Research Guides: Nursing: Web Resources

Professionalism

Associations

Nursing World
Website for ANA Enterprise which is made up of the American Nurses Association, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the American Nurses Foundation..

Ethics

Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements by Marsha Fowler
ISBN: 9781558106031
Publication Date: 2015
An e-book.

Code of Ethics for Nurses (2021)
International Council of Nurses
Ethics and Human Rights

Guidelines

Documents with the aim of guiding decisions and criteria in nursing.

Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
Source for evaluating best practice guidelines. Click on the BPG & BPSO link in the navigation bar.

In addition clinical practice guidelines can be found in PubMed Medline, CINAHL with Full Text, and other resources. Searches for them can be done by doing one of the following,

Add the keywords guideline OR guidelines to a search;
Filter or limit search results to the article or publication type guideline, practice guideline, or practice guidelines.

Articles of Interest

Writing for Professional Publication
A series of 12 articles from the British Journal of Nursing discussing different aspects of publication and offering advice and practical tips.
Research 101: Demystifying Nursing Research
From Home Healthcare Nurse.
A review of research designs used in nursing.

Culture & Health Care

Resources for health care providers and their patients.

Culture, Language and Health Literacy
Resources from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text general reference database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press -- English and Spanish language. The titles in Ethnic NewsWatch represent the diversity of the American population in ways that are generally not seen in the mainstream media.

EthnoMed
Information on cultural beliefs, medical issues, and related topics applicable to the health care of immigrants and refugees in Seattle and the US.
MedlinePlus -- Health Information in Multiple Languages
Contains health information in multiple languages.
National Center for Cultural Competence
Georgetown University
Promoting cultural and linguistic competency in health and mental health care programs and organizations.
Online Resources for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Home Healthcare and Hospice
A series of articles by Judith S. Young published in Home Healthcare Nurse. Links to article citations in PubMed.

Selected Books

Culturally Competent Compassion by Irena Papadopoulos
Call Number: RT62 .P37 2018
ISBN: 9781138674899
Publication Date: 2018
Religion: A Clinical Guide for Nurses by Elizabeth Johnston Taylor
ISBN: 9780826108616
Publication Date: c2012
An e-book.
Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care by Joyceen S. Boyle; Margaret M. Andrews
Call Number: RT86.54 .A53 2016
ISBN: 9781451193978
Publication Date: 2016
7th ed.
Transcultural Nursing by Joyce Newman Giger
Call Number: RT86.54 .T73 2013
ISBN: 9780323083799
Publication Date: c2013
6th ed.
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care by Institute of Medicine Staff
ISBN: 9780309082655
Publication Date: c2003
An e-book.

U.S. Government Agencies & Resources

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
The agency's mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care by funding research, reports, practical tools, and other resources.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The CDC's primary channel for online communication, providing health information on a variety of topics.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Government agency for scientific research on medical and health care systems, practices, and products in alternative medicine.
National Institute of Nursing Research
Resources, support, and funding for nursing research and research training.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Medical research agency of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
National Library of Medicine
Houses one of the world's largest history of medicine collections. NLM collects, preserves, and makes available to researchers and the public, print and non-print materials that document public health, history of medicine, and disease in all time periods and cultures.
Womenshealth.gov
Health information for women and girls from the Office on Women's Health

State of Hawaii: Agencies & Organizations

Hawaii State Department of Health
Includes Hawaii-related publications, reports, brochures, and more.
Native Hawaiian Data Book
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Contains basic demographic data on native Hawaiians and Hawaiians.
Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA)