Nursing: Websites

Nursing World is the official Web site of the Association.
http://nursingworld.org/

The primary purpose of KSNA is to provide direction and a voice for the profession of nursing and nurses as leaders in health care.

The overall purpose of KSNA is to:

Work for the improvement of health standards and the availability of health care services for all people.
Foster high standards of nursing.
Stimulate and promote the professional development of nurses and advance their economic and general welfare.

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN) is a not-for-profit organization whose membership comprises the boards of nursing in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and four United States territories-American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
http://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm

Stay in the know about our national RN movement and what's happening in your state.
www.calnurses.org/nnoc

Yahoo's list of a wide variety of nursing associations.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Nursing/Organizations/

A sensibly arranged set of formulae and medical calculators.
http://www.medcalc.com/

Downloadable version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9.)
ICD 10 should be available soon.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm#RTF

Helps patients and care givers understand lab tests.
http://www.labtestsonline.org/

Burn care, disaster management, emergency and geriatric nursing, nursing education, nursing research etc.
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Nursing.html

Patient level information on medications.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

A collection of peer reviewed medical images from the Uniformed Services University.
http://rad.usuhs.edu/medpix//medpix_home.html

Searchable full text collection of recent biomedical books.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=books

A series of tutorials which will help you search Pub Med effectively and quickly.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html

Professional level drug information. The advanced search function permits searches on side effects, drug interactions, patient information etc.
http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/hp.asp

This site shows how to peform a physical exam, what to look for normal and abnormal findings. Very detailed.
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/medicine/pulmonar/pd/contents.htm

A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms, i. e. medical conditions and techniques and the people for whom they are named.