David & Lorraine Cheng Library

William Paterson University of New Jersey

Nursing Resources

Reference Sources

WPUNJ Nursing Department
http://www.wpunj.edu/cos/nursing/
Healthy People 2010
A national health promotion and disease prevention initiative.
http://www.healthypeople.gov
National Library of Medicine
Access MEDLINEplus, PubMed and Internet Grateful Med search engines.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
RxList - The Internet Drug Index
Searchable index provides descriptions, warnings, contraindications, dosage information.
http://www.rxlist.com/

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Evidence-Based Practice Resources

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Under the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, AHRQ supports research and collects data concerning the safety, quality, efficiency, cost and access of healthcare services.
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcix.htm
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
This independent, non-profit group maintains this site which contains links to guidelines, preventive services, summary reports about clinical outcomes.
http://www.icsi.org/guidelines_and_more/
National Guideline Clearinghouse
An initiative of the AHRQ, this is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.
http://www.guideline.gov/
SUMSearch
This search engine designed by the University of Texas Health Science Center combines met-searching and contingency searching for medical evidence. The results list is organized by category and includes links and information about journal articles, guidelines, reviews, as well as text books and research.
http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/

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Research Instruments, Surveys & Tools

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, CAPS Instruments
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/projects/instrumentindex.html
Indiana University at Bloomington, Alcohol Research and Health Information Questionnaires
http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/aquest.shtml
RAND Health: Surveys & Tools
http://www.rand.org/health/surveys_tools.html
Stanford School of Medicine: Research Instruments
http://patienteducation.stanford.edu/research/
University of Washington’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute’s Sound Data Source Instruments
Click SDS Instruments Library link for a list of publicly available instruments.
http://adai.washington.edu/sounddatasource/

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Nursing Theory

Clayton College and State University, Department of Nursing's Nursing Theory Link Page
http://healthsci.clayton.edu/eichelberger/nursing.htm
Nursescribe's Nursing Theory Page
http://www.enursescribe.com/nurse_theorists.htm
Nursing Theory Network
http://www.nursingtheory.net/
University of San Diego, Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science's Nursing Theory Page
http://www.sandiego.edu/academics/nursing/theory/

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Nursing Care Plans

Archives of the Nursing Care Plans Listserv
http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/archives/carepl-l.html
RN Central's Care Plan Corner
http://www.rncentral.com/careplans/contents.html
Sample Care Plan for MS Patient
http://www.cnsonline.org/www/archive/ms/ms-07.txt

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Health Statistics

United States

FASTATS
Provides federal statistical information by health-related topic.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats
Fedstats
Gateway to statistics collected and published by over 100 federal agencies.
http://www.fedstats.gov
Current Injury, Illness and Fatality Data
Data collected by the US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm
National Center for Health Statistics
Data is provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the principal source for statistical health information in the US.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
State Health Facts Online
Health and health policy information for all 50 states and US territories provided by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?

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New Jersey

Communicable Diseases
Data collected by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/stats.htm
Healthy NJ
This site produced by UMDNJ provides a wealth of information for health professionals and consumers.
http://www.healthynj.org/nj/njhealthstats.html
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
http://www.state.nj.us/health/

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Anatomy, Images, and Study Guides

Hardin MD: Medical Pictures/Disease Pictures
This site sponsored by University of Iowa’s Hardin Library for the Health Sciences provides a comprehensive list of medical pictures and related links sorted by topic.
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/pictures.html
Human Anatomy Online
A Java compatible browser is required for this site. Provides tours of 10 body systems.
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
McGill University’s Virtual Stethoscope
Real Player is required to use this tutorial for assessing cardiovascular and respiratory conditions.
http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/mvs/mvsteth.htm
NetAnatomy
This site includes radiographic, cross-sectional and gross anatomy, basic terminology and selected Visible Male and Female images.
http://www.netanatomy.com/default.htm
Physical Exam Study Guides
Designed by the University of Florida.
http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs/clist/index.html

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Nursing Sites

Brownson's Nursing Notes
http://members.tripod.com/%7EDianneBrownson/
Cybernurse
http://www.cybernurse.com
Nursescribe
http://www.enursescribe.com/index.htm
RN Central
http://www.rncentral.com
Nursing World
http://www.nursingworld.org/
Nursing Net
http://www.nursingnet.org/
Lippincott's Nursing Center
http://www.nursingcenter.com/
Martindale's Virtual Nursing Center
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Nursing.html

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Associations

American Holistic Nursing Association
http://ahna.org/
American Medical Informatics Association - Nursing Informatics Work Group
http://www.amia-niwg.org/
American Nurses Association
http://www.ana.org/
National Coalition of the Ethnic Minority Nurse Association
http://www.ncemna.org/
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.
http://www.ncsbn.org/
National Student Nurse Association
http://www.nsna.org/
New Jersey State Nurses Association
http://www.njsna.org/
New Jersey Nursing Students' Association
http://www.njnsinc.org/
Sigma Theta Tau International - Honor Society of Nursing
http://www.nursingsociety.org/

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Blogs

About a Nurse
http://www.rainwindows.blogspot.com
Code Blog - Tales of a Nurse
http://www.codeblog.com
Head-Nurse
http://head-nurse.blogspot.com
Nurse Practitioner's Place
http://arnp.blogspot.com/

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Compiled by Victoria Wagner
 Access Services Librarian
Library Liaison to the Nursing Department
Created: February 29, 2000
Last Updated: February 4, 2008