OC Library: Medicine Web Sites

Web Sites: NURSING & MEDICINE

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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Features news and information sources on toxic substances.

AIDSInfo: Provides a central source for information on clinical trials for patients with HIV and AIDS, federally approved HIV treatment and prevention guidelines, and medical practice guidelines, as well as information on anti-HIV medications, including side effects, dosages, and interactions with other drugs or food.
AllRefer Medical Encyclopedia: Information on topics including diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, surgeries, nutrition, poisons, and special topics.
American Nurses Association (ANA): Information on current issues in nursing as well as a career center with a searchable jobs database.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The branch of the U. S. government that works to control and prevent disease, the CDC's site provides information about health topics as well as national and state data on health and disease.

Dental Information: Consumer information from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Topics include root canal, gum surgery, crowns, filings and implants.
Diabetes Dictionary: A dictionary of words related to diabetes provided by the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse.
Gray's Anatomy: An online edition of the 1918 classic that includes pictures as well as a subject index.
Science.gov: Gateway to selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA.
Hardin MD: Excellent directory of medical and health-related links. Offers a large collection of medical images and information.
Healthfinder: Provides links to health-related Web sites, information about preventive care, and drug information.
Healthopedia.com: Information in patient-friendly language on diseases, conditions, tests, symptoms, injuries, surgeries, nutrition, special topics, and drugs and medications.
HIV Knowledge Base: A comprehensive, online textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
Human Anatomy Online: Offers interactive graphics of ten systems: skeletal, digestive, muscular, lymphatic, endocrine, nervous, cardiovascular, male or female reproductive, and urinary.
Human Genome Project: The U.S. Human Genome Project (HGP), sponsored by the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health, is an effort to characterize all human genetic material by determining the complete sequence of the DNA in the human genome.
MayoClinic.com: Aimed at the layperson, this site provides a wealth of information and tools for healthier lives, such as online calculators (BMI, calorie, etc.), self-assessments, a symptom checker, and quizzes.
Medical Images on the Web: Annotated links to online image collections organized into categories such as Cardiology, Dermatology, Neurology, etc.
MedlinePlus: A wealth of health information, included a medical encyclopedia, a medical dictionary, drug information, tutorials, videos, and more.
Merck Manuals Online Medical Library: An online version of the well-known Merck manuals. The Online Medical Library is updated periodically and contains photographs, audio materials and video material not present in the print versions.
National Coalition of Ethnic and Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA): NCEMNA offers information and links to American nurses' associations representing major U.S. ethnic groups, including Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPINA), Hispanic (NAHN), and Black (NBNA).
National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN): Organization for LPNs, vocational nurses and nursing students. Includes information on scholarships.
National Institutes of Health: Health Information: Health information provided by the NIH.
National Institute of Nursing Research: This organization supports research in nursing through grants and other funding programs, and its Web site provides information about funding opportunities as well as links to nursing organizations and conferences.
NIAAA Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database: The Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (ETOH) is covers all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), ETOH includes abstracts and bibliographic references to journal articles, books, dissertations, and more. ETOH contains research findings from the late 1960s to the present, as well as historical research literature.
NLM Gateway: Access to all of the health information offered by the National Library of Medicine.
Nutrition Facts: Free source for nutrition information on almost six thousand different foods. Site format is similar to the "Nutrition Facts" label on almost all food packages in your local supermarket.
Online Medical Dictionary: A searchable dictionary that contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. Entries are cross-referenced to each other and to related resources elsewhere on the net.
Physical Exam Study Guides: Study guides for exams on Vital Signs, Cardiology, Abdominal, and more.
Pubmed: The National Library of Medicine's search engine for MEDLINE (includes some full text books and articles) and other related databases.
Pubmed Central: The U.S. National Institutes of Health's free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
RN Central: Careplans: Predefined nursing care plans for a variety of conditions.
RxList: Drug information including the description, clinical pharmacology, indications and dosage, side effects and drug interactions, warnings and precautions, drug overdose contraindications, and patient information.

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