Nursing and Allied Health Resources
General Information Sites
Aetna InteliHealth
www.intelihealth.com
InteliHealth offers a collection of consumer health information from a variety of sources -- Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, but also including the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine. Aetna U.S. Healthcare provides financial backing.
The Health Library includes condition-specific Health Zones for a variety of everyday concerns, and the Adult Health Advisor, an alphabetic list of conditions with their definition, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment.
Free online searching of Medline, MDX, and the USP Phamaceutical databases is available to users willing to register with the site.afraidtoask.com
afraidtoask.comFamilydoctor.org
familydoctor.orgHealthfinder
healthfinder.govHIV Insite
hivinsite.ucsf.eduINFOMINE
infomine.ucr.edu/
KidsHealth
kidshealth.org/
A web site devoted to the health of children and teens created by the medical experts at The Nemours Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to pediatric care.
KidsHealth offers a collection of articles written for children and parents covering the health concerns of children and teens. Instructional games and animation are included for children.Lab Tests Online
www.labtestsonline.orgMayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.comNational Organization for Rare Disorders
www.rarediseases.orgNOAH: New York Online Access to Health
Pregúntale a NOAH Sobre la Salud
www.noah-health.org
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is a project of The City University of New York, The Metropolitan New York Library Council, The New York Academy of Medicine and The New York Public Library which seeks to provide high quality full-text health information for consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased.
Information is organized in a topical subject guide and searchable by keyword.
The entire site is available in English and Spanish.
Medical Images
Anatomy of the Human Body
www.bartleby.com/107/Hardin MD: Medical Information + Pictures
www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.htmlMedPix: Medical Image Database
rad.usuhs.mil/medpix/medpix_home.htmlVesalius
www.vesalius.com/
Produced by Lion Reef Software, a multimedia design and production company creating content for the World Wide Web, CD-ROMs, kiosks and other delivery platforms.
A graphical resource for the medical communities with content located in two principal areas: the Image Archive and the Clinical Folios. The Vesalius Image Archive is a repository of anatomical and surgical images. The Vesalius Clinical Folios are a collection of short educational narratives designed for online reference and study.
Mental Health
Internet Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.com
A free encyclopedia of mental health information designed by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long, and programmed by his colleague, Brian Chow.
This comprehensive site contains information on each of the 50 most common mental disorders including: American and European descriptions, treatment information, research on diagnosis and complications, information booklets, and magazine articles. Information on each of the 65 most common psychiatric medications. A Mental Health Magazine containing: news, articles, booklets, editorials, letters, and stories of recovery. And online diagnostic programs that can be used to diagnose Anxiety Disorders, Eating Disorders, Mood Disorders, Personality Disorders, and Substance-Related Disorders.Psycsite: Science of Psychology Resources
kenstange.com/psycsite/
A comprehensive index of resources developed by Ken Stange at Nipissing University at North Bay, Ontario, Canada.Psych Web
psywww.com/
A site created and maintained by Russell A. Dewey, Ph.D., it contains links organized by topic as diverse as style manual help, career information, online pamphlets and, a self quiz.Psych Central
psychcentral.com/resources/
An annotated directory maintained by Dr. John M. Grohol.
News
EurekAlert!
www.eurekalert.org/
A product of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, with technical support provided by Stanford University.
The website covers the latest research advances in science, medicine, health, and technology. A searchable news section includes weekly news releases, book and grant announcements, and a calendar of meetings. Links are provided to research institutions, science media, peer-reviewed research journals, and Journalism Groups.
Drug Information
RxList - The Internet Drug Index
www.rxlist.com/
A database and search engine produced by Neil Sandow, Pharm.D.
The search engine allows keyword searches of the nearly 300 RxList monographs for potential drug interactions, side effects, indications, etc. Each monograph contains a full description of a commercially available US prescription drug drawn from Mosby's GenRx. A second feature allows products to be searched and identified by their tablet/capsule imprint code.
Medical Resources
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/Department of Health and Human Services
www.dhhs.gov/National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov/National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov/MEDLINEplus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
From the National Library of Medicine.NLM Gateway
gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd
From the National Library of Medicine.PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
From the National Library of Medicine.Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular medical terms in nine European Languages
allserv.rug.ac.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/welcome.html
A project commissioned by The European Commission (DG III) and executed by Heymans Institute of Pharmacology and Mercator School, Department of applied Linguistics.
Technical terms and their popular equivalents are arranged alphabetically in each of the nine languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Each term is linked to a list of its equivalents in the other languages, and an English dictionary definition.ICD-9-CM Coding Reference
www.eicd.com/EICDMain.htm
Directories
CAPHIS Top 100 List
www.caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.htmlLibrarians' Index to the Internet
lii.org/
Compiled and annotated by the librarians at Berkeley's Sunsite digital library. Check under the Health, Medicine entry.Medical Images on the Web: McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center
www.unmc.edu/library/reference/medimage.html
Nursing
Texas Nurses Association
www.texasnurses.org/American Nurses Association: Nursing World
nursingworld.org/Ajn.org
www.ajn.orgBoard of Nurse Examiners
www.bne.state.tx.us/Nursing Net
www.nursingnet.org/
Online Journals
Free Medical Journals
www.freemedicaljournals.com/Intermid: Internet Midwifery Journal
www.intermid.co.uk/Internet Scientific Publications
www.ispub.comInternurse
www.internurse.com/Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
www.nursingworld.org/ojin/NurseWeek/HealthWeek
www.nurse.comPediatrics
pediatrics.aappublications.org/Psychiatric Times
www.psychiatrictimes.com/RN Web
rn.modernmedicine.com/BioMed Central
www.biomedcentral.com/
Physical/Occupational Therapy
The American Occupational Therapy Foundation
www.aotf.orgAmerican Occupational Therapy Association
www.aota.org/Cyber PT
www.cyberpt.com/Physical Therapy Central
www.ptcentral.comAmerican Physical Therapy Association
www.apta.orgTexas Physical Therapy Association
www.tpta.orgPhysical Therapist
physicaltherapist.comRehab World
www.rehabworld.comRehab Jobs
www.rehabjobs.com
Respiratory Therapy
American Association for Respiratory Care
www.aarc.orgNational Board for Respiratory Care
www.nbrc.orgRT For Decision Makers in Respiratory Care
www.rtmagazine.comEducational Site for RT’s
www.rtcorner.netAdvance for Respiratory Care Practitioners
respiratory-care.advanceweb.com/Default.aspx
Radiology
A digital library of radiology education resources
www.radiologyeducation.comNetMedicine Radiology Library
http://www.netmedicine.com/xray/xr.htmThe Radiology information resource for patients
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/American Society of Radiologic Technologists
http://www.asrt.org/The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
http://www.arrt.org/