LibGuides: Nursing: Internet Resources

Professional and Clinical Resources

American Nurses Association
The American Nurses Association (ANA) represents the interests of the nation's 3.1 million registered nurses. Their Mission Statement: Nurses advancing our profession to improve health for all. Site includes Nursing news, access to ANA publications, Nurses Career Center and other resources.
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institute of Health agency dedicated to improving the health and health care of Americans through the funding of nursing research and research training.
Lippincott NursingCenter
Wolters Kluwer Health owned site for clinical and professional resources including continuing education activities.

NYC & NYS Data Sources (Free Websites)

National Library of Medicine Health Information Gateway
Includes consumer health information, medical dictionaries, health organizations' addresses, and links to Medline and all the other NLM databases.
World Health Organization
United Nations information on health topics.
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Free resource (no login required)
Portal to Our Health - Health Topics A-Z, Community Health Profiles available through Data - Publications- comprehensive reports that detail the health of all New York City neighborhoods.
EpiQuery: NYC Interactive Health Data
EpiQuery is a web-based, user-friendly system designed to guide users through basic data analyses on several datasets.
Numerous reports on NYC health issues.
New York State Department of Health
Portal to information on Diseases and Conditions, Statistics and Data and other topics concerning New Yorker's health.
InfoShare
A useful tool for performing community assessments. Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and much more featuring data from New York City and New York State. The 2010 Census data by zip code is now available.

Clinical Practice Guidelines

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defined clinical practice guidelines as "statements that include recommendations intended to optimize patient care that are informed by a systematic review of evidence and an assessment of the benefits and harms of alternative care options."

National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Dept of Health & Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality;s public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
The NGC was originally created, in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans (now America's Health Insurance Plans [AHIP]), to provide physicians and other health professionals, health care providers, health plans, integrated delivery systems, purchasers, and others an accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation, and use.