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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. As one of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports health services research that will improve the quality of health care and promote evidence-based decisionmaking.

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center

Part of the National Institute of Health's National Institute on Aging.

American Academy of Dermatology

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

American Cancer Society

American Diabetes Association

American Dietetic Association

American Federation for Aging Research

The AFAR does research into the fundamental processes of aging with the promise of extending healthy life and finding cures for diseases that accompany old age.

American Heart Association

Can obtain new recommendations for blood pressure at this site.

American Hospital Association

American Hospital Directory

You can search by state and other criteria such as city or zip. A list of all hospitals for the state or city will appear.
Hospital Report

American Nurses Association

American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Auscultation Assistant

Learn more about breath and heart sounds.

Cancer Links

Centers for Disease Control

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.

Center Watch. Clinical Trials Listing Service

You can use this site to find a wealth of information related to clinical trials, such as a listing of more than 41,000 industry- and government-sponsored clinical trials as well as new drug therapies recently approved by the FDA. This site is designed to be a resource both for patients interested in participating in clinical trials and for research professionals.

Searches for clinical trials can be done by topic or geographic area. Detailed descriptions are given for each center including an overview, clinical research experince, highlights of ongoing research, sponsors, staff expertise, patient demographics, and contact information.

Child Welfare Information Gateway

Provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.  Visit often for the latest on a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, foster care and adoption and more.

ConsultGeriRN

ConsultGeriRN.org is the clinical nursing website of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University College of Nursing. It has geriatric protocols, evidence-based for managing common geriatric syndromes and conditions, linkage to specialty nursing associations, hospital competencies, opportunities to acquire continuing education
materials and much more.

E-MED

E-Medicine ia a large and current clinical knowledge base available to physicians and health professionals. Nearly 10,000 physician authors and editors contribute to the eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base with coverage of 7,000 diseases and disorders. The evidence-based content provides current practice guidelines in 62 medical specialties, and is kept current 24/7. All of eMedicine's original content undergoes four levels of physician peer review plus an additional review by a PharmD.

E-Medicine has a

Hand Hygiene  Interactive CDC Program

The Center for Disease Control site reviews key concepts of hand hygiene and standard precautions.  Excellent site for health professionals.

 

HSTAT (Health Services Technology Assessment Text)

HSTAT is a free, electronic resource that provides access to the full-text of documents useful in health care decision making. It was developed by the National Library of Medicine. HSTAT includes:

 

Healthy People 2010

Healthy People 2010 is a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative. Its goals are to increase the quality and years of healthy life and eliminate health disparities. It is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 17,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, JCAHO is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Since 1951, JCAHO has developed state-of-the-art, professionally based standards and evaluated the compliance of health care organizations against these benchmarks.

MedlinePlus. National Library of Medicine

The MEDLINEplus pages provide a carefully selected list of professional and consumer resources that bring together health information being published on the web by Federal government health agencies, professional associations, health libraries, research organizations and universities.

It provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions and also has links to clearinghouses, organizations, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians and clinical trials.

Health Topics

Dictionary

Directories

Drug Information

Medscape

Medscape's goal is to provide clinicians and other healthcare professionals with the most timely source of clinical information that is relevant to patients and practice. It makes available to a broad medical audience clinical information with the depth, breadth, and validity needed to improve the practice of medicine.

A one-time free registration is required. Medscape automatically delivers to you the specialty site that best fits your profile. You can also change your Medscape home page to any of the specialty and profession sites. Some of Medscape's features include:

Merck Manual

National Guideline Clearinghouse

Offers access to over 600 evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on common treatments and conditions developed by medical specialty societies, professional associations, public and private organizations, government agencies and health care organizations. The database provides detailed search options along with the ability to browse by disease/condition, by treatment/intervention, or by the name of the guideline developer.

In addition, the NGC database offers a feature that allows the user to create tabular comparisons of guideline summaries. The NGC also contains syntheses of guidelines covering similar topics, noting areas of agreement and disagreement.

