Resource Guides: Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing Resources and Information: Websites of Interest

Nursing History

American Association for the History of Nursing
Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing (UPenn)

Nursing Theory

Nursing Theory
Nursing Theorists DVDs on reserve in the library

Policy - Health Care Reform

AACN Nursing Policy Beat
Healthy People 2020
U.S. Health Care Reform
Health System Reform from the American Nurses Association
Massachusetts Health Care Reform

Patient Information and Clinical Information Sources

Health Literacy Resources
This guide was created by Lamar Soutter Library's Penny Glassman, MSLS. It is based on information from Adrianne Leonardelli's Duke University Medical Center Library Guide on Health Literacy.

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Health Literacy Consulting
Healthy People 2010 - Archive site
Healthy People 2020
MedlinePlus
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health
Provides access to health information in English and Spanish
Medscape
"Medscape's Continually Updated Clinical Reference."
Merck Manual
The Online Medical Library is updated periodically with new information, and contains photographs, and audio and video material not present in the print versions.

Other Sites

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality(AHRQ) - Nursing Research
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) resources for students
American Holistic Nurses Association
American Nurses Association - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Nurse Educator Core Competencies from the National League for Nursing
CDC Data and Statistics
Financial Aid - AACN website
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Institute of Nursing Research
Nursing Quality
Stress Management - UMMS Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society