There is a plethora of tools and learning resource available via the internet that aims to help nurses and nursing students. Here we bring to you 16 of the best such tools that we hope those in the nursing profession will love. Check out these awesome and informational learning resources, Android apps, online libraries, and even video games.
Online learning resources
1. eMedicine – This website is a veritable goldmine of news, reference, and, educational content on diseases, drugs, and medical procedures. You can register for free to access all the useful information put up by subject matter experts. This site is a daily must-read for not just nurses but anyone with even a passing interest in the field of medicine.
2. Nursing Center – If you’re a nurse or a nurse in making, you are going to go “Wow” when you check out this site. This is one exhaustive resource of all things that are a part of a nurse’s professional life. Job boards, information on further education, clinical topics, professional topics, a very clever search engine, free e-newsletters, and much more!
3. NP Central – A portal to all things nursing-related with a stated objective of trying to help nurse practitioners meet their professional requirements. The portal leads to an exhaustive state-wise database of nursing organizations, pertinent clinical information, an impressive jobs database, and even an online store that sells all that a nurse practitioner may want to possess.
4. Hahn School of Nursing – A beautiful site that covers a very fundamental niche that all nurse practitioners and nursing students simply must know about – nursing theory. The website is committed to being a continuous work in progress bringing to nurse practitioners the best theories in nursing from all over the world. You can check out teaching tools, discussion forums, and a lot more.
Android Apps
5. Injectable Medicines – As far as handy and useful Android apps go, this one is right up there with the most useful ones that offers practical, implementable help. If you are a nurse administering injections then you can have this add handy. It is also a great tool for nursing students. This is a free application that will inform you on medicines that are compatible for injecting together at the same time.
6. Mini Nurse – The name says it all! This one is indeed a pocket Hercules when it comes to useful information for nurse practitioners and nursing students. This is a great value for money app that will be of immense help in LPN school. Handy reckoner for lab values, medical terms, medical facts, prefixes, suffixes, and more.
7. AHRQ ePSS – This Android application is as profound and weighty as its name suggests. It is an initiative by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) that aims to help nurses identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services relevant for their patients. Databases are updated regularly. Information also covers behavioral risk factors for maximum personalized information.
8. Rx Case Minder – A great tool for smooth management of prescription management. As a nurse you have many things on your mind and need to multi-task. This tool takes the stress off having to remember when to give medicine to patients under your care, the dosage and also if you have to order a refill. It’s a good tool for patients too.
Online Libraries
9. Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses – A very useful online library with content in different formats. The library captures and reflects information intended to keep nurses, particularly medical-surgical nurses, at the cutting edge of this vast and complex field. You can check out conferences, audios, video sessions, and notes by eminent practitioners in this field. Network with other members and learn about career and education opportunities.
10. Student-Nurse Information Center – The site functions more like a gateway to all types of useful information that nursing students may want access to. It’s like a one-stop shop for all nursing-related information. You will find links to nursing sites, specialty nursing resources online, nursing journals, schools, newsgroups, educational institutions, useful tools, etc. You want a shortcut to this site on your toolbar. It’s worth having it there.
11. The Free Library – If you love reading doesn’t matter if you’re into nursing or not, this is a swell site. But the kind of content this site holds on all things nursing-related is not to be sneezed at. There are periodicals to keep you up-to-date on the latest and there is a lot of worthy literature too. A great reference site for LPN, RN, and all types of nurses.
12. The WWW Virtual Library – Addictive! That’s the only way to describe this awesome portal. Search what you want to on nursing, health-care, patient care, nursing education, etc. The results will never cease to amaze you with the supply of pertinent information that is thrown up. The library is updated daily and carries information from all over the globe.
Video Games
As they say, all work and no play make Jack a dull boy. And so it is with nurses that have to work hard to stay at the top of their profession. Here is a list of great games that nurses can enjoy to combine work and entertainment.
13. Healthcare Word Game – A cool word game that uses a Java applet. It is based on the popular hangman theme and each match consisting of five games is a real test of your information and needless to say, spelling skills.
14. HumanSim – This simulated environment created by Virtual Heroes is a truly fun way to gain proficiency in otherwise tricky tasks without having to put humans at risk. From patient skills to the latest and most complicated procedures, you can practice a lot in a virtual environment.
15. Interactive Physiology – As the name suggests, this site teaches about the human physiology in a fun and interactive manner. The best part about this game, for nurses, is that they can access this fun site any time and add to their knowledge.
16. Happy Neuron – It combines recreation with some serious brain benefits. A nice distraction for busy nurses that at the same time helps them sharpen faculties they will need to be at the top of things at the workplace.