Nursing Resources

Getting Started | Online Resources | Selected Nursing Web Sites | Online Tools and Calculators | Tests and Measurements Resources | Drug Information | PDA Resources | Patient Education | Patient Safety |
Evidence-Based Nursing Practice | JHH Nursing Policies and Procedures* | Nursing Research and Theory | Grants & Funding | Nursing Informatics | Transcultural Nursing | Professional and Government Organizations | Certification and CNE | Writing Guides and Citation Help | Hospitals and Accreditation

Getting Started and Online Learning

• Finding Information to Support Your Research Paper or Care Plan
• School of Nursing Electronic TA - SON Intranet Site Only!
• CINAHL on EBSCOhost Tutorial - from University of Florida
• PubMed Tutorial - from Welch e-Learning
• Merlot - Peer-Reviewed Web sites and educational materials for the health sciences
• Welch E-learning - Links to tutorials and guides for library services, searching for information, writing papers and putting together presentations

Online Nursing Resources*

*These resources are domain (IP) controlled. Users must use the JHMI VPN for remote access (at home, away from campus).

Nursing Digital Library* - Full-text journals, CINAHL, HaPI, and online books.

E-Reserves - A Web-based portal for accessing course readings.

Tips for Getting Full-Text Articles - Provides various ways in which you may access ful-text articles from Welch online resources.

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Selected Nursing Web Sites

• Nursing Center
• CINAHLsources (CINAHL)
• HealthWeb Nursing Page (University of Michigan)
• MedWeb's Nursing Page (Emory University)

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Online Tools and Calculators

• Nursing Calculators
• Body Surface Area Calculator
• Online Clinical Calculator
• Pharmacology Math

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Tests and Measurements Resources

• HAPI (Health & Psychosocial Instruments) Database*
• Mental Measurements Yearbook*
• Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences (U Texas)
• Guide to Tests and Measurement Instruments (U Michigan)
• Finding Information about Psychological Tests (APA)
• TestLink (ETS)
• Buros Institute Test Reviews Online
• Publishers of Mental Measurements
• Research Instruments (Stanford Patient Education Research Center)
• Welch E-Book: Instruments for clinical health-care research

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Drug Information

• MICROMEDEX*
• JHH Drug Formulary* (Johns Hopkins Hospital Formulary)
• JHU Antibiotic Guide (For PDAs)
• JHU HIV Guide (For PDAs)
• Welch Library Online Drug Resources* (Welch Medical Library)
• RxList (Top 200 Prescribed Drugs; Search by Imprint Codes)
• DRUGFACTS.com (Free Information for Over 4,500 Generic and Trade Name Drugs)

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PDA and Mobile Computing Resources

• Move your Brain to your Hand - from Advance for Nurses
• RNpalm - The journal of mobile nursing informatics
• PEPID - Portable Emergency and Primary Care Information Database $$
• FirstConsult Handheld Get differential diagnoses quickly! *
• Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide - Free download for Pocket PC, Palm OS, Blackberry
• MedCalc - Over 75 free biomedical calculations for your Palm OS device
• Other PDA Application Recommendations
  

Patient Education Resources (For Clinicians and Patients)

• JHH Medical Nursing Patient Education*
• JHH Central Nursing Patient Education*
• International Patient Education Resources*
• MEDLINEplus (National Library of Medicine)
• English and Non-English Patient Handouts (Oregon Health Sciences U)
• Ethnomed (Cross-Cultural Healthcare Resources)
• Selected Spanish Patient Education Handouts (Advance for Nurse Practitioners)
• Essentials in Medical Spanish UTexas Dept of Spanish and Portuguese
• Medem Medical Library for Patients From reputable medical societies
• National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD)
• AllReferHealth - Great site for family and community health!
• HIV InSite (University of California, San Francisco AIDS Research Institute)
• healthfinder ™ (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Oncolink®(University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource)
• HealthWeb
• Go Ask Alice (Columbia University Health Question & Answer Service)
• Health Info 2000 (More than 750 Links to Health and Medical Information)
• Health Talk Interactive (Interactive Feedback on Health Issues for Consumers)

