American Holistic Nurses' Association (AHNA)
The definitive voice of holistic nursing since 1981. Explore our
vision of wholeness in nursing practice, healthcare, and the individual
body, mind and spirit.
http://www.ahna.org/home/home.html
International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA)
An international association of registered nurses whose area of interest
and expertise is helping those with problems of addiction and their
families.
http://www.intnsa.org/
Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN)
IPN was established in 1983 through legislative action to ensure public
health and safety through a program that provides close monitoring of nurses
who are unsafe to practice due to impairment as a result of misuse or abuse
of alcohol or drugs, or both, or due to a mental of physical condition which
could affect the licensee's ability to practice with skill and safety.
They also provide a program for affected nurses to be rehabilitated in a
therapeutic, non-punitive, and confidential process.
http://www.ipnfl.org/faq.html
National Organization of Alternative
Programs (NOAP)
Members of NOAP are committed to and promote public safety through
participation of impaired and potentially impaired health care professionals
in monitoring, rehabilitation and recovery in alternative programs and as an
alternative to license discipline, emphasizing fitness to practice and
retention of competent professionals in healthcare fields, and working in
cooperation with regulatory and professional organizations to achieve NOAP’s
mission.
http://www.alternativeprograms.org/
Resources for Spirituality in
Nursing
Dossey, L.(1996)
Prayer Is Good Medicine. San Francisco, Harper Collins,
Burkhardt, M.
& Nagai-Jacobson, M.(2002) Spirituality: Living Our Connectedness.
Albany, N.Y.
Taylor, E.(2002)
Spiritual Care: Nursing Theory, Research, and Practice. New Jersey.
Prentice Hall.
O'Brien,
M.(2003) Spirituality in Nursing: Standing on Holy Ground. Boston,
Jones and Bartlett.
Great information by Dr. Clayton E.
Tucker-Ladd, Clinical Psychologist
NASA Recovery/NDIS
www.nasarecovery.com/signsandsymptomsofdrugandalcoholuse.html
The National Consortium of Chemical Dependency Nurses (NCCDN)
800-876-2236
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
http://www.ncsbn.org/
The International Nurses Society on Addiction (INSA)
http://www.intnsa.org/
American Nurses Association (ANA)
http://www.nursingworld.org/
The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
http://www.aana.com/peer/
Nurses In Recovery (NIR)
http://www.brucienne.com/nir/
The National Organization for Alternative Programs (NOAP)
http://www.alternativeprograms.org/
For assistance with healthcare professionals other than nurses,
contact PRN at 1-800-888-8776
Webcasts for Addiction/Alcoholism Recovery topics
http://www.recoverymonth.gov/2005/multimedia/webcastmenu.aspx
Great resource for Fact Sheets on Drugs
http://www.drugstory.org/
National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/
This organization has great information based on
science and research, on drugs of abuse and its effect on the body.
The site also can be converted to Espanol, by clicking on the
button on the purple banner on the top of the home page. Of particular
interest is the section for teachers and parents as well as information
on the specific drugs of abuse.
The link below is an example of information on CLUB
DRUGS.
Club drugs
Al-Anon/Alateen
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/
Information for family members, friends, teen
children of an alcoholic.
This is the link that will provide you local
information for support groups.
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/meetings/meeting.html
Resources for Suicide Prevention
FLORIDA SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION
http://www.floridasuicideprevention.org/
This site has a hotline number for anyone
considering suicide and a section which addresses warning signs of
suicide. The Fact section highlights the importance of suicide
prevention with statistics. Florida has 2000+die from suicide each
year, the 2nd highest in the Nation.
The following link, lists the MH centers,Survivors
support groups and Crisis Centers in Orange, Seminole and Osceola county
Florida Suicide Prevention
ULifeline
This site is designed for young adults/college
students who may be in need of information about mental illness,
depression, suicide prevention. There is also a mental health library.
You can visit first as a visitor to the site or you can join.
http://ulifeline.org/signin.php?page=uni
Florida Suicide and
Crisis Hotlines
This site lists the suicidal crisis hotlines by
county for the State of Florida. Toward the bottom of the site, there
are links to other groups for information and resources for suicide
prevention.
http://suicidehotlines.com/florida.html
Resources for Mental Health Information
National Institute on Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov
National Institute of
Mental Health, or NIMH, is the lead Federal agency for research and
information on mental illness.
This site offers an
extensive collection of materials which includes Breaking News on
subjects pertaining to mental illness, Clinical Trials, and the latest
and most reliable Information on Illness.
Please note that at
the bottom of the NIMH home page, is a site index as well as a search
bar which exists at the top of the page.
Some examples of the
excellent information pages include easily read information:
Depression
This is an easily read,
short description of Depression.
Eating
Disorders
This is an example of
information available on eating disorders.
National Library of
Medicine/ National Institute of Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
This site offers a goldmine of good health information from the
world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine.
MedlinePlus has extensive information on over 700 diseases and
conditions. There are also a medical encyclopedia and a medical
dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive
information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health
information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
MedlinePlus is updated daily. To access the page in Spanish, clink on
the yellow Espanol box on the home page.
Some examples of the excellent links found on
medline include:
Eating
Disorder Information
Eating Disorders ( Espanol)
This is a sample of a link listing on eating
disorders, in English and in Spanish.
Healthyminds:
American Psychiatric Association
http://www.healthyminds.org/
This site offers information, links and resourses
and is sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association. Of particular
interest is the sites offering of LETS TALK BROCHURES, which include
excellent information on various mental health issues.
The link below will take you directly to the LETS
TALK BROCHURES.
Information on General Mental Illness
National Mental
Health Information Center
The US Department of Health and Human Services;
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administrations site provides
information on service locators, hotlines and crisis calls among other
information. The site can be viewed in Espanol, with a link on
the left side. The hotline links can also be viewed in Espanol.
http://www.mentalhealth.org/
The below link is an example of the service locator
for the state of Florida.
Service Locator for Florida
Mental Health
Association of Central Florida
This site has an interesting online screening tool
for depression, in both English and Espanol.
http://www.mhacf.org/
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL
FLORIDA
This is the United Ways site which asks you to
select a desired service and enter a zip, county or city and it will
search for the desired service.
http://www2.irissoft.com/uwcf/
Resources for Domestic Violence
Orange County Center
Against Domestic Violence: Harbor House
Harbor House is a private, not for profit group,
providing emergency services, children services, and outreach and court
advocacy for victims of domestic violence. This site offers information
on the services and escape planning. The site has instructions on how
to erase your visit to this site if the batterer is computer literate
and monitors what sites have been visited. Please enable pop-ups if you
desire information on erasing your visit history.
http://www.harborhouseoccadv.com/
The below link is a listing of phone numbers for
emergency shelters, outreach, court advocacy and children services
Harbour House Emergency Resources and Services
AARDVARC.ORG ( An
Abuse, Rape, Domestic Violence Aid and Resource Collection. For FLorida)
This is a very interesting site for information on
domestic violence, stalking , dating abuse and service in the state of
Florida, with links to state and local county programs. There is
information on relocation services, restraining orders and a
relationship quiz.
http://www.aardvarc.org/dv/states/fldv.
Resources for the Homeless Mentally
Ill
Coalition for the
Homeless in Central Florida
This links you to the Coalition for the Homeless in
Central Florida and provodes an overview of services as well as
volunteer opportunities.
http://www.centralfloridahomeless.org/news_facts.htm
SUPPORT GROUP FOR
MISC NEEDS
SELF HELP GROUPS: HERPES
This site offers information on the management of
Herpes and links to local support groups.
http://www.herpes.com/supportgroups.shtml
