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American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/
Discusses AMA news and professional resources that may be of use to nursing students

American Nurses Association Web Site
Reading and Reference Room
http://www.nursingworld.org/readroom/
Information and resources concerning ANA policy and news; U.S. federal and state legislative information concerning health care, Medicare, nursing educational funding, and other topics; nursing trends and issues; and a list of nursing facts

Evidence-Based Nursing: Guide and Tools
http://www.muhc-ebn.mcgill.ca/EBN_tools.htm
A list of links to evidence based health care information from McGill University

Health Web
http://healthweb.org/browse.cfm?subjectid=60
Links to clinical resources, such as cardiac nursing, critical care nursing, and more; academic institutions with medical programs; associations; career resources; databases; discussion groups; and electronic journals

Joanna Briggs Institute Best Practice in Allied Heatlh
http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/about/home.php
Evidence based information sheets for health professionals. Note: This is an Australian site; keep in mind cultural differences

NMAP
Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health
http://nmap.ac.uk/
A gateway to evaluated, quality resources for students and health professionals

National League for Nursing
http://www.nln.org/
Information related to promoting the leadership in nursing education and the quality of nursing education

National Student Nurses Association
http://www.nsna.org/index.asp
Geared specifically to nursing students, provides educational and government resources; a career center; links to nursing associations and state nurses associations; and information about NSNA

OHSU Library - Evidence Based Medicine & Nursing Pathfinder
http://www.ohsu.edu/library/ref/ebm.shtml

Government Websites

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
http://www.ahcpr.gov
Evidence Based Practice Centers (EPC) reports, clinical guidelines, etc.

National Guideline Clearinghouse
http://guidelines.gov
A public resource for evidence based clinical practice guidelines

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Information and resources in all areas of biomedicine and healthcare from the world's largest medical library

Oregon State Board of Nursing
http://www.osbn.state.or.us/
Information concerning current topics, educational programs and employment opportunities in Oregon, license verification, information for new nurse graduates, the new Nurse Practice Act, and other helpful information for nurses in the state of Oregon

PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources