Meebo Chat Room/Google talk Chat

Check out the Meebo Chat Room under jamesonlibrary or the google talk under lgraham@jamesonhealth.org. When logged in, you can chat and ask questions.

CME Now has its own blogspot!!!! Click on the link in the right column.

Consumer Health Information Sites

Here are some websites for the general public for additional information on diseases, conditions, procedures, and other information. If you know of a good site not listed here, please use the comments box to make suggestions. The websites will be reviewed and added to the list.

NOTE: THESE WEBSITES ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL CARE BY A LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL

Family Doctor: http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home.html
Health information for the whole family

Medline Plus: http://medlineplus.gov/
Trusted Health Information For You. Includes information and video demonstrations for most common surgeries and diagnostic procedures.

HealthFinder: http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Your Source for Reliable Health Information. Information on Diseases and Condition along with Association Links.

National Institute of Health: http://www.nih.gov/
Resource for Health Information. Includes information on Clincial Trials along with diseases and conditions.

WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/
Online Health information. Variety of health inforamtion available.

List of sites to help during Nursing School

For EKG Strip test strips, go to http://www.google.com/ and search EKG Test Strips.

Try: http://freenursingtutor.com/games/, flash cards, etc. on a variety of topics.

Good Heart Sounds explanation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge12P7u0aQo

S1 and S2 explanation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aO0HKIP3vI&NR=1

Some Nursing CE Resources

C-Diff Infection
This free activity, entitled “Clostridium difficile Infection: Tracking a Virulent Pathogen,” consists of four presentations and panel Q&A, a Learning Assessment, and an Evaluation form. The content of this virtual lecture is derived from a symposium presented on June 10, 2009, during the 2009 36th APIC Annual Conference.
MEDIA: Virtual Lecture or Podcast
INTERNET RELEASE DATE: August 11, 2009
ACPE RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2009
CE AVAILABLE UNTIL: August 11, 2010
Estimated time to complete this activity: 2 hours
http://www.rmei.com/CDI079VL/

Here is a website from the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section of the Medical Library Association. It lists a good number of CE websites. This website is maintained by Medical Librarians who specialize in serving the nursing and allied health population.
http://sites.google.com/site/nahrsnursingresources/nursing-ce

Also, remember that Nursing Reference Center has CINAHL CE as part of our subscription to the EBSCO Products. You can access it from home at http://search.ebscohost.com/ If you need the Username and Password for this, use the emailme link on upper right column of this page to request the username and passwords.

Penn State has a Continuing Education for Nurses site. The first course is free with any additional at $25.00 a piece.
http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/nursing-portal/index.html

Library Online Resources and Free Helpful Resources

Library Online Remote Access Sites
email librarian for username and passwords
Use the online request form link at the top right of the page

DynaMed/Nursing Ref. Center /CINAHL/Health Source

http://search.ebscohost.com/

DrugDex and DrugReax

http://www.thomsonhc.com/

Stat!Ref

http://www.statref.com/

Nursing Journals with OVID
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/

Online Catalog

www.libraryworld.com/opac

User name/library name: Jameson Health System Library

No password required

Free Helpful Sites

Medline Plus

http://medlineplus.gov/

Most Prescribed by Physicians

EzPubMed

http://www.pubmed.gov/

Online index of Medical articles.

Can order articles from the PubMed through LoansomeDoc.Click the box(s) beside the articles, then use send to dropdown menu, select Order.The Library’s code is PAUCYG. Sign up and complete the form.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine(CAM)Univ. of Maryland Medical Center

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/

Provides information and interactions for herbal, supplements, drugs, treatments, and depletions.

Medical Encyclopedia

www.umm.edu/ency/index

Medical index of diseases, etc.

National Library of Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Provides a variety of website for just about any health problem

American Academy of Family Physicians and home of American Family Physician (Journal)http://www.aafp.org/

Has free information on family practice issues. And free full text articles of the Journal: American Family PhysicianFamily Doctor (also by the AAFP)

http://www.familydoctor.org/

Has nicer handouts than American Family Physician. Can get print friendly versions.

Health Finder

http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Disease information with links to associations related to the disease.

Free E-Books

List compiled by Nursing and Allied Health Professionals Section of Medical Library Association.

http://sites.google.com/site/nahrsnursingresources/e-books-for-nurses accessed 4/20/2009.

Gray’s Anatomy Pretty cool pictures
Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy
Merck Manual of Health and Aging
Merck Manual Home Edition Merck site has great pictures
Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
Notes on Nursing – Link to a PDF document
Patient Safety and Quality -- An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses
PubMed Bookshelf - A growing collection of biomedical books by the National Center of Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary -
Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills - The book is now considered a classic text in health literacy.
US Preventive Services Task Force - An independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services.