Links to Nursing & Health Info Websites

 

 

1. Latest Medical Information:

 

Medscape: http://www.medscape.com

 

Health Source Network Nursing Academic Database:  http://search.epnet.com  

From a computer on West campus you will not need a username and password as your access will be by IP address.  From home or any remote computer use the following:  Username:  valencia      password:  westlrc

 

Select EBSCOhost Web (top of the screen).  Thirteen databases will be listed.  The Health Source:  Nursing academic database is toward the bottom of the list

 

 

 

2. Student Nurse Interest:

 

http://www.nsna.org (National Student Nurse Organization)

 http://www.toledolink.com/~ornrsg/abgs.html

(blood gas practice)

 

 

 

3. Nursing Links thru UCF: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~wink/home.html (Dr.Diane Wink, Professor of Nursing)

 

 

 

4. Nursing World: http://www.wwnurse.com/nursing/students.shtml

 

5. Critical Care Nurses: http://www.aacn.org

 

 

 

6. Search engines: http://www.dogpile.com

http://www.google.com

http://www.yahoo.com/HEALTH

 

7. Nursing Journals: http://www.NursingCenter.com

http://www.rnweb.com/index.html

 

8. Merck Manual: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/sections.htm

 

 

9.Health Sites: http://www.valencia.cc.fl.us/lrcwest/health.html

 

 

10. Pharmacology Info: http://faculty.valencia.cc.fl.us/bguimond/

http://www.drugguide.com (Davis Drug Guide)

http://www.rxlist.com

 

 

11. Nursing Info Link (AS degree in Nursing at VCC):

http://www.valencia.cc.fl.us/asdegrees

 

 

 

12. EKG practice:

http://homepages.enterprise.net/djenkins/ecghome.html

http://www.cyber-nurse.com/veetac/cardio.htm

 

 

13. HIV/AIDS:

http://www.hivatis.org/

http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/

http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/

http://www.tpan.com/

 

14. Pat Carroll's Career Corner: 

http://www.nurses.com/content/news/newsindex.asp?bucket=career+corner

 

Also by Pat:

 

http://www.patcarroll.net/Medicalpage.htm 

 

 

15. Nursing Skills Adult Health 3:

Article on Trach Care & Suctioning: Aaron's Tracheostomy Page:

http://www.tracheostomy.com

 

Article on I.V.Starts: Emergency Nursing World:

http://ENW.org/IVStarts.htm

 

16. Health & Physical Assessment

Textbook: http://www.mosby.com/MERLIN/Seidel/

http://www.music.mcgill.ca/auscultation/auscultation.html