LibGuides: Nursing Resources: Web Sites

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Nursing dictionaries, state licensing agencies, medication guides, job listings, nursing study sites and more useful web links.

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Nursing Web Sites

These are some websites we think you'll find useful. They offer information about national associations and state licensing, sites with information on anatomy, medical terminology, medications, and much more.

American Nurses Association
Offers news, advocacy, continuing education, and professional networking for nurses.
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
The AORN website offers continuing education, clinical resources, healthcare news, Clinical FAQs, and more.
Build-A-Body
Build-A-Body is a drag and drop game where players are tasked with assembling an organ system from a set of organs. Players then attempt case studies where a functional problem with a system must be linked to the organ affected.
What Did My Doctor Say?
The Medical Library Association created this page to help you understand what a doctor or nurse tells you. You’ll find tips on how to understand many health words.
EthnoMed
EthnoMed is Harborview Medical Center’s website with medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups in the Seattle area.
Evaluating Health Information on the Web
How do you evaluate health information you find on the web? This National Institute of Health website offers tips.
Healthfinder
A highly recommended gateway to federal government information on health matters.
National HIV Curriculum
The National HIV Curriculum is an AIDS Education and Training Center Program and led by the University of Washington.
Human Anatomy Online
Interactive graphics and animations of ten systems, including digestive, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular, and reproductive systems. Also includes information about a variety of health products and tests.
Medical Conditions
An A-Z list of medical conditions, their diagnosis and treatment. From Penn Medicine.
MedlinePlus
Medline Plus offers information on a variety of Health Topics, Drugs & Supplements, Genetics, Medical Tests, and Videos & Tools.
MedlinePlus en Español
Manténgase actualizado sobre su información de salud con MedlinePlus.
MedTerms.com
MedicineNet.com doctors have defined difficult medical language in easy-to-understand explanations of over 19,000 medical terms.
This medical dictionary provides quick access to hard-to-spell and often misspelled medical definitions through an extensive alphabetical listing.
Mental Health and Psychology Resources Online
List of internet resources by topic, including abuse, mental health, and suicide.
Merck Manuals
The Merck Manuals are a comprehensive medical information source covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine. They are offered as a free public service to health care professionals and the general public.
Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Brief definitions of medical terms and abbreviations.
Nursing Commission (Washington State)
Information regarding health care providers, licensing requirements, and professional nursing practice.
Nursing Home Abuse
Different types of patient abuse that can occur in nursing homes and resources for victims and families.
Practical Clinical Skills
Features sample heart sounds, lung sounds, blood pressure and EKG reading lessons and quizzes.
PubMed
PubMed®, from the National Library of Medicine, contains more than 34 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations often include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. (Ask us about Interlibrary Loan if you need an article that is not full text.)
RxList
RxList provides detailed and current pharmaceutical information on brand and generic drugs. Includes a pill-identifier and side-effects information.
Understanding Health Research
"A tool for making sense of health studies." If you're not sure if a research paper is reliable or not, this tool will give you some questions to consider.
Visual Medical Dictionary
Definitions of medical terms, lists of related terms, and medications.
Find a Hospital - Washington Hospital Directory
Looking for work as a hospital custodian? Search for hospitals in Washington state. Information includes links to the hospital home pages and map information.
Washington State Department of Health Publications
Information on health issues, listed alphabetically from Abortion to Zoonotic disease.
Washington State Hospital Association
News and links to hospital healthcare in Washington state.
Washington State Nurses Association
Health industry news and nursing links.

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