EDITED BY Susan Kaplan Jacobs and Ysabel Bertolucci
Nursing Education Perspectives: Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 276-285. THIS LIST was compiled from the contributions of the following representatives of the Interagency Council on
Information Resources in Nursing (ICIRN) member agencies: Richard Barry,Ysabel Bertolucci, Leslie Block,Warren G. Hawkes,
Susan Kaplan Jacobs, Aurelie Knapik, Polin P. Lei, Susan Pierce, Juliette Ratner, and Annelle Tanner. For more
information about ICIRN, visit http://www.icirn.org American Nurses Association’s Nursing World Links to state nurses associations and
allied nursing organizations globally. http://www.nursingworld.org Canadian Nursing Index Comprehensive links to education, employment, and other resources focused on needs of Canadian nurses. http://www.nursingindex.com Hardin Meta Directory’s Nursing and Nursing Research University of Iowa. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/nurs.html INTUTE: Health and Life Sciences UK gateway to high quality biomedical resources.
Includes database access to resources included in NMAP, a guide to quality Internet resources in nursing, midwifery, and allied health professions. http://www.intute.ac.uk/ National Institute of Nursing Research http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/ National League for Nursing http://www.nln.org NP Central Nonprofit site dedicated to practice development, advancement, and educational support of nurse practitioners and to the promotion of
accessible, quality health care to the consumer. http://www.npcentral.net Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section (NAHRS), Medical Library Association Member libraries, section activities, current research. http://nahrs.mlanet.org Nursing Resources on the World Wide Web McMaster University. http://hsl.lib.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/nurses.html Nursing Theory Page, USD Hahn School of Nursing http://www.sandiego.edu/academics/nursing/theory Nursing on the Net: Health Care Resources You Can Use National Library of Medicine. http://nnlm.gov/training/nursing/sampler.html NursingCenter Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. Includes CE articles in full text with immediate test results and certificates; 50 nursing journals with table of
contents and abstracts; databases of certification, licensure, and nursing organizations. http://www.nursingcenter.com Online Journal of Issues in Nursing American Nurses Association. Example of a free, peer-reviewed, international, online publication. http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/ PDA Resources & Services Yale University School of Medicine. Guide to free and licensed PDA applications for health care. http://www.med.yale.edu/library/technology/PDA/ Sigma Theta Tau International/Virginia Henderson Electronic Library Databases about nurse
researchers and research, including abstracts of STTI and other nursing research conferences; tables of content for STTI
publications Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, and Reflections on Nursing Leadership. http://www.nursingsociety.org for the Interagency Council on Information Resources in Nursing (ICIRN)
Copyright © 2007 by ICIRN
Open access pdf version at http://nln.allenpress.com/pdfserv/i1536-5026-028-05-0276.pdf
THE 24TH EDITION of the
ICIRN Essential Nursing Resources list (formerly Essential Nursing References) is presented as a resource for locating nursing information and for collection development. The list includes print, multimedia, and electronic sources to support nursing practice, education, administration, and research activities. The most recent editions or websites available are included.
The list was compiled to point to pathways for exploration, rather than be an end point, and to expand to multiple formats beyond traditional
references. New sections in this edition are: Alerting Services/Blogs/RSS Feeds (formerly Current Awareness),
Consumer Health/Patient Education, Informatics, Public Health/Disaster Preparedness,
and Patient Safety. Citations Marked $$ indicate availability
via subscription or through a library.
CONTENTS
META-SITES FOR NURSING INFORMATION
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds deliver headlines, journal tables of content, updates, and summaries to desktop or Web browser. Subscribe via individual publishers and aggregators.
BMJ What is RSS? How do I get a News Reader? http://resources.bmj.com/bmj/interactive/rss
EDUCAUSE.7 Things You Should KnowAbout...RSS.What is it? Who's doing it? How does it work? and more http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ELI7024
MDLinx Nursing RSS feeds for nursing subspecialties http://www.mdlinx.com/NurseLinx/feeds.cfm
Medscape Nurses Blogs, experts, and viewpoints; free newsletters in nursing (or other editions) and daily alerts on clinical advances in specialty areas. CE, patient education, and news. http://www.medscape.com/nurses/resource
NIH Clinical Alerts and Advisories RSS feeds for clinical alerts and advisories from NIH-funded clinical trials. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/clinical_alerts.html#alerts
NurseLinx.com Current abstracts from selected nursing and medical journals. Free daily email newsletter with brief abstracts and weblinks. http://www.nurselinx.com
RSS feeds for Nursing CE, Reading, Journal Tables of Content, Drug Updates, and more Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. http://www.nursingcenter.com/rss/rssfeed.asp
US National Library of Medicine RSS Feeds and Podcasts http://www.nlm.nih.gov/listserv/rss_podcasts.html
Medscape Nurses Blog:“In Our Own Words” Weblog for issues related to professional experiences. http://medscapenursing.blogs.com/ RSS feed for nursing headlines. http://www.medscape.com/pages/public/rss
Nursing Discussion Forums University of Buffalo School of Nursing. http://nursing.buffalo.edu/mccartny/nursing_discussion_forums.html
Sigma Theta Tau International E-Forums Free forums to post, search, discuss topics of concern to all nurses. http://sttiportal.meisoft.com/forums/index.cfm?cfapp=3
American Association for the History of Nursing. Nonprofit, education, and government websites relevant to nursing history. http://www.aahn.org/weblink.html
American College of Nurse Midwives ACNM Archives, 1910-1999. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/ead/acnm.html
Hall, L.A. (1997). Nurses in the Archives: Archival Sources for Nursing History. London: Routledge.
History of Nursing: An Index to the Microfiche Collection University Microfilms, International, 1983-1988.
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University History of nursing archives. Personal and professional papers of nursing leaders, schools of nursing records, public health and professional organizations, and early textbooks. http://www.bu.edu/archives/holdings/historical/nursing.html
Interagency Council on Library Resources for Nursing (1989) Guide to Archival Sources in Nursing. West Long Branch, NJ: Author.
