Online information resources

I'm just going to post here a number of information resources you might find useful for study.

Of course I've already mentioned Wikipedia, Google Scholar (which also searches Google Books), and PubMed. Here are several other good sites.

MedScape is a medical information site with a drug index (including a drug interaction checker), and entries on diseases, conditions, procedures, and anatomy. They also have news and continuing education sections. You need to register in order to access the site but it's free.

Drugs.com is a drug index. The entries include pronunciation sound files. This site also has an interaction checker, a pill identifier section, and news and alerts.

National Guideline Clearinghouse has guidelines and scopes of practice for health professionals.

Merck Manual is a medical encyclopedia/library.

The Medical Terminology Pronunciation Jukebox is great if you're having trouble (and you know you are) figuring out how some of these words are pronounced.

Here are some procedures and skills videos.

Here is a virtual stethoscope.

The Center for Disease Control is a great source of information as is the World Health Organization.

A couple other drug sites: Physician's Desk Reference, Drugs@FDA, and The Orange Book (FDA approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations.

Here's a dictionary: Longman.
Here's a etymology (word origin) dictionary: Etymonline. This is great for looking up word stems, prefixes, and suffixes.

Yay, Nursing Ethics!

A little bit on Senior Health from the National Institutes of Health.
And for the very young, the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Having trouble with your math? Here, here, and here.

Here's a great study resource: Evolve. You can create a student account and register for their products for free which I highly recommend. The Nursing Diagnosis Handbook by Ackley has about 80 nursing diagnoses and a care plan constructor. The Thibodeau and Patton anatomy books have an anatomy coloring book to help with memorization. Many of the books have NCLEX style questions for each chapter. There's also a fluids and electrolytes tutorial on the Maternity Nursing, 11th edition book by Leifer.