Nursing and N Guide - Resources and Review

Information about the UKCC, whose prime purpose is to protect the public through establishing and monitoring professional standards. Offers access to professional conduct documents, guides and standards, information for nurses and midwives, and publications.
 
Provides a means of sharing information on research and practice development in nursing. Topics include research networks, policy issues, ethics, funding, training and support, dissemination and utilisation, and practice development. There are links to jobs, nursing databases, bibliographies and conferences.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to midwifery.
 
Provides access to the Australian Journal of Holistic Nursing, index only, and full text retrieval of Australian Electronic Journal of Nursing Education. Committed to enhancing the teaching and learning experience across a variety of nursing contexts. It is intended to be a means by which nurses can share findings, insights, experience and advice to colleagues involved in all aspects of the educational process.
 
Created to help further the knowledge of nursing for the public and to provide a forum for medical professionals and students to obtain and disseminate information about nursing and related subjects.
 
Charity aiming to help nurses improve their patient care by encouraging them to use the most up
to-date methods by basing practice on research findings. Offers news, conference announcements and contact details.
 
Journal offering peer
reviewed articles on nursing topics such as domestic violence, diagnostic reasoning, patient waiting times and peripheral neuropathy.
 
Offers information on nursing courses offered at institutions in the UK, including pre
registration, professional development, access, return to nursing, and enrolled conversion courses. Also features brief information on nursing, and a glossary of terms relating to the education of nurses.
 
Information about the association which supplies health care staff and services. Covers membership, training, contact details and job vacancies.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to obstetrics.
 
Information from the ENB on areas such as midwifery, mental health nursing, learning disability nursing, substance misuse and research and development. Offers access to a nursing literature abstracts database.
 
Searchable and browsable collection of links to resources relating to nursing, midwifery, and associated professions.
 
Online nursing magazine and links to Internet nursing resources.
 
Information intended to facilitate nursing and midwifery research and practice development. Provides annotated links to resources classified into categories which include dermatology, oncology and palliative care, pain management and surgical nursing.
 
Regularly updated nursing bibliographies on over 100 subjects, including AIDS/HIV, bereavement, computers in nursing, infant feeding, osteoporosis, tuberculosis and women's health.
 
Open software library with online catalogue of education and training materials in use throughout the UK.
 
Database of health care literature abstracts primarily of interest to nurses, midwives and health visitors.
 
Set of links to journals relevant to nursing. Some have only subscription information online, others have tables of contents, abstracts or full text.
 
Set of annotated links to online courses, course descriptions, tutorials, assignments, tests and other materials used in the teaching of nursing.
 
Offers a searchable selection of articles and full tables of contents from the Nursing Standard weekly journal.
 
Provides details of library and information services for nurses in England, Scotland, and Wales. Listings can be browsed via maps, with keyword search options also available.
 
Statutory body responsible for ensuring standards of education and training for nurses, midwives and health visitors in Scotland. Offers careers advice, publication details and information on quality standards.
 
Articles, jobs, and guidelines for authors from the online journal for nurses and other healthcare personnel. Information focuses on nursing in Greece and is offered in both Greek and English.
 
Extensive resources for nursing education including image based teaching resources, medical dictionaries and glossaries, genetic maps, newsletters, journals and information about teaching courses.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to nursing.
 
Collection of links for medical professionals in the field of emergency care. Includes resources for pre
hospital and emergency care, nursing and medicine.
 
Home page of the American Nurses Association, a US professional organisation representing over two million registered nurses. Also includes news and links to many useful nursing resources.
 
Set of links to information about nursing schools throughout the UK.
 
Addresses current nursing issues including advanced practice and managed care.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to community nursing.
 
Alphabetically arranged collection of links to a selection of electronic journals. Areas covered include clinical medicine, biomedical research, and nursing and allied health.
 
Group that contributes to national and international debates on information management and technology issues within health care. Includes conference details, publications and focus groups.
 
Report which explores the issues of information need and use for nurses in the Western Isles and which looked at ways of improving or developing the provision of information services.
 
Report of the University Health Science Librarians' group evaluating the contribution of HE librarians to the government's 'Making a Difference' strategy for nursing education. Addresses topics such as involvement in curriculum planning, coping with increased student numbers, and changes in student and staff perception of the LIS role.
 
Report of the University Health Science Librarians' group evaluating the contribution of HE librarians to the government's 'Making a Difference' strategy for nursing education. Addresses topics such as involvement in curriculum planning, coping with increased student numbers, and changes in student and staff perception of the LIS role.
 
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