DynaMed is going away

Unfortunately, due to budget constraints and low user numbers, the Library will not be renewing DynaMed for 2010. Many of you found this to be a useful tool that you could use from anywhere, including your office, but at $9350.00 per year, it was not sustainable. Please feel free to call the Library if you need clinical information--the hospital has access to UptoDate, a similar point of care tool, and I am always glad to send copies of topics as needed, or other resources.

Free CE on Helping Patients with Obesity

Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity is offering 1.0 credit hours for nurses on helping obese patients in clinical practice.

Weight Bias in Clinical Settings


Research shows that weight stigma in health care settings has a significant negative impact on obese patients’ health. Recognizing that providers face complex challenges in treating their obese patients, this course is designed to help clinicians improve delivery of care for this growing patient population. This course aims to increase awareness of the sources of weight bias in health care and provides a range of practical strategies to optimize the health care experience for overweight and obese patients.

Also available:
Toolkit for Helping Obese Patients
AMA's Primer for Physicians on Assessment and Management of Adult Obesity

STEMI: Independent Study for 1.5 Contact Hours

Claire Karis at Montgomery's CPR Training Center is offering STEMI: ST Elevation MI Independent Study.

Review the learning objectives.
Read the text.
Take the online test and evaluation.
Print the CE certificate.

To reigster call Claire Karis at x2313 or ckaris[at]mont-hosp.com

Featured Library Book: Difficult Conversations in Medicine

Difficult Conversations in Medicine, edited by Elisabeth Macdonald, is a collection of essays about effective communication between health care professionals, patients, and families. Topics range from legal and ethical issues, to planning for such conversations, apologies, strong emotions and cross-cultural issues. Dr. Macdonald is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist from London, and writes in the context of the NHS and , and mostly from the point of view of physicians but will also be useful to other healthcare professionals. Finally, there is an appendix of transcriptions of illustrative conversations in order to see how others have approached them. A review of this book is available in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. You can find this book on the shelves at the library at W 62 D569 2004.

Related:
Cecil Textbook of Medicine
A Practical Guide to Palliative Care
Medical Management of Vulnerable and Underserved Patients

The National Center of Continuing Education provides accredited CE that you can complete both online or offline. If you prefer to read printed materials, then this is an option. Courses are mostly in the $3-$5 per credit range.

Topics include, among others:
General Nursing
Getting Older

CE through the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association

The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association(PSNA) offers free or low cost CE to members on their PSNA CEWeb, and for $10.00 for non-members. If you are a member of PSNA, then make sure to check out the options. Classes range from career development, to medication safety, to disaster planning.

Free CE on COPD and Asthma thru 10-03-10

cmecorner is offering 1.0 contact hr for Nurse Practitioners/Advanced Practice Nurses on Breathing Easier: Management Strategies for Uncontrolled Asthma and COPD, with an educational grant from AstraZeneca.

Upon completion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:
1.
Explain the rationale for the recent changes to both asthma and COPD treatment guidelines.
2.
Compare the benefits of ICS, LABA, and combination therapies with their associated risk profiles.
3.
Identify the appropriate patient groups who may benefit from ICS, LABA, and combination therapies.
4.
Describe the disparities in asthma and COPD care in older adults and minorities.

Free CE on Case Based Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis thru 9/30/11

Prime, Inc and Teva Neuroscience are offering a free CE course on Case-Based Assessments in Therapeutic Management of Multiple Sclerosis thru September 30, 2011.

Nurse CNE Continuing Education
PRIME Education, Inc. (PRIME®) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
PRIME® designates this activity for 1.5 contact hour(s).

Case Manager Continuing Education
The Commission for Case Manager Certification designates this educational activity for 1.5 contact hour(s) for certified case managers.

Free CE on Distance Learning thru 10/26/12

nurse.com is offering 1.0 credit hour on online learning, thru 10/26/12

Earning Degrees by Distance Education

Objectives:
The goal of this program is to provide nurses with information about obtaining academic credentials through distance learning. Sponsored by a grant from Chamberlain College of Nursing.

