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Nurse Educators
Who to Contact for Help
- SUNYIT Reference Desk, (315-792-7251)
- Ron Foster, librarian (315-792-7318)
- Barbara Grimes, librarian (315-792-7253)
Searching the Internet for Academic Resources
Websites for Nurse Educators in Geriatrics
- John A. Hartford Foundation Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
- Gero T.I.P.S. Online Learning modules, from Penn State University
- ConsultGeriRN.org
Organizations of Interest to Geriatric Nurses
- The American Geriatrics Society
- The American Society on Aging
- The Gerontological Society of America
- Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association
- National Gerontological Nursing Association -- also see the online document “Prescriptions for Excellence in Gerontological Nursing Education”
- National Council on Aging -- also see sites such as Alzheimer’s Association and American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, etc.
- Nurse Practitioner & Clinical Nurse Specialist Competencies for Older Adult Care
Where to Find Full-text Journals on the Internet
- Free Medical Journals free access to medical journals (see geriatrics)
- HighWire Press
- DOAJ, Directory of Open Access Journals in health sciences, biology, life sciences, etc.
- Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, quality example of an electronic nursing journal
- Bandolier, online journal about evidence based health care
- NursingCenter, 50 journals with table of contents and abstracts, must join for full-text; see Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, Annals of Long Term Care, etc.
Searchable Databases on the Internet
- Pubmed is the National Library of Medicine's free public site -- over 11 million citations
- Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT) a searchable collection of large, full-text clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments, and health information
- Food and Nutrition Information Center -- searchable databases and contains over 1800 links to current and reliable nutrition information; Select “lifecycle nutrition”, then “aging”
- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research from the Food and Drug Administration, information on human drugs, foods, biologics, cosmetics, medical devices, toxicology
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services -- Health Care Indicators and Expenditures, Clinical Practice Expense Program (CPEP), etc.
- Boros Institute of Mental Measurements
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) -- “State-based health surveys...about health risk behaviors, clinical preventive practices, and health care access and use; primarily related to chronic diseases and injury”.
- Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
- Martindale Center, Health Science Guide -- over 138,525 Medical Cases, 63,600 Teaching Files, 1,375 Courses/Textbooks; 1,870 Tutorials,470 Journals; 4,580 Databases Atlases & Images
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Guideline Clearinghouse (for example, search for “aging” or a disease)
Online Reference Books
- National Nursing Home Survey
- Gray’s Anatomy
- The State of Aging and Health in America 2007 from the CDC
How to Cite Your Work
Evaluating Health Information on the Internet
- The DISCERN Handbook, Quality Criteria for Consumer Health Information on Treatment Choices
- Proceed with Caution: A Report on the Quality of Health Information on the Internet, Report Summary
- Towards quality management of medical information on the Internet: evaluation, labelling, and filtering of information
- A Report on the Evaluation of Criteria Sets for Assessing Health Web Sites
- The Health On the Net Foundation (HON) -- provides quality certification