Nursing Community

Point of care information

• DynaMed. Disease and drug information. JBI ConNECT+. Evidence summaries and practice information sheets from Joanna Briggs Institute.
• Epocrates Online. Drug information, drug interactions, disease information, OTC medications, patient education.
• MD Consult. Textbooks, drug information.
• VisualDx. Enables rapid and accurate diagnosis of visually identifiable diseases.
• Find other clinical textbooks

Evidence-based practice

• Check guidelines and evidence summaries: JBI ConNECT+, DynaMed, National Guideline Clearinghouse, AACN standards
• Search for evidence: PubMed, CINAHL [Search tips], Cochrane Reviews and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• Stay current with published evidence: ACP Journal Club, Evidence-Based Nursing, JBI ConNECT+

Review and study

• AnatomyTV
• Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination
• NCLEX-RN Success Podcasts: look in bottom center of the page for the Podcasts
• Additional specialty textbooks

Continuing education

• American Nurses Association
• American Nurses Credentialing Center
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Images

• AnatomyTV
• SpringerImages
• Netter Presenter - Initial activation for use must take place within Emory's IP ranges or over a VPN connection.  For help with activation, please click here.  For Emory's code, email medref@listserv.cc.emory.edu.
• AccessEmergencyMedicine

Tools for finding published evidence

Major databases

• PubMed
• CINAHL [Search tips]
• EMBASE
• Web of Science

Specialty databases

• Health and Psychosocial Instruments - identify articles that describe instruments
• ETS Test Collection - descriptions and ordering information for instruments
• Psychinfo - identify articles on psychological studies and research instruments
• CINAHL - identify articles on nursing research, including descriptions of instruments

NOTE: Some instruments must be purchased from the publisher, while others may be available in the article describing the instrument or may be requested from the author.

Grant support

• Emory Office of Sponsored Programs
• NIH funding - grants search engine
• Foundation Directory - searchable file of half million grants, including from private, state and local community organizations; can limit to Georgia
• Grants.gov - HHS search engine for government grants
• NIH Manuscript Submission Help

Finding statistical data

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Data.Gov
• National Center for Health Statistics
• State Health Facts
• Statistical Abstract