After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —

Differentiate between classroom-based and distance education.
Relate how proficiency examinations can be applied to distance learning.
Identify four personal characteristics of a successful online learner.

Free CE on SIDS Risk Reduction

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development is offering 1.1 contact hours on SIDS Risk Reduction for obstetric, neonatal and pediatric nurses. The article covers best practices in preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and how to communicate these practices to families and caregivers of infants.

Free CE on OR Patient Safety from Medline University

Medline University is offering a CE course on patient safety in the OR:
9 on the Line for Patient Safety

Objectives:
List Nine key areas for improving patient safety in the perioperative arena

Identify and list six key activities which can help reduce surgical site infections

Review AORN's guidelines to prevent retained foreign objects in the OR

PubMed Redesign: Where has it gone?

If you use PubMed for searching for articles and article abstracts, you may have noticed that it has been redesigned. A wonderful person at the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries has created a handout that tells you where to find the new home of many features: Where has it gone?

Related Post:
Where to find fulltext journal articles

Practical Procedures from Nursing Times

NursingTimes.net from England has an archive of illustrated articles on Practical Procedures such as:

Urinalysis
Measuring pulse
Blood glucose testing
Measurement of gastric fluid pH
Calculation of body mass index
Use of a non-rebreathing oxygen mask
Measuring peak expiratory flow
Use of a nebuliser
Use of an inhaler
Use of nasal sprays in allergic rhinitis
Assessing level of consciousness
Pupillary assessment
Glasgow Coma Scale 1
Glasgow Coma Scale 2

SPIRAL: Patient Education in Asian Languages

SPIRAL is maintained by the Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library and funded by grant from the New England Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine under contract N01-LM-6-3508. SPIRAL began as a joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library.

Patient education handouts on a variety of topics in Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Korean, Cambodian, Lao, and Hmong. Most topics include an English version so you can see what you are handing out.

Topics include among many others:
Swine Flu/H1N1 Influenza
Mental Health
Pain Management/Palliative Care

Free CE on Emergency Drug Therapy thru 12/20/11

nurse.com is offering 1.0 contact hours on Emergency Drug Therapy.

Objectives:
Identify emergency cardiovascular drugs and their use based on evaluated evidence from the 2005 International Consensus Conference of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations.

Indicate appropriate drug interventions in cardiopulmonary arrest situations based on current guidelines.

Relate expected patient outcomes to individual emergency drugs.

This course has been brought to you by an educational grant from All About Staffing and may be taken free of charge as a gift to the nursing community until January 15, 2010.

International Infection Prevention Week is October 18-24, 2009

From the 19th –24th, challenge your Infection Control knowledge by finding all of the Infection Control problems in the “Mock” patient room located on the 3rd Floor in the Labor and Delivery overflow!

The room is open to all employees to enter. The employees with all of the correct answers will be entered to win a WaWa gift card.

Good luck!

Free Education Brochures for Infection Prevention from APIC

APIC is offering free education brochures on various infection prevention topics such as:


10 tips for preventing the spread of infection
Prevent Needlesticks
Lyme Disease
Antibiotic Safety
Speak Up: Five Things You Can Do To Prevent Infection
How to Dine Out Safely
Traveling Overseas - Tips on How to Avoid Infection

CE on Recognizing Drug-Seeking Behavior thru 11/13/11

Nurse.com is offering 1.0 contact hour for $10.00 on Recognizing Drug Seeking Behavior brought to you by a grant from St. David's Healthcare, thru 11/13/11.

Objectives:
The goal of this program is to enhance nurses’ ability to identify and respond professionally to drug-seeking patients.

After you study the information presented here, you will be able to

**Describe three different types of drug-seeking patients.
**Differentiate between addiction, pseudo-addiction, and drug dependency.
**Identify four cues exhibited by drug-seeking patients.

Celebrate Infection Prevention Week with Free CE on Infection Control thru 2/13/10

Infection Control Resources is offering free CE on Vol. 4, No.4

• Persistence of microorganisms on common hospital surfaces: Strategies to control their dissemination

• Misuse of prefilled flush syringes: Implications for medication errors and contaminationCE


Expires Feb.13, 2010 ONLINE TESTING(choose Infection Control Category)

NetCE: Reading articles for credit thru 08-31-10

NetCE offers reading based CE. Read the articles, and fill out an evaluation of what you've read to receive credit. Currently, NetCE is offering a special to Pennsylvania nurses, 30 credits for 29 dollars thru 08/31/10.

Methamphetamine Abuse and Dependence
5 contact hours

Diagnosing and Managing Headaches
10 contact horus

Moderate Sedation/Analgesia
15 contact hours

CE on Pain from Wild Iris

Wild Iris is offering a course on Pain: Ethical and Legal Issues for $10.00.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Discuss ethical theories and principles as they relate to pain management.
Explain the concept of an ethical dilemma and how it relates to the management of pain.
Compare the ethical codes of the American Nurses Association and the International Council of Nurses.
Explain the relationship of ethics to law.
Discuss laws that control the manufacture and distribution of drugs.

Free CE: Genetics is Relevant Now

Genetics Is Relevant Now: Nurses' Views and Patient Stories

The purpose of this module is to inform nurses about the relevance of genetics and genomics to patient care and nursing practice. Access to the module is FREE! Brought to you by Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

Choose the second version of the module, which has 1.3 contacts hours. Registration is required.

Free CE on Pain Management at the End of Life

Last Chance for Comfort: An Update on Pain Management at the End of Life

Earn 2.4 contact hours from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, in conjunction with an educational grant from Vista Care.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the prevalence and significance of pain at the end of life;
Identify techniques to assess pain in patients, including those unable to provide verbal reports;
List differential features of nociceptive and neuropathic pain states;
Describe effective non-pharmacological means to relieve pain;
Recognize the therapeutic benefits and potential adverse effects associated with opioid and non-opioid pharmacotherapy for acute and chronic pain states at end of life.

CE on Wrong Site Surgery from nurse.com

nurse.com is offering a ce course on "What's being done to prevent wrong site surgery".

This course has been brought to you by an educational grant from Texas Health Resources, for a fee of $10.00

Objectives:

The goal of this program is to provide perioperative nurses with information about wrong-site surgery, the Universal Protocol, and the changes in the culture of the healthcare system to prevent wrong-site surgery. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to —
*Discuss the evolution of patient safety initiatives for the prevention of wrong-site surgery.
*Review the three steps of the Universal Protocol.
*Describe the new correct-site surgery culture in healthcare.

CE on Atrial Fibrillation from nurse.com thru 12/22/11

nurse.com is offering an online ce course brought to you by an educational grant from HCA West & Central Florida Hospitals

for a fee of $10.00.

Atrial Fibrillation: Weathering the Electrical Storm

Objectives:

The goal of this program is to provide nurses with information about the incidence, etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of atrial fibrillation.

*After studying the information presented here, you will be able to —

*Describe the mechanical events associated with AF with respect to cardiac anatomy and typical features of this dysrhythmia.

*Identify the diagnostic approach to defining etiological factors for AF.

*Discuss treatment strategies for AF.

CE on Cholesterol from rn.com

Inexpensive CE course from rn.com, for $5.00.

Cholesterol: The Good and the Bad 1 contact hour(s)
Learn all about cholesterol, the good and the bad in this one contact hour online nursing education course.

Nurse Author & Editor Newsletter

If you are interested in writing for publication in nursing journals, the free Nurse Author & Editor Newsletter provides articles offering advice on writing quality manuscripts, avoiding rejection, finding publishing opportunities, editing and reviewing. Each issue also has a section containing short articles to update readers on new developments in nursing journals and journal publishing. Registration is required.

Martindale's Virtual Nursing Center

Martindale's Virtual Nursing Center is a web index maintained by Jim Martindale, who has gathered a lot of info in one place. Old school dark blue screen with pale text, and no pictures, but links to some interesting sites with handouts and good basic reference info.

