American
Nurses Association ANA's website, NursingWorld, has a wealth
of information on the nursing profession. In addition to information
about the association, there are links to the American Academy of
Nursing, American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Nurses Foundation,
the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, and the Ethnic Minority
Fellowship program.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The
CDC website has a lot of useful information such as news, Traveler's
Health (including disease outbreaks worldwide), and Data & Statistics.
The Health Information link leads to information on a wide range
of health-related topics. There is also information on the CDC
itself, as well as its publications, products, and job vacancies.
Emergency
Medicine and Primary Care Home Page EMBBS
maintains this website, which has information
of interest to medical professionals. Topics
include radiology, CT, and medical images;
job listings; clinical reviews; medical web
links; and software.
Martindale's
Nursing Center "A Medical Multimedia and Specialized Information
Research Center." A HUGE site (256K) that has nursing reference,
online journals, medical literature, case studies, national boards & review
questions, and a wealth of other information. NOTE: Due to the size
of this webpage, it takes some time for it to load.
Merck Manual Merck's award-winning
website features the online version of The Merck Manual of Diagnosis
and Therapy. Also featured is a Health Infopark, news, products, career
opportunities, topics for health professionals, and research.
National
Center for Environmental Health NCEH's
goal is to provide better health for all
people. To that end, the center has information
on its research and prevention programs
here. The NCEH also makes online versions
of its factsheets and brochures available.
National Institutes
of Health NIH conducts research to combat
disease. In addition to an overview of the
Institutes' organization and mission, there
are Health Information Resources, as well
as Scientific Resources that include online
library catalogs and literature resources.
National
Library of Medicine Part of the National
Institute of Health, the NLM is the world's
largest biomedical library. Visitors to
this website will find general information
about the library, its programs, news, access
to MEDLINE and other electronic information
sources.
Sigma
Theta Tau International The Honor Society
of Nursing, Sigma Tau Theta has information
on its webpage about its programs, membership,
and publications. Of particular interest
to nurses is the online library, which includes
the Registry of Nursing Research. There
are also links to STTI region and chapter
websites, and to other nursing sites as
well.
The
Visible Human Project The project is
a digital image library initiated by the
NLM, which "... is creating complete, anatomically
detailed, three-dimensional representations
of the male and female human body." NOTE:
A sampler of images is available. To see
a full collection of images, one of several
special applications must be downloaded
and configured.
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