LibGuides: Nursing: Websites

About Websites

Good information can be found on the web, but it requires careful searching and evaluation. Professional organizations can be particularly valuable sources of information and may offer student memberships and even scholarships.

Recommended Nursing Websites

Virtual Healthcare Experience
Experiential learning for healthcare students and professionals. Practice client care in a safe virtual environment through a number of simulation experiences that will engage you in clinical decision making.
Allnurses.com
Nursing career and support advice for students and professionals. Read articles, ask for advice, and/or join a community to discuss real problems and practical answers.
Nurse.com
Continuing Education credit courses, social media, and more.
Lippincott Nursing Center
Lippincott is a major publisher. The site provides a large, well-organized collection of information, some free and some for purchase. Examples include journal articles on nursing specialties and evidence-based practice, continuing education credit courses, a blog, and links to other websites.

Nursing Organizations

Professional Organizations for Nurses

Nursing Specialties

Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)

CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services. Use the A-Z index to locate specific topics.
Healthy People 2030, ODPHP
Healthy People provides 10-year, measurable public health objectives — and tools to help track progress toward achieving them. U.S. Department of Heatlh and Human Services. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP).
Social Determinants of Health, Health People 2030
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), Barnes-Jewish Hospital
"A community health needs assessment (CHNA) is an assessment of the significant health needs of the community." In the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, passed in March 2010, non-profit hospitals were mandated to conduct a community health needs assessment every three years, adopt an implementation plan to meet the community health needs identified in the CHNA and make both reports widely available to the public.
CHNA Healthy People 2030 Progress Tracker, Barnes-Jewish Hospitals
Compare Health People 2030 report data with St. Louis and state data.
Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), Mercy Hospital, St. Louis
Community Health Needs Assessments, SSM Health

Nurses and the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Resources
National Nurses United
ANA Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
American Nurses Association
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
COVID-19 Information, ENA
Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
COVID-19 Resources for Nurses, AMSN
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
COVID-19 Updates, AJN Off the Charts Blog
American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Blog
Psychological stress of ICU nurses in the time of COVID-19
Open access article, Citation:
Shen, X., Zou, X., Zhong, X. et al. Psychological stress of ICU nurses in the time of COVID-19. Crit Care 24, 200 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-02926-2