*List of Nursing Journals by specialty Not full text necessarily but good for finding professional journals in your field

*Nursing Basic Medical Info, Reference, Lectures, atlases, videos

*Nursing Practice & Protocols

*Clinical/Physical Examinations and Clinical Skills

*Laboratory Diagnostics & Protocols

Free CE on Angina for Nurse Practitioners

The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association is offering 1.5 free ce credits for Nurse Practitioners on Latest Advances in the Treatment of Angina.

Free CE on Cardiovascular Topics from St. Jude Medical

St. Jude Medical has a series of Cardiovascular CEU Online courses, available at no cost. You may take up to 10 CEU's per 12 month period, per license number. Topics include:

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders, ECG, Cardiac Catheterization, Atrial Fibrillation, and Interventional Procedures.

CE on Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

ICU Alert: Worsening Respiratory Function Can Signal ARDS

Medical City Hospital in Dallas, TX is offering this 1.0 CE course for $10.00. Registration required.

Objectives:
Discuss the pathophysiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Identify treatment goals for acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Discuss the role of the nurse in identifying and managing patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

CE on Personality Types in the Workplace thru 01/03/13

Don’t Worry, Be Happy! Harmonize Diversity Through Personality Sensitivity

The UCLA Health System is offering this ce course on personality types, and providing nursing care. Registration required. Fee $10.00

Objectives:
Explain the relationship between personality sensitivity and improved interpersonal relationships.

List examples of how patients and nurses benefit from personality-sensitive care.

Describe Hartman’s Color Code® theory, detailing the role of motives and the strengths and limitations of its four personality types.

Medical Spanish Podcasts

Molly Martin, MD has created Medical Spanish Podcasts along with Maria Bjorklund, Spanish Teacher.

Listen to recordings of dialogues in Spanish on common medical topics, and if you choose to take the quizzes, earn CE for about $10.00.

Topics include:

ECG, Sputum Sample, Mantoux
Blood Test
Swine Flu in the News
Labor & Delivery: Yes and No Questions
Reproductive Health History

H1N1 Resources from PA Dept of Health

For the latest H1N1 Influenza info from the PA Department of Health for Health Providers
Updated information will continue to be available on the PADOH web page at http://www.h1n1inpa.com/ and consultation is available at 1-877-PA-HEALTH.

CE from CampaignforNursing.com

Campaign for Nursing is offering several online CE courses.

Topics cover everything from mentoring, precepting, career development and generation gaps:

CE 190 Partnership: Making the Most of Mentoring $10.00 thru 1/3/11
CE393-60 Precepting: The Chance to Shape Nursing's Future $10.00 thru 12/22/11
CE432 Coaching Makes Nurses' Careers Grow 10.00 thru 10/13/12
CE60137 Charting Your Course to an Academic Career FREE thru 8/8/10
CE478 Bridging the Generation Gaps 10.00 thru 5/2/11

CE on Testicular Cancer

rn.com is offering an online CE on Testicular Cancer, for 5.00.

After successful completion of this 1.0 contact hour nursing education course you will be able to:
1. Describe the risk factors associated with testicular cancer.
2. Identify how to perform a testicular exam.
3. Define the nursing process, and discuss the care of the patient with testicular cancer.

Free CE on Postoperative Recovery Care

Perspectives in Nursing, a journal from Saxe Healthcare Communications & Dale Medical Products, Inc., offers several articles with free CE for filling in the post-test.

Currently active articles include:

Expert Review: Best Practices for Managing the Indwelling Catheter

Vol. 7, No. 1 (CE Expires Oct.24, 2010) Take test Online•

Free CE on Information-Age Patient Care thru 4/30/11

Advance for Nurses is offering free ce on Information-Age Patient Care.

The goal is to provide strategies for communicating and managing well-informed, demanding patients. After reading this article, you will be able to:

1. Describe the ramifications of the computer age and its impact on patient care, including the use of appropriate online resources.
2. Discuss the importance of social support online systems and the implications for patient education.
3. Use the tools necessary to communicate with demanding patients in positive ways.

