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RECOMMENDED INTERNET RESOURCES FOR

NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENTS



NURSING WEBSITES
Nursing/Health Sciences Subject Guide


  • allnurses.com (formerly Worldwide Nurse)
    Links to extensive group of resources, including nursing literature, nursing associations, continuing education  opportunities, and Nurse-zine  newsletter of current nursing news.

  • Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) (State of California)
    Applications, fees, instructions, current policies, and contact information for nursing licensure in California.

  • CINAHLsources (NOT the same as CINAHL journal index!)
    Selected websites of interest to nursing and allied health professionals, researchers and students. Note especially links to Evidence-Based Practice, Health Administration and Informatics


  • Health Sciences Nursing Educational Resources (Saddleback College)
    A very comprehensive categorized list of links of interest to nursing students with anespecially useful page of links to Nursing journals and magazines.

  • How to Read a Paper
    A series of 10 articles by Trisha Greenhalgh (Senior Lecturer, University College London Medical School), published during 1997 in the British Medical Journal; intended to introduce the non-expert researcher to the varieties of medical articles and to the assessment of their values.

  • INASP Health Links
    The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications provides this gateway to selected websites for health professionals, with links to fulltext e-books, journals and images.


  • Lippincott's Nursing Center  
     An excellent source for nursing information: forum discussion, continuing education and journal articles ($2.95 - $5.95 charge per article).

  • National Institute of Nursing Research  (National Institutes of Health)
    Links to information on legislative activities that concern nursing and medicine, clinical and basic research funding and programs and Priority Expert Panel (PEP) Reports (1990-1995).

  • Nurses' PDR(r) Resource Center
    Companion to the PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook. Searchable drug database with information on major, FDA-approved drugs, including uses, side effects, warnings, and dosage. Also includes an A-Z list and clinical headlines.

  • Nurseweek
    Online forum for exchange of information and ideas: nursing news, resources, and job opportunities in California and Texas.

  • Nursing World  (American Nurses Association)
     
    Links to legislative information and policy papers as well as full text of American Nurse and Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, News Kiosk (press releases, news services, etc.), state nursing association websites, the American Academy of Nursing and more!