Continuing Education Links

• Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, presents "National & Allied Health Professions' Respiratory Update 2010: Lung Diseases" on March 26, 2010, Four Seasons Hotel, 791 Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC.  Click here for more information

Monitored Networking Site **NEW** 

To join a monitored networking site, click the link http://groups.yahoo.com/group/respiratorynursing/join and request to join the group.  You do not have to be an RNS member to join.

American Lung Association:

To access, go to www.lungusa.org.

American Thoracic Society:

To access, go to www.thoracic.org.

American Association of Respiratory Care:

To access, go to www.aarc.org.

Health Directory, Healthy Living:

To access, go to: www.HealthBegin.com.

Respiratory Care Journal:

To access, go to: www.rcjournal.com.

American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Publish Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation.  Excellent annual education conference:

 Go to: www.aacvpr.org.

FOCUS on Respiratory Care:

Go to: www.focus.com.  This is a group that publishes a journal intended in particular for respiratory care managers.

American College of Chest Physicians:

To access, go to: www.chestnet.org.

Alpha 1 Association:

To access, go to: www.alpha1.org.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation:

To access, go to: www.cff.org.

National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute:

To access, go to: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov

Asthma Guidelines from Expert Panel Report II are located here.

Emphysema Foundation:

To access, go to: www.emphysemafoundation.org.

Asthma Organizations and Information:

• Allergy & Asthma Network (mothers), go to: www.aanma.org
• Asthma & Allergy Foundation, go to: www.aafa.org
• Asthma Information from University of Chicago, go to: http://asthma.bsd.uchicago.edu/

Pulmonary Patient Support/Education Sites:

• Pulmonary Paper is a Web Site for people with COPD.  Pulmonary Paper is also published as a 12 page biomonthly newsletter.  To access, go to: www.pulmonarypaper.org
• COPD Support, www.copd-support.com/
• Pulmonary Education & Research Foundation also has a patient publication.  To access, go to: www.perf2ndwind.org/index.html
• 2nd Wind Lung Transplant/Lung Reduction Association, www.2ndwind.org
• The Breathing Space, go to: www.combivent.com
• Chesire Chronic Lung Disease Info, go to: http://www.cheshire-med.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=178
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, www.caringinfo.org

Care.com

Care.com is a premiere source of trustworthy care options for every family member, from elderly parents to children, and even pets.  Care.com's Senior Care Directory provides a comprehensive listing of resources by state in seven categories: health care, housing resources, transportation resources, home care, end-of-life care, legal resources, and financial planning and management.  In addition to the Senior Care Director, Care.com also provides access to caregiver listings as well as articles and advice for seniors, their families, and their caregivers.

American Association of Critical Care Nurses:

To access, go to: www.aacn.org.

National Jewish Center

To access, go to: www.njc.org.

Nursing Web Sites:

These sites come from nursing journals and other sources.  They have many resources for nurses including spciality nursing organization lists, books, journals, nuirsing news, etc.

• www.nursingworld.org
• www.nursingcenter.com
• www.rnweb.com
• www.inurse.com
• www.NurseZone.com

Pharmacology Web Sites:  

• RxList (lists of most common prescribed drugs in the U.S.): www.rxlist.com
• Pharm Web: www.pharmweb.net
• Drug Info: www.druginfonet.com
• FDA Drug Information: www.fda.gov/cder/drug/default.htm
• Medlineplus: www.medlineplus.gov

Disease and Drug Information Web Sites:

• Medscape: www.medscape.com
• Medmatrix: www.medmatrix.org
• WEB MD: www.webmd.com
• Merck: www.merck.com
• Centers for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov/
• WebPath (awesome pathology slides): http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html
• National Guidelines Clearinghouse: www.guideline.gov/
• Medlineplus (more consumer based): www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

End of Life Care Web Sites:

• Palliative Care Nursing (Nursing Leadership Academy for End-of-Life Care: www.palliativecarenursing.net
• Stop Pain (this Web Site includes pathways, flowsheets, resources, and quality improvement): www.stoppain.org
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM): www.aahpm.org
• The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: www.NHPCO.org
• Hospice Foundation of America: www.hospicefoundation.org
• The Association for Death Education and Counseling: www.adec.org
• California Coalition for Compassionate Care: www.finalchoices.calhealth.org
• Connecticut Coalition to Improve End-of-Life: http://www.ctendoflifecare.org
• Living Initiatives for End-of-Life care: www.lifeproject.org
• New Hampshire Partnership for End-of-Life Care: www.fhconline.org
• North Carolina Coalition on End-of-Life Care: http://www.carolinasendoflifecare.org/
• Matters of Life and Death Project-North Dakota: www.ndmed.com
• Improving Quality of Care for our Most Vulnerable Population: www.chcr.brown.edu/commstate/homepagewithframes.htm
• Partnership to Improve End-of-Life Care in Utah: www.carefordying.org
• The West Virginia Initiative to Improve End-of-Life Care: http://www.wvendoflife.org
• Community-State Partnerships to Improve End-of-Life Care: http://www.practicalbioethics.org

Library Search:

Medline (free literature search) medical, nursing, other professional healthcare journal article searches.  

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nlmhome.html

Book Companies:

• Springer Publishing Company, go to www.springerpub.com/  
• Mosby, go to: www.mosby.com
• Saunders, to to: www.harcourt-international.com
• Lippincott/William Wilkins, go to: http://www.lww.com/
• F.A. Davis, go to: www.fadavis.com
• Sage, go to: www.sagepub.com