Drug search

Here is a drug search tool.

Cardiac Links

Cardiac Links http://www.skillstat.com/Flash/cardiacDictionary531.html
Cardiac dictionary Online dictionary for cardiac terms
http://www.refdesk.com/ General page for multiple searches
http://www.skillstat.com/learn.htm Cardiac simulators
http://www.actnt.com/2005_ECC_Guidelines.htm ACLS guidelines
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/vol102/suppl_1/#ECC_GUIDELINES New ACLS guidelines from Circulation (AHA)
http://my.americanheart.org/ American Heart Home page
http://www.heartinfo.org/ms/nav/animation/main.html Heart Animations
http://www.heartinfo.org/ms/nav/video/main.html Heart Videos
http://www.cardioconsult.com/Anatomy/ Heart Anatomy
http://ci.columbia.edu/ci/tools/1121/index.html Introduction to cardiac care
http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/common/artprn_rev.cfm?filename=&ARTID=386 Antiarrhythmics
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23722/29694.html more Heart animations

Teaching Animations

http://www.maxanim.com/index.htm

This is the website that includes animations for teaching sciences.

Physical Exam Web sites

• Pediatrics Clerkship Web Page Columbia University
• Clinical skill videos Queen's University
• The Connecticut Tutorials Physical Examination Video
• Physical Diagnosis Skills - University of Washington School of Medicine
• Virtual Patient Reference Library
• NeuroLogic Exam Home

• OPETA Online Physical Exam Teaching Assistant
• Physical Exam Modules University of Virginia
• Pedineurologic Exam University of Utah
• The neurologic exam Interactive Online Neurologic Examination
• Welcome to the McGill University Virtual Stethoscope
• A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine UC San Diego book
• Cardiac Sounds and Arrythmias
• Family Medicine of Wisconsin

Grand rounds web pages

• » 2005 Pediatric Grand Rounds | Streamed Videos, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• » Dalhousie University - Radiology
• » Dalhousie University Department of Radiology Presentations - Video Library
• » DAVE Project - Gastroenterology - Atlas of Endoscopy
• » Department of Medicine Emory University
• » Grand Rounds Presentations | Arkansas Children's Hospital
• » Grand Rounds University of Arizona Health Sciences Center Video Archives
• » Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education prerecorded grand rounds
• » Medical Grand Rounds
• » Medical Rounds - Multimedia Grand Rounds
• » NIH Clinical Center: Past Grand Rounds
• » OHSU Oregon Health and Science University Streaming Media - Online Healthcare Videos
• » SUNY Upstate Medical University: Surgery
• » The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Streaming Video
• » UCLA NPI GRAND ROUNDS
• » UND University of North Dakota Pediatrics Grand Rounds
• » University of Florida Medinfo - Grand Rounds Online
• » University of Miami Medical Grand Rounds
• » University of Texas Helath Science Center at San Antonio Family & Community Medicine - Grand Rounds Virtual Library
• » University of Texas Medical Branch Grand Rounds
• » UT Telehealth University of Texas : CME & Health Education
• » UWTV University of Washintong Television : Programs - Health and Medicine
• » Virtual Grand Rounds Drexel University
• » WVU West Virginia University :: School of Medicine :: Office for Public Health Practice
• » Yale Department of Psychiatry

Heart Animations and sounds

http://www.blaufuss.org/

Online lectures

http://basicsciences97.blogspot.com/

This is a really exciting blog. It has links to actual lectures that you can view online to review.
The integrative biology lectures are very easy to follow.

Nursing Law

The state of Ohio requires that nurses take a course in Nursing Law. This is our year to renew our registered nursing license. Finally there is a free link to obtain it. Hurry because it expires soon.



http://www.healthcaretodayonline.com/HCTclassroom/HCTclassroom.html

Nursing Magazines

NURSING MAGAZINE HOME PAGES

• RN magazine Home page http://www.rnweb.com/rnweb/issue/issueList.jsp?id=432
• American Journal of Nursing http://www.ajnonline.com/
• Journal of Christian Nursing http://www.journalofchristiannursing.com/ or http://ncf.intervarsity.org/membersonly/cnj.html
• Nursing http://www.nursing2007.com/

Most of these can only be accessed if you are a subscriber.

God Created the Dog

On the first day God created the dog. God said,
"Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years."
The dog said, "That's too long to be barking.
Give me ten years and I'll give you back the other ten." So God agreed.

On the second day God created the monkey. God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty-year life span."
The monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that’s what I'll do too, okay?" And God agreed.

On the third day God created the cow. God said,
"You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years."The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty and I'll give back the other forty." And God agreed again.


On the fourth day God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. I'll give you twenty years."
Man said, "What? Only twenty years! Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, and the forty the cow gave back and the ten the monkey gave back and the ten the dog gave back, that makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God, "You've got a deal."

So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy ourselves; for the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family; for the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren; and for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

American Heart Updates for ACLS/BLS

Every so many years there is a major change in ACLS and or BLS. In 2000 there were some major changes and last year there were again changes. As creatures of habit, it is difficult to learn new ways and ideas. To enable you to obtain the latest information. Here are the official links below. They are from the American Heart Association at www.americanheart.org
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/vol112/24_suppl/ Circulation

http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1132621842912Winter2005.pdf -Currents November 2006

Ohio State also has some learning tools that can be printed out as well.
The resources may be saved by "right clicking" the link.
http://edr.medctr.ohio-state.edu/Staff_Resources/acls.htm

Nursing studio at www.nursingstudio.com has podcasts that devote a segment to learning ACLS each week.

Good luck learning.

Wound websites

• http://www.worldwidewounds.com/
• http://www.npuap.org National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
• http://borun.medsch.ucla.edu/modules/Pressure_ulcer_prevention/step3.htm Wound assessment scales and tools
• http://www.kci1.com/ KCI's Website- Includes information on Wound Vacs and Free Continuing education on wound assessment and care.

JUST DO IT

Just Do It!
People are often unreasonable,
Illogical and self-centered:
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you
Of selfish, ulterior motives:
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will
Win some false friends and true enemies:
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,
People may cheat you;
Be honest anyway.

What you spend years building,
Someone may destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
Others may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you may do today,
People may forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
And it may not be enough;
Give your best anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God…
It was never between you and them, anyway.

AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Attributed to Mother Teresa

Medscape, MerckMedicus, and Epocrates

Invaluable tools online

Medscape requires a password. The web site is http://www.medscape.com/home .You can opt for them to send newsletters with updates.

Merckmedicus also has resources such as online books, patient education resources, professional development, etc.
The email address is http://www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/hcp_home.jsp

Epocrates has free online access now in addition mobile access for phone pda or Pda
http://www.epocrates.com/

These three tools have been utilized by me for quite a few years.

Braden Scale

Here is a link to a webcast of a lecture on the Braden Scale (skin assessment) by the developer Barbara Braden RN, Ph.D. This scale is used with our assessments on the flow sheets.

http://video.biocom.arizona.edu/video/videolibrary/aztelemed/ClinIssuesToday/default.html

DIABETES SITES

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/The CDC has some resources on their home page-http://www.ndep.nih.gov/The NIH has a page for the Diabetes Prevention Program at
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/National Institue of Health (NIH) also has resourses for diabetes and kidney disease
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html The NLM
http://www.joslin.org/ Joslin Diabetes Center
http://diabetes.healthcentersonline.com/ is another good site

Computing on a budget

If you like computers but can't afford software you now have no excuse!! A free opensource Office Suite is Open Office. It has a word processor, a spreadsheet program, a database program , a presentation, and a drawing program. In addition to being free, it is also compatible with the "monopoly's" suite. There are even advantages to using it. It can save in PDF files which at the present the monopoly's suite is unable to do. This can be downloaded from www.openoffice.org
If you would like a good open source web browser, Mozilla has Firefox. This can be obtained at http://www.mozilla.orgThe last Netscape browser still had the capability of creating webpages with the Composer. The most recent update does not have this present.
Hence, NVU is the program you want to use if would like to create a web page. This can be downloaded from http://www.nvu.com I could list numerous gems but will save that for a later day!

Being a Nurse

Being a Nurse Means...

You will never be bored.

You will always be frustrated.
You will be surrounded by challenges,
So much to do and so little time.
You will carry immense responsibility and very little authority.
You will step into people's lives and you will make a difference.
Some will bless you
Some will curse you
You will see people at their worst
~~and at their best.
You will never cease to be amazed at people's capacity for love,courage,and endurance.
You will see life begin
--and end.
You will experience resounding triumphs and devastating failures.
You will cry a lot.
You will laugh a lot.
You will know what it is to be human and to be humane.
Melodie Chenevert R.N.

COMPRESSION HOSE

Here is an article on compression hose- something to think about-


http://www.rnweb.com/rnweb/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=362277

Nurses Christian Fellowship

Nurses Christian Fellowship http://ncf.intervarsity.org/ now publishes the Journal of Christian Nursing through Lippencott.http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/index.asp#journals