Aboriginal Health The West Coast Library's Aboriginal Health Subject Guide
EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE
Trip Database for Evidence Based Medicine
The TRIP Database is a clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.
Bandolier evidence based thinking about healthcare. Bandolier's electronic resources.
Pubmed Central is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
All Nurses American site with lots of excellent information relating to nursing as a profession.
JOURNALS AND DATABASES
The Cochrane Library Contains high-quality health care information
The Merk Manuals provides free online access and explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they can be treated; also provides information about prognosis. Also available: The Merck Manual of Health & Aging, The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy.
Medline Plus A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
Nursing Centre NursingCentre is your portal to more than 700 continuing education activities and thousands of clinical articles from 50 leading nursing journals published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, including the American Journal of Nursing, Nursing2006, Nursing Management, The Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, and many more specialty journals.
United States National Library of Medicine – includes Medline Click on Health Information, which then takes you to a number of options, including Medline, DirLine (Directory of Health Organisations) and Toxnet (Directory of toxicology databases).
Medical Journal of Australia
The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) is Australia’s leading peer-reviewed general medical journal. It has been delivering ground-breaking research to the medical community since 1914.
Published twice a month, with double issues in January and December (22 issues a year), the MJA covers all the important issues affecting Australian health care, publishing the latest Australian clinical research, evidence-based reviews, clinical practice updates, authoritative medical opinion and debate, and developments within the humanities with respect to medicine. The MJA encourages comment and debate from readers.
NURSING THEORY
Nursing Theory The nursing profession has evolved greatly over time, moving from dependence upon total medical direction providing basic care into an independent practice modality with its own nursing theory practice, nursing models, and distinct nursing interventions. Nursing theories have been developed by a large number of leaders in the nursing field
Hahn school of Nursing and Allied Health: Nursing Theory Page. The Nursing Theory Page is a collaborative effort by an international group. We are interested in developing a collection of resources about nursing theories throughout the world. The project began on 21 May 96 and will always be a work in progress.
The Nursing Theory Page simply links pages built and maintained by others who have knowledge about a theory.
STATISTICS
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) The AIHW is Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information. Access is also provided to a number of data cubes and to METeOR, AIHW's Metadata Online Registry
MATHEMATICS FOR NURSES
Maths for Nursing Students All nursing students are tested in drug calculations. In order to work out drug calculations reasonable maths skills are needed. This information is provided by Charles Sturt University
Medical Calculations for Nurses This web site is designed for nursing students and any health care providers desiring to learn more about medication calculations and practice a variety of clinical dosage calculations. This site teaches dosage calculations based on Dimensional Analysis.
Health Related Physics There are many applications of the principles of physics to physiology, health and the practice of medicine. You may click on one of the specific applications above, or choose one of the more general headings for a more detailed guide to health related applications.
CertificateIV_Nursing_Numeracy_Test_Preparation_Guide.pdf The Nursing course selection (or entrance) test used by various Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) throughout Victoria, is designed to assess literacy and numeracy at the levels required to successfully complete the Certificate IV in Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 Nursing) course. In order to assist intending candidates, a revision of the major areas covered in the numeracy test has been included here. It is designed to revise the basic concepts in the light of mental arithmetic methods.
Maths online Maths Online is a high quality, independent online maths tutoring program based on Australian state curricula for Years 7 - 12. Any Australian resident can subscribe to the programme for personal use. You are welcome to take out a free family subscription, and from there create a student account for yourself to access all our services.
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Health Protection Agency
Department of Health and Ageing
Communicable Diseases Australia (Dept of Health and Ageing)
Health Insite An Australian Government Intiative - Your gateway to reliable health information
Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commision
NURSING ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Acreditation Council
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) is the independent accrediting authority for nursing and midwifery under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme. It sets standards for accreditation and accredits nursing and midwifery courses and providers.
Australian Nursing Federation The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) is the national union for nurses, midwives, assistants in nursing and students. The ANF represents the industrial and professional interests of nurses and midwives through the activities of a federal office and branches in each state and territory.
Royal College of Nursing, Australia Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) is Australia’s peak professional nursing organisation and is the Australian member of the International Council of Nurses (ICN). RCNA is a national membership organisation open to nurses and nursing students in all areas of the profession.
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
The functions of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia include:
- registering nursing and midwifery practitioners and students
- developing standards, codes and guidelines for the nursing and midwifery profession
- handling notifications, complaints, investigations and disciplinary hearings
- assessing overseas trained practitioners who wish to practise in Australia
- approving accreditation standards and accredited courses of study.
CONNO The Coalition of National Nursing Organisations (CoNNO) is made up of more than 50 national nursing organisations in an alliance to work collectively to advance the nursing profession to improve health care. The Coalition represents the national interests of nurses in all sectors of the health profession, and comprise specialist national nursing organisations from many different areas of nursing practice.
International Council of Nurses
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations (NNAs), representing the more than 13 million nurses worldwide. Founded in 1899, ICN is the world’s first and widest reaching international organisation for health professionals. Operated by nurses and leading nurses internationally, ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for all, sound health policies globally, the advancement of nursing knowledge, and the presence worldwide of a respected nursing profession and a competent and satisfied nursing workforce.
Nurses.info Information and resources for nurses worldwide
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaeclolgists
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) is dedicated to the establishment of a high standard of practice in obstetrics and gynaecology and women's health.
My Career Are you looking for a job in Australia’s Medical and Healthcare industry? Separated into subsectors, these job listings provide the details for vacant roles in areas such as Aged & Disabled Care, Nursing jobs, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. Find the perfect position to start, or advance, your Medical and Healthcare career.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Cells Alive
The Whole Brain Atlas
Inner Body - Human Anatomy Online
Grays Anatomy of the Human Body
SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
Diabetes WA
USEFUL SITES AND LISTS
The Bad Bug Book.pdf
Principles of First Aid Emergencies can happen at any time and in any place, and a treatment delay of just a few minutes can mean death when the heart has stopped. When emergencies happen you need to know what to do, and the correct procedures to follow. This site introduces you to the basic concepts involved in first aid and the essential steps required to carry out adequate first aid.
ECG Library An electrocardiogram (ECG / EKG) is an electrical recording of the heart and is used in the investigation of heart disease. This library is a collection of realistic looking recordings which will help improve your ECG skills.
You've Got What?
Discovery Health
Nursing Sites Produced by TAFESA
My DR
Medicinenet.com
Nursing Reference Centre is a bimonthly newsletter sent to your email address, subscribe, view the archive and for other newsletters and sites the NRC provides click here
University of Sydney - Nursing Subject Guide
DRUG INFORMATION
ADIN Australian Drug Information Network
RXList The Internet Drug Index
MEDICAL TERMINLOLOGY, DICTIONARIES AND ABBREVIATIONS
Medical Terminology
Medical Dictionary and Abbrieviations
Medical Terminology Abbreviations.pdf
AustralianCommissionOnSafetyAndQualityInHealthcare.pdf
ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION
Poem Old AGE Stereotypes A crabbit old woman.doc
Quality_cycle_080219.pdf
Wacoss_Referral_Directory.xls
Assignments
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