Nursing and Allied Health Resources
- General Nursing Sites
- Evidence Based Nursing
- Nursing Textbooks
- Nursing and Allied Health Databases
- Nursing and Technology
- Nutrition
- Nutrition Textbooks
- Occupational Therapy
- Online Journals / Newsletters for Nursing and Allied Health
- Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Journals / Newsletters / News
- Pharmacy Textbooks
- Physical Therapy
- Physician Assistant Social Work
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Patient Information Handouts
- Patient Safety Information
- Medical Terminology / Coding
- General Nursing Sites
Information Literacy for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
(from Western Connecticut State University)
Medscape Nurses free registration required
RN Web
Resources for Nurses and Families
- Evidence Based Nursing
EBP: Evidence-Based Practice
(from the University of Washington)
Evidence Based Nursing
(from the University of North Carolina)
Resources for Evidence-Based Nursing
(from McMaster University)
Understanding Medical Information (Evidence-based Medicine)
- Nursing and Allied Health
Databases
TRIP Database: The Search Engine for Evidence-Based Medicine
Nursing Resources: A Self-Paced Tutorial and Refresher
An instructional tool for online resources.
PubMed Online Training
Try This:® Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults
The John A. Hartford Foundation-funded project created this web-based resource including demonstration videos, and a corresponding print series featured in the Lippincott's Nursing Center. Locate the specific article from this series there, you can then find it in AJN via Ovid
- Nursing Textbooks
Interactive Atlas of Thoracic Viscera
Provided by the Digital Anatomist Project, Dept. Biological Structure, the University of Washington.
Heart and Lung Sounds
Listen and learn to distinguish the differences between the normal and abnormal heart sound from Littman Stethescopes (all that is needed is a multimedia player)
medi/Lexicon's Medical Dictionary
medi/Lexicon provides many methods to lookup a word in Stedman's Medical Dictionary. An extra feature they have added is fuzzy logic search that uses Google's search engine to provide alternative variations on your search.
Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary; 2009
- Nursing and Technology
Epocrates
Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
All handheld and mobile devices are supported in using this "decision support tool" providing clinicians with concise, timely information about the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases especially at the point of care.
Medical Calculators
20+ medical calculators from Tucows the freeware and shareware web site!
Nursing PDAs Listserv
An open and unmediated email discussion on the use of PDAs in nursing. Just subscribe (sign up) then log on.
Mobile MerckMedicus
Download and use an integrated set of useful medical resources for your PDA.
- Nutrition
AACE Inpatient Glycemic Control Resource Center
The AACE Inpatient Glycemic Control Resource Center is an educational tool from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) that can be used to inform, educate, empower, and assist different members of the healthcare team.
American Dietetic Assocuiation (ADA)
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For
the Health Professionals
- For the Public
- For Students
- Resources in Other Languages
ADA Clinical Practice Guidelines 2010
- Download or Search the Clinical Practice Guidelines here
The Fast Food Explorer
Glycemic Index and GI Database
The Glycemic Index by David Mendosa
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database
Nutrition Analysis Tools 2.0
From the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Illinois
Nutrition Source
Produced by the Harvard School of Public Health,
USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
- For the Public
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For
the Health Professionals
- Nutrition Textbooks
Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005 (still in effect until 2010 Dietary Guidelines have been approved)
Since 1980, the Guidelines have been jointly issued and updated every 5 years by the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS). Click here for the previous Dietary Guidelines. Peruse the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 which are currently under under review.
Dietary Reference Intakes: Applications in Dietary Planning (2003)
Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance (2005)
- Occupational Therapy
CUErgo: Cornell University Ergonomics Web "new"
CUErgo presents information from research studies and departmental projects focusing on ways to enhance usability by improving the ergonomics to enhance people's comfort, performance and health especially in the workplace.
e-Hand: The Electronic Textbook of Hand Surgery
OTPlan
This site matches the skills you want to work on, with the materials you have, to a detailed treatment activity that will help you strengthen certain skills.
OTseeker
This is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
PoinTIS - Point of Care, Team-based Information System
This site provides comprehensive information on spinal cord injury rehabilitation and traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.