Inventory of the Estelle Massey Osborne Papers, 1943-1967 New York Public Library. Describes contents of correspondence, programs, and publications of this pioneer for black nurses. http://www.nypl.org/research/manuscripts/scm/scosborn.xml
Midwifery, Nursing, and Obstetrics Manuscript Collections at NLM: A Subject Guide US National Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/nursing/home.html
National League for Nursing NLN Archives 1894-1952. US National Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/ead/nln.html
Nursing Newsletters Online Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc. Searchable archive of 35 state nursing association newsletters. Free pdfs. http://www.nursingald.com/newsletter_thumbs.php
University of Pennsylvania/Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing Records of hospitals, schools of nursing, nursing alumni associations, professional and military associations, and personal papers. http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/history/
Zwerdling, M.(2004).Postcards of Nursing:A Worldwide Tribute. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. http://www.nursepostcard.com/
In addition to sources listed below, information on audiovisuals can be found in publishers’ catalogs, library catalogs, CINAHL, and print and online catalogs of professional nursing organizations.
Bowker’s Complete Video Directory. (2007). New York, NY: Bowker. Four-volume set with focus on education, special interest, and entertainment. Also on CD-ROM.
LocatorPlus US National Library of Medicine. Catalog including books, serials, audiovisuals, and reports. http://locatorplus.gov
National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM) Covers videotapes, films, audiocassettes, filmstrips, and other nonprint educational media. Records date back to 1900. Includes >630,000 indexed items. http://www.nicem.com
Video Source Book (36th ed.). (2006). Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale. Frequently updated editions provide access to >160,000 video titles.
In addition to sources listed below, information on new nursing books can be found in publishers’ catalogs, library catalogs including locatorplus.gov, CINAHL, and print and online catalogs of professional nursing organizations.
AJN Book of the Year Awards Annual. Annotated list as chosen by American Journal of Nursing. http://www.ajnonline.com/pt/re/ajn/ 2005booksoftheyear.htm
Brandon Hill Selected Lists Selection guides for “Nursing,” the “Small Medical Library,” and “Allied Health.” Although not updated since 2002, these lists continue to be a starting point for collection and reference. http://www.mssm.edu/library/brandon-hill/
Clamp, C. G. L., Gough, S., & Land, L. (2005). Resources for Nursing Research: An Annotated Bibliography (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Covers books, journals, and Internet resources from 1980s onward. Table of contents and selected pages searchable with “limited preview” at: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0761949917
$$ Doody's Review Service Expert reviews of medical, nursing, and allied health books and software. http://www.doody.com/dej.htm. Members of Sigma Theta Tau International can access an enhanced version at “My Info Search.” http://www.nursingsociety.org
Lomax, E., & Setterlund, S. K. (2005). A Virtual Reference Shelf for Nursing Students and Faculty: Selected Sources. Journal of Library Administration, 44(1-2), 429-450. Both free and fee-based electronic references. Includes web and PDA sources.
R. R. Bowker. Medical and Health Care Books and Serials in Print, 2007: An Index to Literature in the Health Sciences (two volumes, annual). New Providence, NJ. Subject, author, and title access to >109,000 English and foreign language books, US and foreign serials in medical and health subject areas.
American Nurses Association. (2001). Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Washington DC: American Nurses Publishing. View Table of Contents online at http://nursingworld.org/ethics/code/protected_nwcoe813.htm
Brody, B.A., et al. (2000). Medical Ethics: Codes, Opinions, and Statements. Washington, DC: Bureau of National Affairs.
Post, S. G. (Ed.). (2004). Encyclopedia of Bioethics (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan Reference USA.
Schroeter, K.,Derse,A.,Junkerman, C.,& Schiedermayer,D.(2002). Practical Ethics for Nurses and Nursing Students: A Short Reference Manual. Hagerstown, MD: University Publishing Group.
Walters,L.,Kahn,T.J.,& Goldstein,D.M.(2004). Bibliography of Bioethics. Washington, DC: Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. Annual index containing >3,600 new citations to documents in bioethics, derived from citations added to the NLM databases. Comprehensive access to literature on ethical, legal, and public policy aspects of health care and biomedical research.
American Nurses Association Center for Ethics and Human Rights Center activities, bibliographies, code of ethics, policy development, position statements, and issues updates. http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ThePracticeofProfessionalNursing/EthicsStandards/CEHR.aspx
Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine News, resource links, events, special features, streaming video, funding sources. http://www.bioethics.upenn.edu/
International Code of Ethics for Nurses International Council of Nurses (ICN). Adopted in 1953 and revised and reaffirmed at various times since; also in French, Spanish, and German. http://www.icn.ch/icncode.pdf
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRCBL), Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University Books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, government publications, and documents concerned with issues in biomedical and professional ethics. http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/nrc/index.htm Includes the ETHX bibliographic database (>180,000 citations). http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/databases/ETHXWeb/basice.htm
Nursing Ethics at Boston College School of Nursing Resources, database, abstracts, reviews, collections, links, education. http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/son/ethics/
CAM is defined as diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered part of conventional medicine.
Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public. (2005). Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Free. http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11182.html
Dossey, B., Keegan, L., & Guzzetta, C. E. (2004). Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice (4th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
Gordon, J. S. (2002). White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy: Final Report and Next Steps. Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine, 8(3), 28-31. Free. http://whccamp.hhs.gov/pdfs/fr2002_document.pdf
Jonas,W. B. (Ed.). (2005). Mosby’s Dictionary of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. St Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby.
Snyder, M., & Lindquist, R. (2006). Complementary/Alternative Therapies in Nursing (5th ed.). New York: Springer Publishing. Table of contents and selected pages at: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0826114474
Sparber, A.(2001, August 31). State Boards of Nursing and Scope of Practice of Registered Nurses Performing Complementary Therapies. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 6(3), Manuscript 10. Links to state boards of nursing policies on complementary therapies. http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume62001/Number2May31/CmplementaryTherapiesReport.aspx
Spencer, J.W.,& Jacobs,J.(Eds.).(2003). Complementary/Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach (2nd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby.
