Nursing : Helpful Outside Links

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• National Guideline Clearinghouse: evidence-based clinical practice guidelines from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Nursing Organizations - state, national and international professional organizations

http://www.medlineplus.gov/

MedlinePlus is a free, comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date health information website from the National Library of Medicine.

The National Library of Medicine produces and maintains databases ranging over all kinds of medical topics.  A listing of the databases can be found at this link:  http://wwwcf2.nlm.nih.gov/nlm_eresources/eresources/search_database.cfm

Some NLM databases that may be especially useful to nurses include:

• Bioethics
• Cancer Information
• ClinicalTrials.gov
• Coffee Break
• Daily Med
• Dietary Supplement Label Database
• Drug Information
• Environmental Health and Toxicology Information
• Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries
• HIV/AIDS Resources
• National Drug File
• NIH National Institute on Aging
• Pillbox
• Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
• TOXNET, including LactMed and TOXLINE
• Women's Health Resources