Research Study Guides: Nursing

This guide provides links to help you create a research strategy for nursing. For others, see the related healthcare professions research guides. Knowing which options are available allows you to quickly select the ones that are most appropriate for your topic.

LINCC Online Catalog Subject Browse Lists, which are linked to SCC Library holdings and include the call number and availability for each.

Browsing Guide to Medicine Call Numbers

Suggested Periodical Databases

How to Search CINAHL

Full text for, "Whistleblowing: There Are Risks"

Related Healthcare Professions Research Guides:

• EMS
• Medical Assisting
• Medical Coding/Medical Transcription
• Nutrition
• Physical Therapy
• Psychology
• Respiratory Therapy

Internet Links

LINCC Online Catalog Subject Browse Lists are linked to SCC Library holdings and include the call number and availability for each.

Locate Articles about Medicine and Health

• Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) 
• CINAHL (EBSCO)
• Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module (logon with public library barcode number)
• Health Reference Center Academic (logon with public library barcode number)  
• MDX Health Digest via FirstSearch (OCLC)
• MEDLINE via FirstSearch (OCLC)
• MedlinePlus in Spanish
• OmniFile Full-Text Mega Edition (Wilson)
• PsycFIRST via FirstSearch (OCLC)
  

Nursing Internet Links

Agencies, Associations and Organizations

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
• American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
• American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB)
• American Cancer Society (ACS mission statements)
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
• American Heart Association (AHA mission)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Red Cross
• American Nurses Association (ANA)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Florida Health Information Management Association (FHIMA)
• Florida Medical Association (FMA)
• Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NIH)
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. (NORD)
• World Health Organization (WHO)

Allergies

• Allergies (Mayo Clinic)
• Allernet
• American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
• Pollen.com
• Soapworks.com (nontoxic cleaning products)
   

Alternative Medicine

• Alternative and Complementary Medicine Center - HealthWorld Online
• American Yoga Association
• Ask Dr. Weil
• Directory of Alternative Therapies (about.com)
• Illustrated Herbal - 500 Medicinal Plants and Their Properties
• Internet Resources: Alternative Medicine Resources
• Quackwatch
  

Anatomy

• Human Anatomy Online
• Virtual Autopsy
• Virtual Body (Medtropolis) 
• Visible Human Project (NLM)

Chinese Medicine

• Chinese Cultural Studies: Yin and Yang in Medical Theory
• Chinese herbal medicine 

Clinical Trials

• CenterWatch.com (industry- and government-sponsored clinical trials as well as new drug therapies recently approved by the FDA.)
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Consumer Health

• Healthfinder (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• NetWellness
• Espanol Healthfinder (NIH's Spanish-language gateway) 

CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)

• First Aid, Basic Cardiac Support and Simulators

Dermatology

• All Stings Considered (Craig Thomas, M.D., and Susan Scott)
• American Academy of Dermatology (pamphlets)
• Dermatologic Image Database (Department of Dermatology, University of Iowa College of Medicine)
• Electronic Textbook of Dermatology
• Soapworks.com (nontoxic cleaning products)

Dermatology: Sun-protective clothing

• Solarveil
• Solar Eclipse

Diseases

AIDS

• AIDS Knowledgebase (University of California)

Alcoholism

• College Drinking: Changing the Culture (NIAAA)
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Cancer

• Breast Reconstruction
• Cancerguide: Steve Dunn's Cancer Information Page
• Oncolink
• Prostate Cancer Research Institute
• Thermal Imaging
  

Colon

• Virtual Colonoscopies
  

Diabetes

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Epstein Barr Virus 

• Epstein-Barr Virus and Infectious Mononucleosis (CDC)

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

• American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

General

• The Big Picture Book of Viruses (Tulane)
• Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics
• Health A to Z Search Engine
• MDchoice.com
   

Heart

• Yale University School of Medicine Heart Book
  

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Association
• Self Help and Support Group

Kidney

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
  

Lung

• American Lung Association
• Nicotine Anonymous
• QuitSmoking.com
  

Mononucleosis

• Infectious Mononucleosis (MEDLINEplus)
• Mononucleosis (American Family Physician)
• When Mono Takes You Out of the Action (FDA)

Parkinson's disease

• Foundation For Parkinson's Research (Michael J. Fox)
• National Parkinson Foundation
  

Sexually Transmitted Disease

West Nile Virus

• CDC West Nile Virus

• Coleman's Mosquito Deleto
• Insect-Out, Inc.
• Mosquito Magnet
• SkeeterDefeater.com
• Use Repellent Safely (CDC)

Drug information

• FDA Drug Approval List
• Official Package Inserts
• Patient Package Inserts
• PDR.net
• RxList (the Internet drug index)

Forensic Nursing

• Forensic Nursing (Yahoo)
• Forensic Nursing Resource Home Page (Phil Woods)
• International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN)
• Nurseweek/Healthweek|Shattering the Myths about Forensic Nursing
• What is Forensic Nursing?
  