National Health Centers and Institutes

National League for Nursing

The National League for Nursing advances quality nursing education that prepares the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing healthcare environment. NLN is the leading accrediting body for all types of nursing education programs within the U.S. and its territories. It is also the major provider of testing services for nursing schools, from pre-admission through graduation, as well as certification for specialty nursing groups and health care institutions.

National Nursing Student Association

Nurse Practice Act (Downloadable Copy)

This link will take you to the BNE page. From here click on Nursing Practice Act/Rules and Regulations.

Nurse Zone

NurseZone.com is designed by nurses and is exclusively dedicated to nurses. It's an online community with articles and columns written by experts, updates on the latest in nursing and healthcare innovations, free continuing education contact hours and links to other useful Web sites. Plus you can get information on fitness, exercise, nutrition, and discounted services and products important to nurses.

A Student Nurse Center is available which provides assistance in choosing a nursing school, securing financial assistance, getting connected with your peers, study tips, nclex prep, and more.

Nursing Spectrum

Nursing Spectrum,an RN-led communications company, operates this site and provides a broad range of information for nurses and nursing students. Information is available on jobs, continuing education modules, careers in nursing, student features, career management, schools of nursing, license requirements etc. Also available is a chat line, a discussion area, weekly guest lectures, RN community calendar, and a nursing spectrum store.

Nutrition

This site was created by the National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture in partnership with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, and HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

PDA Resources

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute applications for Palm OS and PocketPC Devices

Resources for Nurses and Families

Directory of links for nurses and consumers that is maintained by Dr. Diane Wink, associate professor at the University of Central Florida School of Nursing. Topics for links include:

Schools of Nursing List by State

Sigma Theta Tau

Sigma Theta Tau International is the honor society for nursing. Epsilon Theta Chapter is the local unit which was chartered May 16, 1980 at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing.

The purposes of Sigma Theta Tau are to recognize superior achievement, promote the development of leadership qualities, foster high professional standards, encourage creative work, and strengthen commitment to the ideals and purposes of the nursing profession. Examples of activities include program meetings, conferences and conventions, and awarding of scholarships and research grants. Members receive a monthly journal and other publication as a benefit of membership.

StalkingHelp

This anti-stalking resource web site was established by University of Texas at Austin researchers to provide assistance and to facilitate the dissemination of information about the topic. The website was established through a grant provided byt he Criminal Justice Division of the Texas Governor's Office as part of the federal Violence Against Women Act.

The website provides an effective means for presenting the results of available research into stalking and is intended to be a resource by stalking victims, mental health professionals, and law enforcement personnel.

StatRef-Medical and Nursing Reference Books

Provides searchable full-text access to the following medical titles:

  1. AHFS Drug Information 2001
  2. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
  3. A Nurse's Guide to Cancer Care
  4. Pediatric Nursing
  5. Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses
  6. DSM-IV
  7. Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing

As access is limited to 5 simultaneous users, please logoff at the end of your session. Database use is limited to UT at Austin students, faculty, and staff.

Testicular Cancer Resource Center

The Testicular Cancer Resource Center is a charitable organization devoted to helping people understand testicular and extragonadal germ cell tumors. Specifically, we provide accurate and timely information about these tumors and their treatment to anyone and everyone interested.

Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners

Information on changes to the Nurse Practice Act and board regulations, board position statements, regulatory issues and activities of the board. A downloadable copy of the Nursing Practice Act is available. Statistical information available on the total number of advanced practice nurses by category and various counts on RNs.

Urology Health

For information on impotence select "Sexual Function and Infertility" located on the left.

UT Library Resources for Research in Nursing

This research page was put together by the UT Library Nursing Bibliographer. It lists some of the major resources which the University of Texas at Austin has available for research in nursing plus links to other web resources. Topics include the following:

  1. How do I find nursing articles?
  2. How do I find a specific Nursing Journal
  3. Faculty Resources
  4. Associations and Organizations
  5. Bioterrorism
  6. Nursing Research on the Internet
  7. Government and State Information
  8. Statistics