Medscape CE For Nurses

Medscape offers free online CE for nurses. Just register to get access.

Low Cost CE on Influenza

rn.com is offering a CE course on Influenza for $5.00, and free if you are a member of rn.com's "unlimited subscriber" plan.

Happy National Nurses Week from the Medical Library

I am bit belated with these greetings, but Happy National Nurses Week to the nurses of Montgomery Hospital! It is a pleasure to provide information that you need to help you with your work and education.

Free CE on Sharps Safety in Surgical Settings thru 3/3/11

rn.com is offering a free CE module on Prevention of Sharps Injuries in Surgical Settings.

At the end of the program, the learner should be able to:

• 
  Describe prevalence of sharps injuries in perioperative personnel.
• 
  Identify 3 risk factors for sharps injuries in the OR.
• 
  List key components of an organizational sharps safety program based on regulatory agency and professional organizations', guidelines and standards.
• 
  Name 2 important risk-reduction strategies designed to prevent sharps injuries.
• 
  Define personal responsibilities to protect yourself and provide a safe work environment for others.

UpToDate Swine Flu Information

Here are some links to UpToDate's sections on Swine Flu, which are available from any networked pc at Montgomery Hospital:
Epidemiology & Diagnosis
Treatment & Prevention
Patient Information

DynaMed has quick clinical info on Swine Flu

DynaMed is providing Swine Flu Clinical Info free of charge as a public service.

CE on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Wild Iris is offering course on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, 2.5 contact hours for 22.50.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Discuss traumatic events associated with PTSD.
Explain the relationship of trauma, stress, memory, and emotions to PTSD.
List diagnostic criteria of PTSD identified by American Psychiatric Association.
Identify the primary outcome goals of treatment for PTSD.
Describe therapeutic approaches for achieving outcome goals.

Medical Spanish Word of the Day

Ken Ryan's educational website company, MedicalSpanish.com, has a word of the day to help you learn basic phrases. A comprehensive CE course for hospital nurses on speaking Spanish is in the works. I will keep you posted.

CE on Diabetes & Pregnancy

Wild Iris is offering CE on Diabetes & Pregnancy for $10.00

Pregnancy: Care and Management
Christine Cartwright, RN, MSN

Wild Iris Medical Education is an approved provider (#PA-54) of continuing nursing education by the Washington State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Our courses fulfill continuing nursing education requirements in all 50 states.Wild Iris Medical Education (CBRN Provider #12300) is approved as a provider of continuing education for RNs, LVNs, and respiratory therapists by the California Board of Registered Nursing.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Identify abnormal laboratory results for a variety of problems during pregnancy.
Discuss differential diagnosis based on laboratory results and trends.
Describe normal and abnormal physiologic changes of pregnancy.
State anticipated orders for laboratory draws based upon the patient's chief complaint or status.


FEE: $10.00

CE on Precepting thru 12/22/11

Course from nurse.com thru 12/22/11

CE393-60b ·1.0 hr
Precepting: The Chance to Shape Nursing’s Future
Author: Mary Krugman, RN, PhD, FAAN

Objectives:

The goal of this program is to provide nurses with knowledge and insights into the preceptor role. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to —
Discuss why preceptors are critical to nursing’s professional future.
Identify the essential elements and strategies to strengthen preceptor role functioning.
Discuss how preceptors improve retention and recruitment.

Caring Bridge: Keeping Families Informed

Caring Bridge is a non-profit site which provides free web pages for families and patients to update all who care about them about serious illness and crises and hospital stays. As nurse Heather Cygan notes, she learned about it firsthand when her father had a stroke. Sites like this, and Care Pages, can help get the word out without multiple phonecalls, providing a centralized source of updates.

Free CE on Health Communication

Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency is a free on-line learning tool that will help you:

1. Improve your patient communication skills
2. Increase your awareness and knowledge of the three main factors that affect your communication with patients: health literacy, cultural competency and low English proficiency
3. Implement patient-centered communication practices that demonstrate cultural competency and appropriately address patients with limited health literacy and low English proficiency

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health. Registration is required.

