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General sites of interest to nurses
Statutory nursing bodies
NHS and Department of Health sites
On-line databases
Nursing specialist sites
Nursing journals, magazines, books and publications
Other funding bodies
Sites of interest to student nurses
Links for overseas nurses

General sites of interest for nurses

www.supervisionandcoaching.com

This site provides information and resources relating to clinical supervision and coaching

www.freeinformationcentre.co.uk

A site consisting mostly of links for nursing, health and students

www.internurse.com

This website provides an online resource including a continuously updated, fully searchable library of over 8000 peer reviewed articles

www.intermid.co.uk

An online archive of peer reviewed midwifery articles

www.justfornurses.co.uk

An online community where nurses can find topical discussions within the health service and profession

www.learningdisabilitiesuk.org.uk

A website dedicated to providing information about learning disabilities issues

www.newhealthnetwork.co.uk

The New Health network brings together the worlds of medicine, management, politics and business to inspire debate, influence policy and improve health and healthcare

www.nmap.ac.uk

A free gateway to evaluated internet resources in nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals

www.nursing-pay.com

Information about the latest NHS pay rates and the pay on offer from various nursing agencies

www.nursing-portal.com

The Nursing Portal provides a Nursing Research Engine which contains more than 6000 nurse related links

www.openlearning.co.uk

Emap Healthcare Open Learning is the leading provider of post-registration nurse education, by open learning, in the UK

www.patients-association.com

The website of the Patients Association

www.ukchnm.org

Website of the UK Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery

www.qni.org.uk

The website of the Queen's Nursing Institute which promotes best practice amongst community nurses

www.rdlearning.org.uk

RD learning is a research tool that brings together a range of health related research training courses available through higher education institutes and workshops run by research networks

www.thornbury-nursing.com/home.asp

Thornbury Nursing Services Ltd is one of the UK's leading independent nursing agencies

www.ukselfhelp.info

A website containing the telephone numbers of over 760 self help groups and over 600 links to other relevant websites

www.who.int/en/

The website of the World Health Organisation

 

 


Nursing statutory bodies

www.amicus-cphva.org

Website of the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association

www.show.scot.nhs.uk/index.aspx

NHS Education for Scotland aims to contribute to the highest quality of healthcare in NHS Scotland by promoting best practice in the education and lifelong learning of all its staff

www.nmc-uk.org

Website of the Nursing and Midwifery Council

www.rcn.org.uk

Website of the Royal College of Nursing


NHS and Department of Health Sites

www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en

Useful information from the Department of Health

www.dh.gov.uk/AboutUs/
HeadsOfProfession/
ChiefNursingOfficer/fs/en

The Department of Health Chief Nursing Officer's website

www.institute.nhs.uk/

The NHS Institute for Improvement and Innovation supports the NHS to transform health care for patients and the public by rapidly developing and spreading new ways of working, new technology and world class leadership

www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/

This site offers a source of information for potential new recruits and returners to the NHS

www.nice.org.uk

The website of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence


On-line databases

www.york.ac.uk/inst/
crd/crddatabases.htm

The Centre for reviews and Dissemination (CRD) aims to provide research-based information about the effects of interventions used in health and social care


Nursing specialist sites

www.fend.org

The website of the Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes

www.forensicnurse.org

The website of the International Association of Forensic Nurses

www.aohnp.co.uk

The website of the Association of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners

www.man.ac.uk/rcn/

The Research and Development Co-ordinating Centre website is a showcase for the resources available for nursing R&D

www.pain-talk.co.uk A national discussion forum and community for UK nurses, doctors and allied professionals with an interest in pain management.

www.ppdnf.org

The website of the Professional and Practice Development NMAHP Forum for Scotland

www.rcn.org.uk/resources/
practicedevelopment/

This part of the RCN website contains information about the Practice Development section of the RCN Institute along with processes and tools that can be used

www.rural-health.ac.uk

The Institute of Rural Health was established to ensure that rural communities receive the highest quality of healthcare possible

www.show.scot.nhs.uk/
sehd/facingthefuture/

This website is dedicated to keeping nurses, midwives and health visitors across Scotland informed

www.tbalert.org

TB Alert is a charity which aims to increase awareness in Britain of the threat of TB and to raise funds to support operational work against the disease

www.woundcaresociety.com

The website of the Wound Care Society


Nursing journals, magazines, books and publications

www.blackwellnursing.com

The website of Blackwell Publishing Nursing

www.markallengroup.com/
healthcare/bjn/index.htm

The British Journal of Nursing promotes clinically relevant research and evidence-based reviews

www.bmjjournals.com

The website of the British Medical Journal

www.elsevier.com/wps/find/

Elsevier publishers encompasses a vast range of nursing and midwifery titles

www.evidencebasednursing.com

The Evidence-Based Nursing journal includes abstracted research relevant to nursing practice

www.hsj.co.uk

The Health Service journal is a health management and policy magazine

www.meditec.co.uk

Meditec are a mail-order medical book specialist

www.nursing-standard.co.uk

Website for the Nursing Standard

www.nursingtimes.net

Website for the Nursing Times

www.palgrave.com/nursinghealth

Palgrave Publishers publish a wide range of nursing titles for both students and professionals

www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112094320/home

The Practice Development in Health Care journal promotes innovation, development and change in clinical practice


Other funding bodies

www.florence-nightingale-foundation.org.uk

The Florence Nightingale Foundation raises funds to provide scholarships for nurses, midwives and health visitors to study at home and abroad, to promote innovation in practice, to extend knowledge and skills to meet changing needs

www.rdinfo.org.uk

RDInfo is an information database that lists more than 1000 funding sources and 4000 grants.


Sites of interest to student nurses

www.brutish-nursing.com

A student nurse website containing links to UK and international universities and information about working abroad

www.rcn.org.uk/resources/
becomenurse.php

A section of the RCN website providing information about how to become a nurse or midwife

www.rcn.org.uk/development/students

A section of the RCN website dedicated to student nurses


Links for overseas nurses

www.rcn.org.uk/resources/
international/

A section of the RCN website created to provide helpful information about coming to work in the UK

 


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