See also: Databases and Indexes.
$$Alt HealthWatch Focuses on many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care/wellness. Indexes articles, reports, proceedings, pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research, and book excerpts as well as association and consumer newsletters from >140 international sources. http://www.epnet.com/academic/default.asp
$$AMED Health Care Information Service of the British Library. Alternative medicine database; scope primarily European. http://www.bl.uk/collections/health/amed.html
CAM on PubMed National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the NLM have partnered to create this subset of NLM’s PubMed. Literature search automatically limited to CAM subset of PubMed. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nccam/camonpubmed.html
Cochrane Collaboration CAM Reviews Coordinated by University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine. Linked to abstracts and plain language summaries. http://www.compmed.umm.edu/Cochrane/index.html
$$ Natural Standard International, multidisciplinary, evidence-based information source about CAM therapies. Includes databases of herbs/ supplements, health/wellness, allergy/immunology, brand names, and interactions. http://www.naturalstandard.com/
American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) Nonprofit educational organization open to nurses and health care professionals interested in holistic health care. http://www.ahna.org
MedlinePlus: Complementary and Alternative Therapies Topics http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/complementaryandalternativetherapies.html
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Explores CAM healing practices in the context of rigorous science to train researchers and disseminate authoritative information to public and professionals. http://nccam.nih.gov
AJN Book of the Year Awards. Includes consumer health category. http://www.ajnonline.com/pt/re/ajn/2005booksoftheyear.htm
America’s Top Doctors.The Nation’s Leading Medical Specialists (6th ed.). (2006). New York: Castle Connolly Medical.
Consumers’ Checkbook Magazine (Eds.). (2002). Consumers’ Guide to Hospitals. Washington, DC: Consumers’ Checkbook.
Komaroff,A.L. (Ed.).(1999). Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide. New York: Free Press. Updated at: http://health.harvard.edu/fhg
Medical & Health Information Directory, 2006. (19th ed.). Three volumes. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research.
ClinicalTrials.gov Explains benefits and risks of clinical trials and how to become a participant. Includes trials conducted by NIH, other federal agencies, and pharmaceutical companies. http://clinicaltrials.gov
MedicineNet Part of the WebMD network, authoritative medical information for consumers provided by physicians on conditions, diseases, tests, and procedures. http://medicinenet.com
MedlinePlus® Valuable resource for patient teaching, drug and disease links, tutorials, and ready reference. Includes interactive health tutorials, pre-formatted PubMed searches, and more. http://medlineplus.gov
MedWeb Meta-site. Browse consumer health listings by topic and source. http://www.medweb.emory.edu/SPT--Home.php
The Merck Manuals. Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.merckhomeedition.com/
Quackwatch. Stephen Barrett, MD. Nonprofit company formed to expose health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. http://www.quackwatch.com
“Top Ten” Most Useful Websites for Health Consumers Medical Library Association. http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/topten.html
UpToDate® Patient Information
Continuously updated patient-level literature reviews on health topics A to Z. http://www.patients.uptodate.com/
Access to specialized databases is available from academic, hospital, and other libraries, including members of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), http://www.nnlm.gov. Nurses may access these databases via library web-sites or directly from the vendor; also, contact a local health sciences library or closest Regional Medical Library (call 800/388-7657). For access to the US National Library of Medicine databases, check the NLM website at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/. Always check with your library before paying for journal articles online as access via a library gateway may provide options for obtaining the full text of indexed content. Since full-text journal collections are marketed to libraries, not nurses, they are not listed here. Nurses may also obtain the full text of articles — both print and online — via professional memberships, personal subscriptions, and some websites.
$$ CINAHL® Database Cinahl Information Systems (CIS). Comprehensive coverage of professional English-language literature in nursing and 17 allied health disciplines. Selective coverage of biomedicine, consumer health, alternative medicine, health sciences librarianship, foreign nursing literature. Coverage from 1982 to date includes >1 million records from >1,800 indexed journals, plus books, book chapters, pamphlets, audiovisuals, educational software, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, and standards of professional practice. Includes a cited references field for >900 active journals from 1994 forward. Full text is included for selected research instruments, 73 journals, critical paths, and CIS-created documents such as legal case records and drug records, providing >25,000 full-text documents. Subject access is available via the CINAHL Subject Heading List. http://www.epnet.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=53
MEDLINE US National Library of Medicine. Covers virtually every area in the broad field of biomedicine, including bioethics, health administration, toxicology, nursing, nutrition, pharmacology, medicine, psychiatry, medical engineering, and pathology, from >4,600 US and international journals, 1966 to date, including those selected for Hospital and Health Administration Index, Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. Available via many online vendors, each with its own search interface, most with access to online full text of selected journals. http://www.pubmed.gov
NLM Gateway National Library of Medicine. Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, LocatorPlus, MEDLINEplus, and many others noted at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/. See also http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd
Nursing research and publications may be found in a variety of databases; consult with your local librarian about your topic.
