Nursing

Sites of interest to nurses or those interested in nursing as a career.

Resources in this category:

CCRN-CEN Central.com: Caring for Critically Ill People
http://www.ccrn-cen-central.com/

Registered Nurses can expand their professional status and salary expectations by acquiring certification in critical care. This site provides easy access to information and practice questions for the two examinations: CCRN (Certification for Adult, Pediatric, and Neonatal Critical Care Nurses) and CEN (Certification for Emergency Nursing). The actual exams are available through other links on the page, but this nursing site makes it easy and quick to find useful information about them. The exams have a fee, but here the introductory information is free and the access is simple.

City of Hope Pain Resource Center: Nursing Research and Education
http://cityofhope.org/prc/

"The purpose of the COHPPRC is to serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate information and resources that will enable other individuals and institutions to improve the quality of pain management. The COHPPRC, established in 1995, is a central source for collecting a variety of materials including pain assessment tools, patient education materials, quality assurance materials, research instruments and other resources." This site contains annotated bibliographies of professional print literature on pain management topics, plus a limited number of full-text and consumer-oriented resources.

Nurse Universe
http://www.nurseuniverse.com/

An online community for nurses that serve all aspects from chat community, to school searches, and employment opportunities.

NurseZone.com
http://www.nursezone.com/

Career advice and information for those in the nursing profession.

Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions
http://nmap.ac.uk/

"NMAP (Nursing, Midwifery and Allied health Professions) is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners in the health and medical sciences."