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Orange Park: Nursing Resources

700 Blanding Blvd. Ste. 16 Orange Park, FL 32605

NCLEX Resources

Your best resource for passing your tests are your teachers!
But if you need more assistance, here are a few sites that might help.

 
National Council State Board Nursing
provides comprehensive information about the test, test preparation, test plans, and what to expect on test day.

 LearningExpressLibrary Create a free account. Do a search for NCLEX in test.

 Quizlet is a free online learning tool to create study flashcards.  Share cards with others and use on mobile devices. NCLEX questions

 Test Prep Review: NCLEX Review Ad filled page with brief explaination of the tests. Scroll to the bottom for free self-assessment modules for various subjects.  25 Practice questions

 Mighty Nurse Free skills assessment testing, along with testing tips, advice, inspiration and cartoons. Practice Questions 

 NCLEX-RN Review 3500  Use with internet explorer. Practice Questions

The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) has free testing resources available to all Tennessee residences. Click on the link and TEL will magically know (from your computer's IP address) that you are in Tennessee - if not, it will ask for your zip code and phone #, select Test Prep from the menu and choose Career tests for practice exams and review help. 

NURSING LIBRARY INSTRUCTION COURSE

Self paced nursing library course from Pennsylvania State University Library
Module 1: Getting Ready for Research
Module 2: Basic Research Skills
Module 3: Identifying a Scholarly Source
Module 4: Writing Tip
Module 5: Dissemination of Research
Module 6: Evidence-Based Nursing- Acquiring the Best Evidence

CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES

Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements

American Nurses Association 2015

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 symptoms.

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 most minor parts, and understand how the human body works.

Drugs / Dosages / Math / Calculators

The Daily Med—National Library of Medicine (NLM), a National Institutes of Health (NIH) institute, provides DailyMed to the public. Additional information about medicines is available on NLM's MedlinePlus Web site.

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

Lab Tests Online- designed to help patients or caregivers better understand the many clinical lab tests that are part of routine care and the diagnosis and treatment of various conditions and diseases.

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

The Merck Manual for Health Care Professionals: Clinical Calculator- calculators, conversion tables, drug tables, abbreviations, and useful sites.

 

Fundamentals / Theory / Terminology

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

CoxHealth: Nursing Theory & Theorists-information about books, journals, and websites that provide in-depth reviews of nursing theories.

The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook: Pronunciation-

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.

Government Resources

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)- also includes MMWR, Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report, which provides health statistics, infectious disease information, and breaking news.

ClinicalTrials.gov- National Institute of Health site providing information on over 29,000 federal and privately sponsored clinical trials. Includes consumer information on the nature of clinical trials and answers to common questions about participation in clinical trials.

Drugs and Lactation Database

Drugs@FDA: FDA-Approved Drugs

Genetics Home Reference

MedlinePlus

National Library of Medicine

NIH - Health Information, Reading Club

PubMed

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

National Center for Health Statistics

R2 Library

R2 Library
Ebooks cover medications, care plans, terminology, dentistry, and pathophysiology. Set up your account with a personal login and password.

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