AgeLine American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Coverage 1978 to present. Social gerontology and the study of aging in social, psychological, health-related, and economic contexts. Includes journal, book, and report citations. Free access. http://www.aarp.org/research/ageline/
AIDSinfo US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) project providing information on HIV/AIDS clinical trials and treatment. Mission is to offer the latest federally approved information on clinical research, treatment, prevention, and medical practice guidelines for consumers and health care providers. http://aidsinfo.nih.gov. Additional federal AIDS resources are described and linked for free searching: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/aidsinfs.html
$$ BNIPlus (British Nursing Index) Bournemouth University, Poole Hospital NHS Trust, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, and the Royal College of Nursing. Includes >220 nursing/midwifery and health-related journals with strong UK coverage, 1987 to present. Online and on CD-ROM. http://www.bniplus.co.uk
Buros Institute of Mental Measurement Includes Test Reviews Online, an index of descriptive information and critical reviews for >1,900 commercially available standardized educational, personality, aptitude, psychological, and related English-language tests published in Mental Measurement Yearbooks. Also includes a test publisher index. http://www.unl.edu/buros
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) Sponsored by Institute of Education Sciences of the US Department of Education. Bibliographic database includes >1.1 million citations going back to 1966. Free access to >107,000 full-text, nonjournal documents. http://www.eric.ed.gov
Educator’s Reference Desk from Information Institute of Syracuse Lesson plans, websites, and other resources not included in ERIC. http://www.eduref.org
$$ EMBASE, Excerpta Medica Database Elsevier Science Publishing. Includes citations and abstracts of biomedical and pharmaceutical literature from >6,500 international journals, 1974-present, many not covered in MEDLINE. Coverage of nursing journals is very limited. EMBASE.com adds citations from MEDLINE journals not in EMBASE, including nursing titles. http://www.embase.com
$$ Gale Group Health Reference Center – Academic; Health & Wellness Resource Center Gale offers various databases, including these two, that index >700 health and medical journals, >600 in full text. Diverse range of sources includes consumer health magazines, professional journals, pamphlets, medical reference books, topical overviews, and referral information. Also included are health-related articles from >4,000 other business and general interest publications indexed by Gale. http://www.galegroup.com
GPO Access Search US government databases individually or as a whole. Includes reports, studies, fact sheets, maps, handbooks, conference proceedings issued by all federal agencies, including Congress. Includes records of all Senate and House hearings on private and public bills and laws, as well as Code of Federal Regulations. Searchable topic “Health and Safety” is useful for governmental regulations, legislation, publications, and resources. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/databases.html
$$ HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) Behavioral Measurement Database Services, Pittsburgh, PA. Index of measurement instruments in the health sciences, psychological and social sciences, and library and information science. Identifies instruments needed for research and practice. http://www.ovid.com
Health and Medicine in the News University of Minnesota Bio-Medical Library (1997 to present). Index to health-related articles in Star Tribune (Minneapolis edition). When possible includes full citation to published journal literature or meeting abstract behind the story. http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/hmed
HSTAT (Health Services Technology Assessment Text) NLM Information Technology Branch of the Lister Hill Center. Access to full-text documents: clinical practice guidelines, quick reference guides, consumer brochures, evidence reports, technology assessments, and research protocols. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat
$$ ISI Web of Knowledge Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Includes Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), an international, multidisciplinary index to the literature of the social, behavioral, and related sciences, including nursing. Also includes Science Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. http://www.isinet.com/products/citation/
LocatorPlus National Library of Medicine’s online catalog, covering all catalogued titles, including books, serials, audiovisuals, and reports. Bibliographic data from NLM’s previously published format-specific indexes have been merged into this file. http://locatorplus.gov/
MedlinePlus® A valuable resource for patient teaching, drug and disease links, tutorials, and ready-reference. Includes interactive health tutorials, preformatted PubMed searches, and more. http://medlineplus.gov
PDQ (Physicians Data Query) National Cancer Institute. Latest information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, supportive care, and clinical trials. http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancer_information/pdq/
$$ PsycINFO American Psychological Association. International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, and linguistics. Records include citations to journal articles, dissertations, reports, book chapters, books, and other scholarly documents. Most include abstracts. http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/
Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library Features searchable Registry of Nursing Research database and links to other nursing resources. http://www.nursinglibrary.org
In addition to research published in journals, dissertations, and other scholarly sources, the following resources provide support for evidence-based practice (EBP). Critical abstracts from many of the following sources, as well as those published in many other journals, are indexed in the CINAHL database with publication types “Journal Article,” “Abstract, ” and “Commentary.”
$$ ACP Journal Club (1991-) Bimonthly journal from American College of Physicians, with commentaries. Online access comes with subscription and includes additional features. http://www.acpjc.org
Bandolier (1994-) Monthly independent evidence-based health care journal from the UK. Commentaries appear on website two to three months following print publication. http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/index.html
$$ Evidence-Based Mental Health (1998-) Quarterly journal with commentaries. http://ebmh.bmjjournals.com
$$ Evidence-Based Nursing (1998-) Quarterly journal with commentaries. Website includes current contents and selected free articles. http://ebn.bmjjournals.com
RAPid and the RAP Library Database of peer-reviewed critical appraisals from the Joanna Briggs Institute. http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/services/rapid.php
$$ Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing (2004-) Quarterly journal from Sigma Theta Tau International. Original articles, systematic reviews, and archival access via subscription to Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing (1993- 2003). http://www.nursingsociety.org/Publications/Journals/Pages/worldviews.aspx
Best practices are available from many sources, including journals and other resources indexed in CINAHL and MEDLINE. CINAHL publication types to consider include Care Plan, Clinical Innovations, Critical Path, Practice Guidelines, Protocol and Standards. Also, consider Evidence-Based Care Sheets available in CINAHLPlus. “Practice Guideline” is also available as a MEDLINE publication type. See also nursing specialty organizations.
AHRQ Evidence Based Practice Links to Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Evidence Reports. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcix.htm
Evidence-Based Medicine Resource Center New York Academy of Medicine links to clinical practice guidelines. http://www.ebmny.org/cpg.html
JBI Best Practice Information Sheets Joanna Briggs Institute. http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pubs/best_practice.php
National Guideline Clearinghouse Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), US Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.guideline.gov
Nursing Best Practice Guidelines Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO). http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices/index.asp
RCN Clinical Guidelines. Royal College of Nursing. http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/practice/clinicalguidelines
Berkeley Systematic Reviews Group A website dedicated to summarizing and conducting methodological research in the fields of systematic review and meta-analyses. Provides training and extensive links. http://www.medepi.net/meta/
The Cochrane Library Cochrane Collaboration. Four full-text databases that cover the subject area of evidence-based medicine: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews and Effectiveness (DARE), Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CCTR), and Cochrane Review Methodology Database (CRMD). Cochrane Reviews are also indexed in CINAHL, MEDLINE, and the TRIP database. http://www.cochrane.org
Health Technology Assessment (NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme). http://www.ncchta.org
International Journals of Evidence-based Health Care (formerly JBI Reports) Joanna Briggs Institute. http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/journs_pubs/index.php
Online Journal of Clinical Innovations Included in CINAHLPlus database. http://www.cinahl.com/cexpress/ojcionline3/index.html
These tools search multiple sources and organize results according to the EBP categories noted above.
SUMsearch From Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Simultaneously searches PubMed MEDLINE, DARE, and the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC). Includes search filters for clinical queries, and extends systematic review searches to MEDLINE when DARE does not provide sufficient results. http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu
TRIP database (Turning Research Into Practice) TRIP Database Ltd. in the UK. Searches >75 websites with high quality medical information. Subscription database, with limited free access. http://www.tripdatabase.com
Numerous websites are devoted to evidence-based medicine and the overarching concept of evidence-based practice. These sites are a sampling of those focused on nursing and interdisciplinary EBP.
Academic Center for Evidence-Based Nursing (ACE) University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Includes model for ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation®, which demonstrates diffusion of innovation from research to practice. http://www.acestar.uthscsa.edu/About.htm
Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing, University of York http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/centres/evidence/cebn.htm
Joanna Briggs Institute Site for Evidence-Based Nursing http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/about/eb_nursing.php
Sigma Theta Tau International/Nursing Knowledge International STTI subsidiary offers access to free and fee-based evidence-based nursing resources developed by leading organizations around the globe. http://www.nursingknowledge.org/Portal/main.aspx
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (30th ed.). (2003). Philadelphia: Saunders.
Medi-Lexicon International >200,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and health care acronyms and abbreviations, plus medical news and searches for medical, pharmaceutical, and health care professionals. A UK-based website with US information. http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/
Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary on MedlinePlus. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
O’Toole, M.T. (Ed.). (2005). Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health (7th rev. ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier Science Health Sciences Division.
Powers,B.A.,& T.R.Knapp (2005). Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research (3rd ed.) New York: Springer Publishing.
Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing (5th ed.). (2005). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Venes, D. (2004). Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (20th ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis. Also available for PDA. http://www.tabers.com/
Buchholz, S. (2006.). Henke’s Med-math: Dosage Calculation, Preparation, and Administration (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. Softbound with CD-ROM.
Gahart, B. L. (annual). Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Other Allied Health Personnel. St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
Springhouse Nurse’s Drug Guide (annual). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Includes CD-ROM.
$$ DRUG-REAX® System Information on interacting ingredients: drug-drug, drug-food, drug-disease, drug-ethanol, drug-tobacco, drug-alternative medicine, allergic reactions; also includes drug-laboratory assay interactions. Available for PDA and online. http://www.micromedex.com/products/drugreax/
$$ International Pharmaceutical Abstracts. American Society of Health System Pharmacists. Indexes >750 worldwide journals published since 1970. http://www.scientific.thomson.com/products/ipa
MedMaster™ American Society of Health System Pharmacists. Database is based on ASHP’s Medication Teaching Manual: The Guide to Patient Drug Information, which includes information on >700 generic and brand name medications. http://www.safemedication.com/About/medMaster.cfm and http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html, and through other organizations; also available for PDA. http://ashp.pdaorder.com/welcome.xml
$$ Micromedex-Thomson A comprehensive drug information database http://www.micromedex.com/
$$ PDR Electronic Library Thomson Micromedex and pdr.net. Contains full text of Physicians Desk Reference, PDR for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements, and PDR for Ophthalmic Medicines and Side Effects. In print and on PDA. http://www.micromedex.com/products/pdr
$$ USP DI® Advice for the Patient® Drug Information for the Health Care Provider. United States Pharmacopeial Convention. Information on brand name drugs; available as print publication and as database in many libraries and at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html For purchase at: http://www.micromedex.com/products/uspdi/v2/
ATSDR Environmental Health Nursing Initiative The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) began this initiative to support environmental health knowledge, skills, and awareness among nurses who serve individuals and communities. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/EHN/
Ellison, D. H. (2007). Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents. (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Hazardous Substances Release/Health Effects Database (HaZDat) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Database with information on the release and effects of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazdat.html
$$ Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Internet Resources for MSDS Interactive Learning Paradigms, Inc. Annotated bibliography of 100 free Internet sources of information on MSDS, including approximate number of data sheets for listed organizations. http://www.ilpi.com/msds#Internet
MSDS-SEARCH (National MSDS Repository) MSDS-SEARCH, Inc. Access to >1 million MSDS sources. http://www.msdssearch.com
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Latest printed edition, February 2004, NIOSH Pub. No. 97-140. Obtain as a zip file download, CD-ROM, or in print. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/
$$ POISINDEX® System Thomson Micromedex. Commercial database with substance identification and treatment for exposures to chemical and toxic substances, including household products. http://www.micromedex.com/products/poisindex/
US National Library of Medicine, Environmental Health and Toxicology SIS (Specialized Information Services) Links to specialized databases such as Toxline, Haz-Map, Household Products, Review of PDA Applications in Toxicology & Environmental Health, WISER (Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders). http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html
Federal Government Agencies Regulatory information and links to drugs, toxicology, environmental, and occupational health on websites of US agencies: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/rules.html; Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/; and Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) at http://www.osha.gov
$$ RegsLink® System Thomson Micromedex. Commercial database system that provides state and federal regulatory information on the Internet. Includes information from Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, OHSA, EPA, and information from the 50 states. http://www.micromedex.com/products/regslink/
AJN Career Guide Supplement to the January issue of American Journal of Nursing. Includes Guide to Certification, State Nurses Associations list, and How to Get a License. http://www.nursingcenter.com/CareerCenter/index.asp
All Nursing Schools Directory searchable by location, degree, and/or subject area. http://www.allnursingschools.com
American Association of Colleges of Nursing http://www.aacn.nche.edu
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Officially recognized by the US Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency for nursing programs at the baccalaureate level and above. http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Accreditation/
GradSchools.com Nursing graduate school directory. http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/nursing_menu.html
National League for Nursing. (2006). Guide to State-Approved Schools of Nursing RN, 58th Edition, and Guide to State-Approved Schools of Nursing, LPN/LVN. New York: Author.
National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. (NLNAC). Officially recognized by the US Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency for nursing programs at all levels. Lists accredited programs at http://www.nlnac.org
Nurses News CE Index. Medscape. Free email alerts for professional education activities. http://www.medscape.com/index/list_904_0?src=nursecenl
Peterson’s Nursing Programs (2007). Lawrenceville, NJ. Now in 12th edition. Comprehensive guide to baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs in the US and Canada. Online access to schools that advertise. http://iiswinprd03.petersons.com/nursing/grad_code/grad_start.asp?path =gr.fas.nursing
US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Nursing Education and practice grant programs, scholarship/loan programs, data, and reports. http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/
US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Nursing Workforce Reports and Data. Includes 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses. Published June 2006. Comprehensive snapshot of the nursing workforce, overview of salary, demographic, educational, role, and title information on 2.9 million registered nurses. http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/nursing.htm
US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics National occupational employment and wage estimates for RNs; LPNs; LVNs; nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary; nursing aides, orderlies, attendants, and more. http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Grants On-Line Database (GOLD) http://www.gold.ahrq.gov/ Links to Funded Grants Submitted by Nurses: 1980-2005 and summaries of funded grants for which nurses were the principal investigators. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/nursing/nursfund1.htm
Annual Register of Grant Support, 2007: A Directory of Funding Sources (40th ed.). Medford, NJ: Information Today.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Database of federal programs available to state and local governments; federally recognized Indian tribal governments; territories (and possessions) of the US; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit/nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals. http://www.cfda.gov
Council on Foundations Membership organization of >2,000 grant-making foundations and giving programs worldwide. http://www.cof.org
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) Searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects and award information conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. http://crisp.cit.nih.gov
Foundation Center Lists private, corporate, public, nonprofit, and community foundations. Fee-based Foundation Directory Online, with >80,000 listings. http://fdncenter.org. For individual grant-seeker access, see: http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/individuals/index.html
GrantsNet Links to >900 grant programs offered by 26 federal grant-making agencies; funding opportunities at http://www.grants.gov. Includes roadmap to the grant-seeking process and other resources. http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/
Guidestar:The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations Information on >850,000 IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations. Links to 12 sites that offer assistance to nonprofit organizations seeking grant money and a tutorial on how to find grant information. http://www.guidestar.org
HRSA. Bureau of Health Professions: Nursing Nurse Education and Practice Grant Programs. http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/
Michigan State University Libraries, Grants for Individuals: Nursing meta-site listing nursing organizations that offer scholarships and grants to individuals, including http://MinorityNurse.Com scholarship listings. http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3nursing.htm
Miner, J.T., & Miner, L. E. (Eds.) (2006). Directory of Biomedical and Health Care Grants (20th ed). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Miner, J.T., & Miner, L. E. (Eds.) (2006). Directory of Research Grants. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
National Science Foundation Funding Opportunities http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
NIH Grants and Funding Opportunities http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/
Office of the Advancement of TeleHealth (OAT) Guide to currently funded OAT projects; includes detailed descriptions and contact information. http://www.hrsa.gov/telehealth/
Schlachter, G.A., & Webb,R. D. (2006). RSP Funding for Nursing Students and Nurses 2006-2008. Eldorado Hills, CA: Reference Service Press.
Bauer, D. G. (2003). The How to Grants Manual: Successful Grant Seeking Techniques for Obtaining Public and Private Grants (5th ed.). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Chronicle of Philanthropy Grant-related conferences, seminars, and workshops. Journal also includes current issues, funding announcements, and a “Guide to Grants.” http://philanthropy.com
COS Funding News Weekly sampling of new and updated award information from the Community of Science Funding Opportunities. http://fundingopps2.cos.com/news/
Federal Register Government’s “daily newspaper” available from Superintendent of Documents. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
Falkenstein,J.A. (Ed.). (2005). National Guide to Funding in Health (9th ed.) New York: Foundation Center.
Foundation Center Virtual Classroom Online training (tools, demos, tutorials). http://fdncenter.org/learn/classroom/index.jhtml
Geever, J. C. (2007). The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing (5th ed.). New York: Foundation Center.
Miner, J.T.,& Miner,L.E.,(Eds.) (2005). Proposal Planning and Writing (3rd ed.). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Allen, M. Nursing Information Access. Celebrating Nursing History: What to Keep. Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section, Medical Library Association. Includes weeding guidelines and list of classic works. http://nahrs.library.kent.edu/resource/reports/weeding.html
American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) Nursing history primer, selected nursing history books, and a bibliography for historical methodology. http://www.aahn.org/primer.html
Bullough,V. L., Church, O. M., & Stein,A. P. (Eds.). (1988). American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Garland.
Bullough,V.L.,Sentz,L.,& Stein,A.P.(Eds.).(1992). American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. II. New York: Garland.
Bullough,V. L., & Sentz, L. (Eds.). (2000). American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol III. New York: Springer Publishing.
Nursing History Review: Official Journal of the American Association for the History of Nursing. New York: Springer Publishing. Annual. Recent historical research and book reviews. Browse archived table of contents. http://www.aahn.org/nhrtoc.html
Nursing Studies Index, 1900-1959:An Annotated Guide to Reported Studies, Research in Progress, Research Methods and Historical Materials, in Periodicals, Books, and Pamphlets Published in English (reprinted 1984). Edited by Virginia Henderson and associates at Yale University. Essential for researching nursing prior to 1960. New York: Garland.
Thompson A. (1968). Bibliography of Nursing Literature, 1859-1960. London: Royal College of Nursing.
Abdelhak, M. (2007). Health Information: Management of a Strategic Resource. St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier.
Park,H.-A.,Murray,P.,& Delaney C.W.(Eds.). Proceedings of NI2006/9th International Congress on Nursing Informatics: Consumer-Centered Computer-Supported Care for Healthy People. Seoul, Korea, June 2006.
