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Cincinnati: Find Web Resources

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Evaluating Websites

Remember that not all websites are created equal and that high quality information will be academically and professionally beneficial.

As you search the web keep in mind the currancy, relevancy, authority, accuracy and purpose of the information that you find.

Nursing Web Resources

Anatomy / Physiology / Pathology

Mayo Clinic Symptom Checker-Foot pain? Headache? Sore throat? Skin rash? Use this guide to find out what's causing your symptom.

Healthline-Human Body Maps- an interactive visual search tool that allows users to explore the human body in 3-D. Users can search multiple layers of the human anatomy, view systems and organs down to their smallest parts, and understand in detail how the human body works.

The Visible Body Learn Site-  The Visible Body Learn Site is our totally free introduction to each human body system. It furthers our mission to allow anybody anywhere to easily engage with our world-class visual human biology content. The 3D models on this website are completely interactive! If you're using a mobile device, you can view them in augmented reality.

https://www.visiblebody.com/learn/

The Merck Manual for Health Care Professionals: Symptoms-

Merck Manual Consumer Version

The Crash Course- Anatomy    fun and dynamic, fast-paced videos with a live-action host and animated cartoons reviewing the major body systems

Drugs / Dosages / Math / Calculators

A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine - sites and resources compiled by the University of California.

Lab Tests Online- designed to help patients or caregivers to better understand the many clinical lab tests that are part of routine care as well as diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of conditions and diseases. A peer-reviewed site produced by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.

MDcalc- for medical professionals to help do calculations and process algorithms and scores.

Merck Manual of Clinical Calculators

Explaining Dosage Calculations    Dosage Help – includes practice questions and answers for many types of nursing dosage calculation problems, including weight-based calculations and IV Therapy calculations

Fundamentals / Theory / Terminology

Nursing Theory-a list of major nursing theorists who have contributed to the development of professional nursing practice.

Nursing Theories and Theorists explained

Nursing Theories and Theorists- The Definitive Guide for Nurses

Merck Manual- English pronunciations

Who named it?- a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms (word related to medicine, whose name is derived from a person).

Medical Mnemonics- A free, non-profit, online searchable database of medical mnemonics to help remember the important details.

The Clinicians Ultimate Reference-  includes medical abbreviations, medical terminology, drug tables, medical calculators, lab values, and other clinical resources

Greek Mythology Today   learn about the medical terms taken from Greek and Roman Mythology

Consortium of Education Affiliates Libraries http://libguides.yourlrc.info