These sites are jointly recommended and maintained by librarians at Westminster Public Library and Front Range Community College Library.

NURSING

See also Health

• Centers for Disease Control
  http://www.cdc.gov/
  An agency of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, the CDC  provides travelers' health updates and the latest news on infectious diseases, as well as health information on a wide range of topics.
   
• Colorado Department of Public Health Consumer Protection Division
  http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/cp
  Complementary & Alternative Medicine information from the National Library of Medicine.
   
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Medline Plus
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/complementaryandalternativemedicine.html
  Provides information on food borne illnesses, hantavirus, rabies, etc., as well as links to county health departments.
   
• Drug Digest
  http://www.drugdigest.org/wps/portal/ddigest
  The most comprehensive source of noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer-oriented drug information on the Internet.
   
• Galaxy Index to Nursing Information
  http://www.galaxy.com/galaxy/Medicine/Health-Occupations/Nursing.html
  A portal site with links to nursing education, journals, products and services, research, specialties, and theory.
   
• Mayo Health Oasis
  http://www.mayohealth.org/
  Meets both consumer and student research needs. Easy to use. Accurate, reliable information.
   
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
  http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/sections.jsp
   
• The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition
  http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual_home/contents.jsp
  Both of these sites are online versions of the actual books. Each starts with a table of contents pages in which you can pursue your specific health issue.
   
• Medline
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
  The U.S. National Library of Medicine's  index of more than 9,000 biomedical journals, with approximately 250 links to the publisher's web site and full text. 
   
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  http://www.guideline.gov/
  Provides physicians and other health professionals an accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation, and use.
   
• Nursing World
  http://www.nursingworld.org/
  This site from the American Nurses' Association provides links to every possible aspect of nursing: academics, practice, issues, organizations, etc.

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