Genetics

Gerontology

• AgeLine (AARP)
• Gerontological Society of America
• Merck Manual for Geriatrics
• National Institute on Aging
• Social Security Online
  

Hospitals

• Hospitals: U.S. and Global (Massachusetts General Hospital) 
  

Information Management Standards (JCAHO)

• JCAHO Puts New Teeth in Hospital Privacy Compliance

Journals Online

• Advance for Respiratory Care Practitioners
• Digestive Health and Nutrition magazine
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• HighWire Press (free online full-text articles)
• Home Health Products
• ICUs and Nursing Web Journal
• Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice
• JAMA
• Journal of Community Nursing
• Journal of Medical Internet Research
• Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA)
• Medweb
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Nurseweek
• Nursing Spectrum
• RN
• WebMedLit
• World Wide Wounds

Law

• Florida Medical Law
• Medical Malpractice Summary Index of States

Medical Images

• Bristol Biomedical Image Archive
• Comprehensive Radiology Library (Net Medicine)
• Internet Pathology and Radiology Atlas
• Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education (Florida State University College of Medicine)
• Medical Slides Library (SlideSmart)
• MedPix

Mega Sites

• Combined Health Information Database (NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Hardin Meta-Directory (University of Iowa)
• Healthfinder (Department of Health and Human Services)
• InteliHealth Web (Aetna U.S. Healthcare and Johns Hopkins University)
• Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
• MDchoice.com
• Medical Library
• Medical Reference for Non-Medical Librarians (University of Colorado Health Sciences Center)
• MedicineNet.com
• MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine provides extensive information about specific diseases and conditions and has links to consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, health information in Spanish (and other languages) and clinical trials.)
• Medscape
• SciCentral (gateway to the science and engineering online resources)
• Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
• U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• The Virtual Hospital (University of Iowa)
• WebMD

Mental Health

• Neuroscience on the Internet

Nursing

• MedWeb (Emory nursing resources online)
• Nursing and Nurse Practitioner-Related Servers
• Nursing Links
• Nursing Net
• Nursing Sites on the World Wide Web
• WWW Nursing Resources (University of Pittsburgh)

Pathology

• Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education (Florida State University College of Medicine)

Pharmacology

Associations

• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
• American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
• American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE)
• American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA)
• National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP)
• National Pharmacy Technician Association

Drug information

• Antineoplastic Agents (medicine online)
• Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
• Database of Chemotherapeutic Regimens (medicine online)
• DoseCalc Online (medicine online)
• Drug Facts and Comparisons
• Drug Topics
• FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (latest information in approved biological products used to treat, prevent or cure diseases) 
• FDA Drug Approval List
• Healthtouch Online
• MDAdvice.com
• New Medicine, New Hope
• Nursing Drug Reference Center
• Official Package Inserts
• Patient Package Inserts
• PDR.net 
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Information
• RxList (the online drug index)
• U.S. Pharmacopeia

General

• Canadameds.com
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Measurement Conversion Program (medicine online)
• Medicine Assist
• Pharmacy Times
• Pharmweb (online pharmacy information)

Physicians

• Florida Professional Liability Closed Claims (Florida Department of Insurance; search malpractice claims information on doctors, dentists hospitals, HMOs and lawyers)
• Florida Medical Malpractice Home Page
• Medical Quality Assurance (MQA)

Respiratory Care

• American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
• Michigan Electronic Library Health Information Resources: Respiratory Diseases

Statistics

• Cancer Statistics (American cancer Society)
• CDC's Data and Statistics
• DataZone (Economic Policy institute)
• Faststats (NCHS)
• Health Statistics (Florida Department of Health)
• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
• State Health Facts Online (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Statistical Resources on the Web Health (University of Michigan)

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