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American Journal of Nursing
(Access American Nurses Association positions regarding relevant nursing issues and trends-some articles may be downloaded)
http://www.ajn.org
Center for Disease Control
(Offers national, state, and local health statistics, health information, publications, traveler’s information, and more)
http://www.cdc.gov
Fed World Information Network
(Managed by the US Department of Commerce-provides access to valuable federal databases, information network, and US government reports)
http://www.fedworld.gov
Louisiana Reports
(Offers access to Louisiana government departments and their documents)
http://www.state.la.us
McNeese State University Library
(Offers several internet sites of interest to nursing students)
http://www.library.mcneese.edu/int/nursing.htm#nurs
Merck Manual of Medical Information-Home Edition
(Complete Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy-sections for both consumers and health professionals)
http://merck.com/pubs/mmanual
National Institutes of Health
(Internet gateway to national news and events and a vast resource for health information, funding opportunities, scientific resources, institutes and offices)
http://www.nih.gov
NursingNet:Nursing Resources
(Super friendly resource for students and practicing nurses to access mentors and chatrooms for advice)
http://www.nursingnet.org
SpringNet-Advanced Practice Nurse Information
(Website for the publishers of The Nurse Practitioner and Nursing 99-offers excellent updates of drug info, online test preparation, career directories, and many, many valuable resources for all nursing specialties)
http://www.springnet.com/top
Virtual Hospital
(Managed by the University of Iowa and designed to be a digital health sciences library to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients—goal is to “make the Internet a useful medical reference and health
promotion tool"-contains hundreds of books and brochures)
http://www.vh.org
Virtual Nursing Center
(OUTSTANDING website inclusive of resources and services from A-Z)
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/%7emartindale/Nursing.html#NC
Health Services Technology Assessment
(Federal website offering access to clinical studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research)
http://text.nlm.nih.gov
Columbia Advanced Practice Nurse Associates
(innovative website maintained by the Columbia University School of Nursing for their nurse-managed clinic, definitely a trend-setter!)
http://www.capna.com
US Department of Health and Human Services Healthfinder
(Consumer-oriented website)
http://www.healthfinder.gov
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
(A “must-see” federal website for graduate nursing students-provides a gateway to news and announcements, funding opportunities, research findings, quality assessment, evidence-based practice, clinical practice guidelines,
technology assessment and much, much more)
http://www.ahcpr.gov
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