Weaver,C.A.,Delaney,C.W.,et al.(Eds).(2006). Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century: An International Look at Practice, Trends and the Future. Chicago: HIMSS.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov
American Nurses Association Committee for Nursing Practice Information Infrastructure (CNPII) http://nursingworld.org/npii/committee.htm
American Nursing Informatics Association ANIA seeks to promote nursing informatics through communication, education, research, and professional activities. Site offers information on goals, meetings, conferences, membership, and related sites. http://www.ania.org/
AMIA Nursing Informatics Working Group (NI-WG) Represents the interests of nursing informatics and of the Working Group members. Included are links to annual and current activities, recent newsletters, bylaws, and related sites. http://www.amia.org/mbrcenter/wg/ni/
CARING (Connecting, Sharing & Advancing Healthcare Informatics) Advances the delivery of quality health care through the integration of informatics in practice, education, administration, and research. http://www.caringonline.org/mc/page.do
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) http://www.cchit.org
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Nursing Informatics HIMSS provides resources to promote and support the field of nursing informatics through knowledge sharing, advocacy, collaboration, innovation, community affiliations, and advising on public policy. http://www.himss.org/ASP/topics_nursingInformatics.asp
Health Information Technology US Department of Health & Human Services. The American Health Information Community (AHIC) is a federal advisory body, chartered in 2005 to make recommendations to the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services on how to accelerate the development and adoption of health information technology. http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/
Health Level 7 (HL7) http://www.hl7.org
IMIA Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group International nonprofit organization serving the needs of nurses in the field of nursing informatics. Working groups are of specific interest. http://www.imia.org/ni/
International Organization for Standardization http://www.iso.org
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/sssmemb.htm
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI®) American Nurses Association. http://www.nursingquality.org
Nursing Education Research,Technology,and Information Management Advisory Council (NERTIMAC) Advisory council within the National League for Nursing (NLN) that promotes nursing education research, evidence-based learning and teaching, the integration of technology into teaching and learning, and the integration of information management into nursing education. http://www.nln.org/aboutnln/nertimac.htm
Nursing Information & Data Set Evaluation Center (NIDSEC) http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ThePracticeofProfessionalNursing/DocInfo/NursingTerminologies/NIDSEC.aspx
Tiger Initiative:Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform. Works to “catalyze a dynamic, sustainable and productive relationship” between Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) and the major nursing organizations. http://www.umbc.edu/tiger/index.html
Unified Medical Language System (UMLS), US National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls
Aspden,P.,Corrigan,J.M.,Wolcott,J.,& Erickson,S.M.,(Eds.).(2004). Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care. Quality Chasm Series of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Washington DC.
Byers J. (Ed.). (2004). Patient Safety: Principles and Practice. New York: Springer.
Farley, D. O.,Morton, S. C., Damberg,C. L.,Fremont,A., Berry, S. H.,Greenberg, M.D., et al. (2005). Assessment of the National Patient Safety Initiative: Context and Baseline: Evaluation Report. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Health.
Hall L. (2005). Quality Work Environments for Nurse and Patient Safety. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Healthgrades Quality Study. (2006). Third Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study. Golden CO: Health Grades. http://www.healthgrades.com/media/dms/pdf/PatientSafetyInAmericanHospitalsStudy2006.pdf
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. (2007). Front Line of Defense: The Role of Nurses in Preventing Sentinel Events (2nd ed.). Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Author.
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. (2005). Patient Safety: Essential for Health Care (3rd ed.). Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Author.
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. (2006). Strategies for Building a Hospitalwide Culture of Patient Safety. Oakbrook Terrace IL: Author.
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. (2006). Medication Reconciliation Handbook. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Author.
Page, A. (Ed.). (2004). Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses. Washington DC: Institute of Medicine Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety. http://www.nap.edu/books/0309090679/html/
Rozovsky, F. (Ed.). (2005). Handbook of Patient Safety Compliance: A Practical Guide for Health Care Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Walshe, K., & Boaden, R. (Eds.) (2006). Patient Safety: Research into Practice. New York: Open University Press.
AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet) News and weekly updates of patient safety literature, tools, meetings, research. http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/index.aspx
American Hospital Association Patient safety articles that AHA scans and updates for users. http://www.aha.org/aha/resource-center/bibliography/patient-safety.html
American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Patient Safety Resource Center Fosters fail-safe medication use in health systems through advocacy, education, and research. http://www.ashp.org/s_ashp/subindex2.asp?CID=489&DID=531
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Patient Safety First Resources http://www.patientsafetyfirst.org/healthcare/resources.html
Canadian Nurses Association Patient Safety Resource Guide http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/practice/environment/safety/guide/default_e.aspx
Department of Defense (DoD) Patient Safety Center http://dodpatientsafety.usuhs.mil/
Institute for Safe Medication Practice (ISMP) The nation’s only 501c(3) nonprofit organization devoted entirely to medication error prevention and safe medication use. http://www.ismp.org/
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Workplace. Links to projects, events, and reports concerning occupational health and safety. http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3724.aspx
Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety http://www.jcipatientsafety.org/
Joint Commission Resources National Patient Safety Goal Resources, 2008. http://www.jcrinc.com/25372/
MedlinePlus Patient Safety Page http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/patientsafety.html
Medscape Patient Safety Resources Search internally to Patient Safety Resource Center. Free registration. http://www.medscape.com/
National Center for Patient Safety Established to develop and nurture a culture of safety throughout the Veterans Health Administration. http://www.patientsafety.gov/
National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) http://www.nccmerp.org/councilRecs.html
National Patient Safety Agency Coordinates efforts aimed at patient safety incidents occurring in the National Health Service, UK. http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/
National Quality Forum Nursing Care Quality at NQF. Links to 15 consensus standards for “nursing sensitive care.” http://www.qualityforum.org/nursing/
Patient Safety: Who Guards the Patient? OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/JournalTopics/PatientSafety.aspx OJIN
World Health Organization Alliance for Patient Safety. http://www.who.int/patientsafety/en/
AHRQ Public Health Preparedness http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/index.html
American Nurses Association. (2006). Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards. Silver Spring, MD: Author. http://nursingworld.org/books/pdescr.cfm?cnum=15#06SSPH
CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response Site Portal for CDC’s information about bioterrorist agents, diseases, and other threats. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
Emergency Preparedness: Planning for Disaster Response Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/JournalTopics/EmergencyPreparedness.aspx
International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education (INCMCE) Coordinated by Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. http://www.incmce.org/
New York Academy of Medicine Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness. Full text of expert guidelines, fact sheets, and other tools. http://www.phpreparedness.info/
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce Collaborative effort of government agencies, public health organizations, and health science libraries to assist the public health workforce to find and use information effectively to improve and protect the public’s health. http://phpartners.org/
Public Health Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice http://nursingworld.org/books/pdescr.cfm?cnum=15#06SSPH
Public Health Nursing Section of the American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/phn/
Quad Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations http://www.achne.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3292
Rand Public Health Preparedness Database Funded by US Department of Health and Human Services, access to numerous public health preparedness exercises and papers about exemplary practices in public health preparedness. http://rand.org/health/projects/php/
US Department of Homeland Security National Response Plan http://www.dhs.gov/xprepresp/committees/editorial_0566.shtm
Cohen, J., Cohen, P.,West, S. G.,& Aiken, L. S. (2003). Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences (3rd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Dallas, G. E. (2003). The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice. Boston: Tufts University. http://www.tufts.edu/~gdallal/LHSP.HTM
Schloman, B. (2001, August 31). Using Health Statistics: A Nightingale Legacy. Online Journal of Issues in
Nursing. Annotated links to state, federal, and international sources, tools, and demographic data.