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Patient Safety

• Practitioner Medication Error Reporting System (US Pharmacopoeia)
• Medication Errors (FDA)
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices
• National Patient Safety Foundation
• National Center for Patient Safety (Veterans Administration)
• Medical Errors and Patient Safety (AHRQ)
• HIPAA Resources from HHS
• Johns Hopkins Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care

Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

• What is Evidence-Based Nursing?*
• JH Hospital Nursing Evidence Based Practice Program
• Evidence-Based Nursing (University of Minnesota)
• Research Resources for Evidence-Based Nursing (McGill University)
• Star Model of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
• Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
• Stetler Model of Research Utilization
• National Guidelines Clearinghouse
• Best Practice Guidelines - Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
• Best Practice Information Sheets - Joanna Briggs Institute
• Evidence Based Practice Tutorial for Nurses (Penn State University Libraries)
• Evidence-Based Nursing Syllabi, Worksheets
• Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing
• Oncology Nursing Society Evidence-Based Practice Center
• Academic Center for Evidence-Based Nursing (U Texas San Antonio)
• Registry of Nursing Research (Sigma Theta Tau)
• AHRQ Nursing Research
• Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT)

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JHH Nursing Policies and Procedures*

• JHH Department of Nursing Policies and Procedures*
• JHH Children's Center Policies and Procedures*
• JHH Nursing Practice and Organization Manual*
• JHH Staff Development Resources*
• JHH Disaster Preparedness Procedures*
• Lippincott's Nursing Procedures Online*

Nursing Research and Theory

• National Institute of Nursing Research
• Johns Hopkins University Center for Nursing Research
• JHU Research Administration Services
• Johns Hopkins Medicine Research
• School of Public Health Office of Research Administration
• Registry of Nursing Research (Virginia Henderson International Library, Sigma Theta Tau)
• AHRQ Nursing Research
• QualPage - for qualitative researchers
• Nursing Theory Page - an international working space

Grants and Funding

• CRISP Database - NIH Funded Research
• NSF Award Abstract Database
• Community of Science Database*
• Illinois Researcher Information Service Database*
• SRA (Society of Research Administrators) GrantsWeb
• Foundation Center
• GrantsNet (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
• GrantsNet (DHHS)
• DoD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
• Maryland Grant Resource Center
• GuideStar - National Database of Non-Profit Organizations
• GrantsDirect (Maryland/DC Foundation Directory Online) registration required
• Annie E. Casey Foundation – Baltimore Direct Services Grants Program
• Baltimore Community Foundation
• Catholic Campaign for Human Development – Archdiocese of Baltimore
• Welch Grants Subject Guide

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Nursing Informatics

• American Nursing Informatics Association
• CARING - local D.C./MD Nursing Informatics Organization
• AMIA Nursing Working Group
• Interagency Collaborative on Nursing Statistics
• WelchWeb Medical Informatics Resources

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Transcultural Nursing

• EthnoMed (University of Washington)
• Transcultural Nursing Society
• CultureMed (SUNY)
• DiversityRx
• Office of Minority Health
• Cultural Diversity in Nursing

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Professional Organizations and Government Resources

• American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
• American Nurses Association
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• Sigma Theta Tau International (Nursing Honor Society)
• American Association for the History of Nursing
• AORN: Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc
• National Gerontological Nursing Association
• National League for Nursing
• Baltimore City Health Department
• State of Maryland Board of Nursing
• Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
• International Council of Nurses
• Travel Nurses
• World Health Organization

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Certifications, CNE, Job Seeking

• ANA Career Guide
• International Recruiting
• Peacecorps
• American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Kaplan Nursing Page (information on N-CLEX, Careers, State Certifications)
• Nursing Credits Online

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Writing and Style Guides

• Citation Machine - generates APA and MLA citations by resource type.
• RefWorks - A Web-Based bibliography and citation manager
• APA Resources from the Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Welch Library: Style Guides
• Online Medical Dictionary
• Writing in Nursing (George Mason University)
• Care Plan Writing (Open Directory Listing)

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Hospitals and Accreditation

• Maryland Hospitals
• HospitalWeb
• American Hospital Directory
• European Hospital Directory
• JCAHO
• OSHA

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This Web page was last updated on March 7, 2007 by Stella Seal.