Nursing Links

Index of Topics:

APA Format

• APA Style Formatting Guide: http://web.indstate.edu/nurs/mary/apa2.htm

Cardiac

• Heart Murmurs: http://www.healthcyclopedia.com/heart_murmurs.html
• Heart Sounds in wav format: http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/class2000/sims/HeartSounds.html
• Cardiac Auscultation Simulator: http://www.familypractice.com/heartlab/heartlab.htm
• Electrocardiograms and Heart Sounds: http://biomedia.bio.purdue.edu/GenBioLM/GBECG/html/
  interpretation.html
• The EKG waves: http://paralia.com/athina/Heart/EkgWaves.html

Dermatology

• http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/derm/video/index.htm

Diseases

• Immunizations: http://www.nursingworld.org/innpower/slides.htm

Geriatric

• Geriatric Care: http://www.medscape.com/pages/editorial/resourcecenters/public/geriatric/rc-geriatric.ov

Gerontology

• Gerontological Teleconference from Cyberounds (registration required): http://www.cyberounds.com/conferences/geriatrics/
• Gerontology Lecture Series: http://videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents.asp?c=23

Hematology

• Sickle cell anemia: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000527.htm
• CELLS alive! by James A. Sullivan: http://www.cellsalive.com/
• Preventing Needlestick Injuries: http://www.nursingworld.org/ajn/1999/jan/heal129d.htm

Hepatitis

• http://www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=53519

Latex Allergy

• http://latexallergylinks.tripod.com/
• http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/latexalt.html

Musculoskeletal

• Treatment of Osteoarthritis: http://www.hopkins-arthritis.som.jhmi.edu/course/oa51101/agenda5_11.html

Neurological

• http://www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=53096

Neurology

• A Brief Introduction to the Brain: http://www.ifisiol.unam.mx/Brain/segunda.htm
• Images Of Attention Deficit Disorder: http://www.brainplace.com/bp/atlas/ch12.asp
• Autonomic Nervous System: http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/rattler/46/autonomic.htm

Online Nursing Degree Info

• http://www.academicinfo.net/medschools.html

Professional Issues

• Preventing Back Injuries: http://www.nursingworld.org/ajn/1999/may/heal059c.htm
• Online Journal of Issues in Nursing: http://nursingworld.org/ojin/
• Nursing Center: Find more than 20 trusted nursing journals, including AJN and Nursing2002 in the Library.
  http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/index.asp

Psychiatry

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
  
• http://www.apna.org/
  
• http://www.psychiatricnursing.org/
  
• http://www.ncpamd.com/dmdepression.htm
  
• http://stress.about.com/cs/relaxation/
  
• http://www.psychiatrymatters.md/index.asp

Resources

• Occupational Safety and Health Concerns: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000527.htm
• The Joy of Visual Perception: A Web Book by Peter K. Kaiser: http://www.yorku.ca/eye/thejoy.htm
• Medical Dictionary: http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9276/9276.html
• Clinical Practice Guidelines Online: http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/cpgonline.htm
• Medscape Conference Coverage, based on selected sessions: http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/507?WebLogicSession=
  PP2i8SrsCJfzDEtbZzHU2xWgaiHEQdt1iloBwrmumQu8HfbUrizz|1511
  261787253109024/-1408233355/6/7001/7001/7002/7002/7001/-1
• The National League of Nursing: http://www.nl.org/
• The Florence Nightingale Pledge: http://www.nursingpower.net/nursing/pledge.html
• NURSING PRACTICE ACT & NURSING PEER REVIEW ACT: ftp://www.bne.state.tx.us/npa2001.pdf
• Technological Advances in Wound Bed Measurements: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/430900
• RULES AND REGULATIONS: http://www.bne.state.tx.us/rr-toc.htm
• Healthline provides a very comprehensive overview of bipolar disorder as a critical starting point for individuals and/or their loved ones. For more information, visit: http://www.healthline.com/health/bipolar-disorder

Safety

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.nursingworld.org/dlwa/osh/index.htm
• Health Care Worker Safety Center: http://www.cdc.gov
• Health Care Worker Safety Center: http://www.med.virginia.edu/~epinet
• Is the Air in Your Hospital Making You Sick? http://www.nursingworld.org/ajn/1999/july/heal079b.htm
• Practical Experiences Help Institutions Learn to Avoid Medical Errors: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/433671?srcmp=phar-052402

Urinary

• Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/guide/uritract.htm