Links - Organizations & Current Health News
Lone Star College-Kingwood Vocational Nursing Web Sites related to Nursing, Health Care, Medicine, Science. This list and the ones on the next pages will link you directly to web sites for you to utilize for research, as well as general fun nursing links! Give us feedback if any site is not working.
Organizations and Associations
- CNN Interactive, Health - CNN’s magazine-style web site has a wide range of health care-related articles
- Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) - Features peer-reviewed, primary source, and highly selected clinical science, disease prevention, and health policy info for physicians and other health professionals
- NewsPage, Healthcare Current Events - Provides health care-related articles by subject
- New England Journal of Medicine - Online version of New England Journal of Medicine
- Reuters Health Info Services - Reuters, the international news organization, has gathered health - related info from a variety of sources
Organizations and Associations
- American Academy of Nursing - Professional Organization helps nursing leaders in education, management, practice, and research work with other health care leaders in addressing issues
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing - Interactive issues forum, institutional data and research, and career resources for nurses
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) - Professional Organization for critical care nurses
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) - Home page of AANA includes client, professional, and member resources. Highlights include an Internet hotline and a CRNA Internet discussion list
- American College of Nurse-Midwives - Organization’s web site serves as a resource to nurse-midwives through education, certification, and professional information
- American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) - Contains conference listings, chat rooms, and message boards for those interested in holistic nursing
- American Nurses Association/Nursing World - Online magazine, highlights include Capital Watch, Market Place, News Kiosk, and Credentialing Center
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association - Provides links to resources pertinent to the practice of psychiatric nursing and the advancement of mental health
- Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - Nonprofit association’s web site provides info about the organization as well as links to other sites of interest
- Association of Operating Room Nurses - Provides info and inks for OR nurses
- Association of Pedi Oncology Nurses (APON) - Is the leading professional organization for registered nurses caring for children and adolescents with cancer
- Association of Rehabilitation Nurses - Offers info about certification, educational opportunities, and journals for this specialty
- Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses - Features news releases, supports political advocacy for the health of women and newborn children, and provides opportunities for networking and info exchange via a discussion forum
- Military RN - Features job ads and searches, offers posting of resumes, encourages networking among nurses with military background, and supports the MilitaryRN journal
- National Assoc. of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON) - Shares info about the organization, certification criteria, and awards offered by the group, and offers online continuing education
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN) - Official web site for the NCSBN, developers of the NCLEX exam. It includes a data base on acts and regulations, licensure requirements and maintenance , educational issues, multi-stage regulation information, and much more
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - Nursing arm of the National Institute of Health; its web site features research and clinical info for nurses
- National League for Nursing (NLN) - The Resource Center for nursing practice, education and research. Includes latest info about NLN membership, constituent Leagues, accreditation, testing services and tests and meetings and workshops
- Oncology Nursing Society - National organization of nurses and other health care professionals that seeks to promote excellence in oncology nursing
- Texas Agencies
- Texas Nurses Organization - Site Map - Discover this sites resources: membership, calendar of events for nurses, TPAPN
- Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society - Promotes educational, clinical and research opportunities to advance the practice and guide the delivery of expert health care to individuals with wounds, ostomies, and incontinence