Nursing

Part of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

A registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials and results.

Health and patient education resources in many languages, such as Hmong, Somali, and many more.

Consumer health information the National Library of Medicine. Includes health information for patients in many languages, including Spanish, Somali, and Hmong. Note: this is NOT the same resource as the library database called MedLine, which contains scholarly medical research.

Part of the National Institutes of Health.

The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services' public resource for evidence-based practice guidelines.

Free books and documents in life sciences and healthcare.

A portal to over a dozen databases of information about environmental health and toxicology, produced by the National Library of Medicine.

Plain language summaries of research on treatments for common conditions written for patients and health care consumers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The U.S. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.

Information and statistics from the health branch of the U.N.

Plain language summaries of systematic reviews from Cochrane Reviews designed for patients and health care consumers.

"The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community."

Prescription drug information for thousands of brand, generic, and over-the-counter medicines. Free, but requires registration.

"EthnoMed contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and related topics pertinent to the health care of immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world... a joint program of the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries and Harborview Medical Center's Interpreter Services Department/Community House Calls Program (ISD/CHC)."

The first fully online peer-reviewed journal publishing original papers.

The online archive of peer-reviewed nursing articles drawn from 13 high-quality UK journals, including British Journal of Nursing and Journal of Wound Care.

Health information written for patients and consumers.

Evidenced-based information for nurses, including Lippincott's peer-reviewed nursing journals.

The MN AHEAD Seminar Series will be a 2 day event with seven hours of content in total .We will have local and national speakers sharing their expertise with the membership. Each day will have a central theme which will be on a topic of importance for the disability professional.

Over 70,000 images from the National Library of Medicine.

The Wellcome Trust in the U. K. provides over 40,000 images pertaining to the health sciences on this web site.