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodi
cals/OJIN/Columns/InformationResources/UsingHealthStatistics.aspx
Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2007). Using Multivariate Statistics (5th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
Most universities with schools of nursing have meta-sites for statistical resources on the Internet. For example:
Columbia University’s Electronic Data Service http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/
Columbia University: Data on the Internet Links to data providers, extractors, meta-sites for data, data archives. http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/outside_data/internet.html.
Emory University http://www.healthlibrary.emory.edu/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=119
University of California, San Diego Data on the Net. http://3stages.org/idata/
University of Michigan Statistical Resources on the Web. http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Administration on Aging’s Statistics on Aging Population http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/statistics.asp
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (Formerly Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) http://www.ahrq.gov/ Health insurance, use of health services and health care expenditures, health insurance of minorities. Data and surveys at: http://www.ahcpr.gov/data/
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Health Care Cost and Utilization Project http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey http://www.census.gov/csd/ace/
Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.gov/
Bureau of Labor Statistics Statistics on illnesses, injuries, and fatalities. http://stats.bls.gov/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A-Z list of topics with links to “statistics.” http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Links to Data Compendium with data on Medicare enrollment and Medicaid recipients, expenditures, and utilization. State-by-state and national data on prescription drugs in Medicaid; free downloads of datasets. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/DataCompendium/
Childstats.gov America’s Children Includes key indicators of child wellbeing. http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/
DataWeb Collaboration between US Census Bureau and the CDC. http://www.thedataweb.org/
FedStats Link by topic, geography, agency, or A-Z list, including health topics A-Z. http://www.fedstats.gov
GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Portal US County Population Trends, Decennial Census. http://gislounge.com/features/us-census-2000-population-trends-mapped/
Health Care Finance Agency Public Use Data Files (PUF), National Health Care Indicators and Expenditures, Clinical Practice Expense Program (CPEP), Resource-Based Practice Expenditure Data Files, actuarial tables, databases for Medicare and Medicaid information. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/rsds.asp
HHS Data Resources, Metadirectory Description and links for virtually all statistical and surveillance systems supported by HHS agencies. http://aspe.hhs.gov/datacncl/datadir/index.shtml
HRSA Bureau of Health Professions – Division of Nursing Source for US nursing workforce information, as well as nursing education and practice grant programs. http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/
National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/
National Center for Health Statistics Includes Health: US, an annual publication with statistics on recent trends in health care. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/Default.htm
National Hospital Discharge and Ambulatory Surgery Summary http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdasd/nhds.htm
Nursing Workforce Reports and Data, US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration Includes 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (published June 2006), comprehensive snapshot containing salary, demographic, educational, role, and title information on 2.9 million registered nurses. http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/nursing.htm
State Data Center Program http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/
Statistical Abstract of the United States Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on social, political, and economic organization of the US. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
US Census Bureau Gateway to Census 2000, maps, population data by subject, special topics including National Data Book. www.census.gov/ Fact Finder from the Us Census Bureau: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
White House Site for Latest Federal Government Statistics http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/health.html
AACN’s Institutional Data Systems (IDS) and Research Center American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Authoritative national databank of current statistics on student enrollment, graduations, and faculty salaries in baccalaureate/graduate nursing programs. http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Publications/instdata.htm
Interagency Collaborative on Nursing Statistics (ICONS) Association of individuals from a variety of organizations who are responsible for the development, compilation, and analysis of data on nurses and the settings in which they practice. http://www.iconsdata.org
Kaiser Family Foundation Latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation and budgets. www.kff.org/statepolicy/index.cfm Includes source for state health data. http://www.statehealthfacts.org/
March of Dimes PeriStats Perinatal Data Center, with free access to aggregated US, state, county, and city maternal/infant health data. http://www.marchofdimes.com/peristats/
National League for Nursing Data on all nursing education programs in the USA and its territories. http://www.nln.org/research/index.htm
Nursing Data Review,Academic Year 2004-2005 National League for Nursing. Current year and/or trend data about admissions, enrollments, graduations, ethnicity, gender, and tuition rates. http://www.nln.org/research/Reports/NursingDataReview2005/index.htm
Pan American Health Organization www.paho.org United Nations Population Information Network Data http://www.un.org/popin/functional/statistics.html Includes statistics section of UN Human Development Report Office. http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/
WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) International health statistics including Minimum Data Set on Aging, World Health Statistics, 2006, and Core Health Indicators, which provide for querying the latest Core Health Indicators from WHO sources, including “World Health Statistics 2006” and “The World Health Report, 2006 Edition.” http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
Health Statistics: Finding and Using Them Dan Melnick Research Inc. (2000). Self-study course. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/usestats/sld001.htm
HyperStat Online An introductory statistics textbook and online tutorial for help in statistics. http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html
Interactive Statistical Calculation Web Pages Comprehensive set of tools described as “web pages that perform statistical calculations.” http://StatPages.org
Martindale’s Calculators Online Center Meta-site for Medical, Health, and Nutrition calculators. http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html
NoodleTools Finding and Using Data. http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/resources/math/stats.html
The Qual Page,Tufts University Resources for qualitative researchers. http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/
American Medical Association. (2007). American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington DC: Author. Revised guide for electronic media and URLs at: http://apastyle.apa.org/elecmedia.html
Daly, J. M. (2000). Writer’s Guide to Nursing Periodicals. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Huth, E. J. (1999). Writing and Publishing in Medicine (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). (2004). Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication. http://www.icmje.org/icmje.pdf
Nurse Author & Editor. Blackwell Publishing. Free online newsletter, published quarterly; articles offer advice on writing, avoiding rejection, finding publishing opportunities, editing, and reviewing. http://www.nurseauthoreditor.com/.
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