The Internet Library for Nurses
GENERAL-NURSING
This page updated: September 8, 2007, 4:55 am


ANA Code of Ethics
 http://vumcpolicies.mc.vanderbilt.edu/E-Manual/Hpolicy.nsf/AllDocs/12A6E82069D22C1586256FC40055F0A0   Added: 07/31/2005, 11:15

Agency for Healthcare Research Fact Sheets
 http://www.ahrq.gov/news/factix.htm   Fact Sheets on various government research programs in adult and children's health.

Approaching Death - End of Life Care.
 http://www.nap.edu/books/0309063728/html/index.html   Added: 11/10/2005, 02:16 Full Text Book

Atlas of Pathology
 http://pathweb.uchc.edu/eAtlas/   Added: 07/23/2005, 04:55 A Massive index of pathological images from the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Bioethics Resources
 http://bioethicsweb.ac.uk/browse/mesh/D026724.html   Added: 07/10/2005, 18:38 Resources from Bioethicsweb.

Biology
 http://www.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobooktoc.html   Added: 11/10/2005 Full Text Book

Bioterrorism Planning and Response
 http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/bioterbr.htm   From US Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Plan Contents - from RN Central
 http://www.rncentral.com/careplans/contents.html   Sample Care Plans - No Subscription requirements.

Careplan Guidelines
 http://home.hiwaay.net/~theholt1/NURS1100/careplan.htm   Nursing Course Care Plan Guides.

Chest Auscultation
 http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/internalmedicine/LungSounds/LungSounds.html   from Virtual Hospital's award winning site.

Clinical Methods
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=cm.TOC&depth=2   Full Text book. The History, Physical, and Laboratory Data.

Communication and Documentation
 http://www.rn.com/getpdf.php/294.pdf   RN.com CEU Program document.

Disease Database
 http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/default.asp   Added: 07/25/2005

Evaluation of Acute Headaches in Adults
 http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010215/685.html   Full text article from American Family Physician. Feb 15, 2001.

Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5116a1.htm   Handwashing guidelines from the CDC.

HIPPA
 http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm   Added: 07/10/2005, 18:42 HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996

HIPPA
 http://www.rn.com/getpdf.php/302.pdf   Added: 08/13/2005, 03:44 CE Course from RN.com. Text can be viewed free.

Health and Ageing
 http://www.who.int/hpr/ageing/ageingdiscussion.pdf   World Health Organization report- full text 40 pages.

Improving Diagnostic Accuracy Using an Evidence-Based Nursing Model
 http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4065/is_200410/ai_n9468795   Full Text Article.

MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
 http://medlineplus.gov/   Added: 07/07/2005, 04:24 Primarily for consumers but with good general info.

National HealthCare Quality Report
 http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/qualityreport/browse/browse.aspx?id=4461   Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-led effort on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Nurse Safety: Have We Addressed the Risks?
 http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic25/tpc25ntr.htm   2004 Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Article published September 30, 2004

Nursing Law and ethics
 http://medi-smart.com/law.htm   Added: 07/10/2005, 18:41 Resources from Medi-Smart

Nursing Diagnoses (Wellness, Risk, and Actual)
 http://connection.lww.com/products/weber/documents/WeberHB_App11.pdf   Nursing Diagnoses grouped according to wellness, risk, or actual.

Nursing Nomenclature and Classification Systems with International Perspectives: printable version
 http://www.nursingworld.org/mods/archive/mod30/cec2full.htm   Full text from the online Journal of Nursing - expired CEU.

Nursing and Critical Thinking
 http://home.hiwaay.net/~theholt1/NURS1100/class1.htm   Nursing Class Outline

Pathology
 http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html   Pathology Images and information from Florida State University College of Medicine

Patient Safety - National Goals from JCAHO
 http://www.jcaho.org/accredited organizations/patient safety/npsg.htm   National Patient safety initiative.

Performance Improvement
 http://www.rn.com/getpdf.php/649.pdf   RN.com CEU Program document.

Searchable Books
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books   An impressive list of searchable books. Enter a search term and go to the full text.

Selection & manipulation of client cues to produce nursing diagnoses
 http://home.hiwaay.net/~theholt1/NURS1100/class7.htm   from Nursing College Course.

Term Paper Help Center
 http://medi-smart.com/termpaper1.htm   Added: 07/22/2005, 05:54

The Nursing Process
 http://www06.homepage.villanova.edu/elizabeth.bruderle/1103/nursingprocess.htm   From Villinova University.