Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Care Newsletter
v.7:no.12 (1996) - present. Free through the ARNPs United of Washington State (a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting ARNP practice).

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Describes the roles of nurse practitioners and cites studies documenting the high quality and cost-effective care they provide. Includes statements on Standardized NP Curriculum, Scope of Practice, and Standards of Practice for NPs.

American College of Nurse Practitioners
Provides fact sheets, contact information for ACNP officers, and ACNP membership information.

Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners v.8:no.1 (Spring 2004) - v.9:no.4 (Winter 2005) in Ebsco

Health Care Disciplines & Education: Nurse Practitioner Links

Internet Resources for Nurse Practitioner Students
University of Southern California , San Francisco

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Access is for back issues older than 12 months; earliest available is v.12:no.1 (Jan. 2000) in Ebsco
v.12 (2000) - present in Blackwell-Synergy

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners

NP Central
Highlights are the employment opportunities section, products and services, electronic mail lists, continuing education announcements, and the U.S. Boards of Nursing. Convenient source of information for clinically practicing nurse practitioners.

Nurse Practitioner
Access is for back issues older than 1 month; earliest available is v.26:no.5 (May 2001) in Ebsco
v.26 (2001) - present in Journals@Ovid

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American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN)
This excellent organization provides great links on their Internet Resources page. Other noteworthy offerings include a Nursing History Primer, Bibliography for Historical Methodology, and Resources for Nursing History section that includes recent publications.

Bonnie and Vern Bullough History of Nursing Collection
Established by Bonnie Bullough, former Dean of the School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, and Vern Bullough, retired SUNY Distinguished Professor of History, SUNY College at Buffalo, 1990.

Center for the Study of Nursing History, University of Pennsylvania
The Center was established in 1985 to encourage and facilitate historical scholarship on health care history and nursing in the United States. Excellent.

Collection of Letters Written by Florence Nightingale
A selected collection of letters, with beautiful images, written by Florence Nightingale. Both alphabetical and chronological listings are available courtesy of the Clendening History of Medicine Library, University of Kansas Medical Center.

Country Joe McDonald's Tribute to Florence Nightingale
Provides an excellent time line of Nightingale’s life, many of her provocative and pithy quotes, and superb graphic images.

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University - The History of Nursing Archives

National League for Nursing History
Timeline

Virginia Commonwealth University - History of Nursing Resources

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American Nursing Informatics Association ANIA

Are Medical Informatics and Nursing Informatics Distinct Disciplines?
(D. R. Masys, P. F. Brennan, J. G. Ozbolt, M. Corn, & E. H. Shortliffe in JAMIA 7(3):304-312, 2000)

British Computer Society Nursing Specialist Group

Canadian Nursing Informatics Association

Health Informatics World Wide: Nursing Informatics

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

Linda Goodwin, RN, PhD-Informatics Program Director, Duke University

Nursing-Informatics.com

Nursing Informatics: Enhancing Patient Care
National Institute of Nursing Research; Report of the NCNR Priority Expert Panel on Nursing Informatics; 1993, volume 4; NIH Publication, no. 93-2419

Nursing World - Nursing Informatics and Technology

OJNI - Online Journal of Nursing Informatics

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Especially useful categories include Research Findings and Data & Surveys. Has the full-text March 2004 report Hospital Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care.

Annual Review of Nursing Research
v.23 (2005) - present in Ebsco

Applied Nursing Research
v.7 (1994) - present in ScienceDirect

Brief Guide to Questionnaire Development
Identifies some of the prevalent problems in questionnaire development and how to avoid them. Goes along with Hints for Designing Effective Questionnaires.

Center for Nursing Classification & Clinical Effectiveness
Established in 1995 at the University of Iowa College of Nursing. Concerned with Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC).

Center for Research on Chronic Illness
A National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) sponsored nursing research center specializing in chronic illness research.

CRISP - Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
Searchable database of federally-funded biomedical research projects being conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions.

Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center
From the University of Iowa’s College of Nursing. Putting evidence to use in the care of the elderly.

HardinMD: Nursing & Nursing Research

Journal of Nursing Research
v.10:no.4 (Dec. 2002) - present in Ebsco

Nursing Research
v.45 (1996) - present in Journals@Ovid

Office of Human Subjects Research
Content-rich NIH site includes a computer-based training program designed for NIH researchers. (Others should visit Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams tutorial). Has information sheets, forms, and figures (including guidelines for writing informed consent documents and research protocols), and full-text of the Belmont Report - Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research and Title 45, Part 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Protection of Human Subjects (45CFR46).

National Institute of Nursing Research
A component of the National Institutes of Health. Supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span. Provides information on legislative activities, research programs, highlights of current nursing research and future plans and has an online research training course.

Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research
v.6:no.1 (2005) - present in Ebsco

Western Journal of Nursing Research
v.21 (1999) - present in Sage

Power Analysis sites

DSS Research

Universitetet i Bergen

The Qualitative Report
An online peer-reviewed journal out of Nova Southeastern University, Florida. Has an impressive array of qualitative research web sites.

QualPage - Resources for Qualitative Researchers
Brings together all areas of interest to qualitative researchers, including discussion forums, methods, organizations and interest groups, and excellent links to other pertinent sites.

Research Randomizer
Free random number generator. Can produce customized sets of random numbers.

Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
Excellent collection focuses on how to do evaluation research and its methods, including surveys, focus groups, sampling, and interviews.

ACENDIO - Association for Common European Nursing Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes
Excellent links to many groups world wide working on nursing classifications.

Office of the Surgeon General, "Nursing Research: A Key to the Nation's Health." 10 September 2003 speech.

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Grounded Theory Institute
Dedicated to the evolving methodology of Dr. Barney G. Glaser, Ph.D.

Nurse Theorists - University of Illinois at Chicago

Nursing Theorists Overview - Cardinal Stritch University Library

Nursing Theory Page
Continually updated and strong collection of resources. Fine links.

Nursing Theory Link Page - Clayton College and State University

Transtheoretical Model
An integrative model of behavior change which can provide the basis for developing effective interventions to promote health behavior change.

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

American Nurses Association: NursingWorld

American Nurses Credentialing Center (AANC)

International Association for Human Caring

Licensure by State
NursingCenter.com’s Career Center provides licensure essentials.

National League for Nursing

New York State Education Department: Office of the Professions page
Links to New York State Online License Verification Search for licensees by name, as well as Professional Disciplinary Actions.

New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)

Yahoo! Nursing

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Guide to Accredited Schools Offering Graduate Nursing Degrees
A list of colleges and universities offering graduate programs in the nursing field.

RN to MSN.com
Directory of RN to MSN / Masters in Nursing Programs.

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Editor:Sharon Murphy, MLS, AHIP, R.N.
Updated by Alyce Thorp, April 2008.