- Online Journals /
Newsletters for Nursing and Allied Health
The Annals of Long-Term Care
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Geriatrics
EP Lab Digest
The Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice
Johns Hopkins Nursing
Nursing Times
Ostomy Wound Management
Provider
Today's Wound Clinic
World Wide Wounds
Wounds
- Pharmacy
Drug Digest
Drugs.com
FDA Drugs
- Pharmacy Journals /
Newsletters / News
Drug Topics
Formulary
Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy
Pharmacy Today
PharmaLive
U.S. Pharmacist
- Pharmacy Textbooks
Electronic Orange Book: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
Medical Abbreviations Dictionary
- Physical Therapy
Hosford Muscle Tables
Hypermuscle: Muscles in Action
PEDro: Physiotherapy Evidence Database
PT Central
Physicial Therapy [free full text after 1 year]
Rehabmanual.com
The portal covers rehab topics of interest for physiatrists, orthopedic & spine surgeons, and pain physicians. Use the search engine to search more than 400 rehab topics.
- Physician Assistant
APCToday (Advanced Practice Clinicians Today)
FREE Registration required for back issues.
JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants
The Internet Journal of Academic Physician Assistants
- Social Work
The Caregiver's Handbook
COMBI: Center for Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury
ProQolid
A large guide list to free Internet resource instruments for Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine from MAPI Research Institute.
Stroke Scales & Tools
Tools for Clinical Materials
A tool is a document, spreadsheet or other file that you may download and use in your quality improvement work. These tools support the actions to be taken to achieve success with a particular strategy.
- Speech-Language Pathology
Audiology Awareness Campaign
Dysphagia Resource Center
Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Start Page
The Stuttering Homepage
- Patient Information Handouts
AAFP 's familydoctor.org
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Public Information
American Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists Patient Education Pamphlets
You will find a large collection of patient education pamphlets in both English and Spanish ready for printing.
Facts for Families
From the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Health Information Handouts - Listed by Topics
Produced by the McKinley Health Center of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia
JAMA Patient Page
Find over 460 different topics with a new one each week.
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Fact Sheets for Patients
From Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Casscells Orthopedics in Delaware.
Society of Thoracic Surgeons Patient Information
UpToDate for Patients
Learn more about a diagnosis, treatment options presented, or a medical condition. All this to help you make informed decisions as you work with your healthcare provider.
- Patient Safety Information
AHRQ WebM&M: Morbidity and Mortality Rounds Patient Safety Web Journal
ASHP Resource Center on Patient Safety
Facts about Patient Safety from the Joint Commission
MED-E.R.R.S.com
Online Patient Safety Resources from the National Patient Safety Foundation
RID: Reduce Infection Deaths
- Medical Terminology / Coding
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ICD-10 Web site
ICD-10 codes must be used on all HIPAA transactions, including outpatient claims with dates of service, and inpatient claims with dates of discharge on and after October 1, 2013. Select the links to the left on the homepage to access CMS' ICD-10 and Version 5010 transition resources for your industry segment.
e-MDs ICD-9 Coding Search
ICD-10-CM-/PCS Myths & Facts Sheet
This fact sheet from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services summarizes structural differences between the two coding systems, and explains how organizations and facilities should be planning for the change.
ICD10Data.com
ICD10Data.com takes the ICD-10 coding book and adds over 4.2 million cross references between codes to make finding what you need fast and easy. Here you will find the •2012 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes, •2012 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes-Index, and a tool to •Convert between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM codes.
ICD-9-CM - Volumes 1, 2 and 3 (2012) --- STAT!Ref
contact library staff for access
Ingenix CPT with RVUs Data File (2012) --- STAT!Ref
contact library staff for access
Medical Terminology Web
Style Guide and Reference for Medical Transcriptionists
You will find medical terms, medical terminology, medical transcription samples and medical words.
Understanding Medical Words: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
This tutorial from the National Library of Medicine teaches you about medical words, how to put together parts of medical words, along with quizzes to see what you've learned. Please note that you will need the Flash Player to view the programs.
Page Last Updated: February 20, 2012