Free CE on Hemostasis/Anticoagulation thru 07/10/11

To Bleed or not to Bleed: A Review of Hemostasis and Anticoagulation
Presented by Alan P. AginsPresident - PRN Associates, Ltd. - Continuing Medical Education

Program Overview:
This course provides a review of hemostasis and the biochemistry and pharmacology of anticoagulation mechanisms. The presenter thoroughly discusses various pharmacologic anticoagulants as well as a new non-pharmacologic method.

Free CE on Coaching in Nursing

Coaching in Nursing Workbook is available at no cost to nurses interested in learning about mentoring.

The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International and the International Council of Nurses have published a free resource titled Coaching in Nursing Workbook that is available to nurses around the world. This tool is a hands-on guide that can be used to teach nurses coaching principles and skills in order to develop individual professional competencies and to improve nurse staffing retention. Six (6) hours of continuing education (CE) credit is available after completing the workbook. CE credit can be obtained by completing the online test.

CE on Workplace Communication thru 6/23/11

This course was free, but is now $10.00, in case anyone is still interested in the topic at nurse.com thru 6/23/11

CE344-60c ·1.0 hr Staying Cool Under Fire: How Well Do You Communicate?

Author: Maureen Habel, RN, MA

Objectives:

The purpose of this module is to provide nurses with information about how to manage workplace communication challenges. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to —
Identify three primary communication styles
Discuss ways in which men and women differ in their communication style and stimuli for anger
Discuss strategies that can be used to communicate with people who are upset or angry

Free Wound Care CE

Coloplast is offering CE on the following topics in their Coloplast Academy:


Wound Assessment and Documentation
Learn how to assess chronic wounds, describe wound characteristics and use tips and tools that will increase the accuracy and consistency of your documentation.

Lower Extremity Wounds
Learn about lower extremity venous disease (LEVD) and lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD), and how to assess and treat the resulting wounds, or ulcers.

Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Learn how to identify patients at risk for pressure ulcers and implement prevention strategies as early as possible during their hospital stays.

CE on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm thru 8/24/12

Nurse.com is offering the following CE for $10.00 thru 8/24/12
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Author: Evelyn M. O’Reilly, RN, EdD

Objectives:

The goal of this program is to enhance nurses’ ability to identify characteristic manifestations, signs of impending rupture, age considerations, and treatment modalities related to an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —

Describe three important clinical manifestations of an AAA.
Recognize major signs of impending rupture of an AAA.
Define the process of diagnosis and treatment of an AAA.


Grant Provider:

This course has been sponsored by an educational grant from UCLA Health System and may be taken free of charge as a gift to the nursing community until December 31, 2009.

CE on Heart Failure

CE383-60b ·1.0 hr
$10.00

Blood Test, Drugs Boost Success in Managing Heart Failure
Author: John P. Harper, RN, MSN, BC

Objectives:

The goal of this program is to provide nurses with information about the incidence, etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and pharmacologic management of heart failure, including the use of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) assay levels. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to —

Describe the pathophysiology of heart failure.
Discuss the use of BNP assay levels in the management of heart failure.
Discuss three medications used in the management of heart failure.

Free Online English-Spanish Dictionary of Health Terms

The English-Spanish Dictionary of Health Related Terms has

nearly 14,000 terms covering topics such as emergency and disaster preparedness, terms related to anatomy, signs and symptoms, communicable diseases, chronic diseases, maternal and child health, nutrition, occupational health, environmental health, oral health, mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, and traditional medicine. Also, many popular terms used in Mexico and Central America to describe signs and symptoms of illness have been included in the dictionary.

A project of the Health Initiative of the Americas, this guide is available as a pdf file, and is freely available in order to help strengthen communication between Spanish speaking people and healthcare workers.

History of Nursing Resource

If you need to write a paper on some aspect of nursing history for a class, this site from the American Association of the History of Nursing has links to many topics, including the history of nursing caps, Army Nurse Corps, Black Nurses in history, Civil War nursing and women who served in Vietnam.