edgar G. Miner Library, University of Rochester Medical Center. This tutorial is designed for students in healthcare fields, medical professionals, faculty, and anyone else interested in evidence-based practice.
Evidence-Based Practice – “an interprofessional tutorial.” “This tutorial is designed for students in healthcare fields, medical professionals, faculty, and anyone else interested in evidence-based practice.”
Evidence-Based Medicine Tutorials – from Lamar Soutter Library. “After completing these tutorials you should be able to:
· Define a Clinical Question
· Translate a Clinical Question into a Searchable Question
· Decide on the Best Type of Study to Address the Question
· Perform a Literature Search (Ovid or PubMed)
Student Handout – “Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice” by Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt – see Sherry for the handout.
Nursing objects Library – from Mesa Community College
Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses – an online book. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
PICO chart – Formulating patient-centered questions - from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Avoiding Plagiarism – websites to help you
Academic Honesty and plagiarism – from the University Of Melbourne.
Duke University Libraries – Examples of paraphrasing.
http://library.duke.edu/research/plagiarism/cite/paraphrase.html
George Washington University – Gervace Programs - 10 Examples of plagiarism.
http://gervaseprograms.georgetown.edu/honor/system/53501.html
Indiana University Bloomington – School of Education – How to recognize plagiarism with examples.
http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/example1paraphrasing.html
· Also – Tutorial with a practice test from this site.
http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/
The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue – Avoiding Plagiarism
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/
University of Kentucky – Chemistry Department.
Plagiarism: Definition, examples and penalties.
http://www.chem.uky.edu/Courses/common/plagiarism.html#Examples
University of Maryland University College – How to avoid plagiarism tutorial with examples.
http://www.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorial/basics.shtml
Research Resources – a little help with your research – including APA citation style.
Ask an Experienced Nurse – A dozen professional nurses, students, and professors have agreed to answer any questions you may have.
Nurse Spectrum – is a nursing career and educational resource created "for RNs by RNs." Nursing Spectrum has received awards for nursing recruitment and exceptional news coverage of the nursing profession.
The OWL from Purdue – an excellent online source for APA.
APA Style – Frequently Asked Questions
Government Sources
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
National Guideline Clearinghouse – a guide to diseases and mental health disorders.
National Network of Libraries of Medicine – The NN/LM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine and provides health science practitioners, investigators, educators, and administrators in the United States with timely, convenient access to biomedical and health care information resources.
· Health Information on the Web - Links to web resources from the National Library of Medicine.
Guides & Journals
Aging – Statistical Data on Aging – from AARP.
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine – searchable online journal that includes up-to-date, practical, and clinical information.
Free Medical Journals – this site was created to promote the free availability of full text medical journals on the Internet.
National Guideline Clearinghouse – a guide to diseases and mental health disorders. NGC provides physicians, nurses, health care providers, and other health professionals a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.
Professional Nursing Organizations
American Nursing Association
Arizona State Board of Nursing
National League for Nursing - The NLN offers faculty development programs, networking opportunities, testing and assessment, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its 28,000 individual and 1,200 institutional members.
National Student Nurses Association
Nurses Pinning Ceremony
Pinning Ceremony – includes the Nightingale Pledge, Nursing Prayers, and planning a ceremony
Nursing Pinning Ceremony – from Ocean County College, New Jersey
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