Nursing

National organization for nursing students; the organization's mission is to help students preparing for initial licensure become accountable leaders and members of the profession

website for official Texas board; provides information about licensure and exams, laws and rules, and news in the field

Link to the text of the current Nursing Practice Act, official law for Texas

an independent, non-profit organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on matters concerning public health, safety, and welfare; this organization helps develop the NCLEX exam.

from the US Department of Health & Human Services; provides data and research for health care systems and professionals to help them improve care for their patients

Official website of the CDC, includes extensive guidelines on infection control, immunizations, and hazardous substances

peer-to-peer nursing community website; offers a variety of information and resources for nurses, including some featured content for nursing students.

official website for the American Nurses Association (ANA); provides information on practice, ethics, health and safety, and more.

from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (publishers of the American Journal of Nursing; offers clinical resources, nursing student resources, and career information

news and resources for practicing nurses

from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing; provides historical background and information on issues regarding nursing

oral histories about the medical profession digitized and transcribed by the National Library of Medicine. Includes a recording by Florence Nightingale

Connect to get to the many institutes that are under the jurisdiction of the NIH. (For example: NCI - National Cancer Institute). Includes specialty sites for various diseases and conditions.

Contains hard-to-find information about diseases that afflict relatively small numbers of people.

See this guide for additional resources on researching a particular disease, disorder or condition.