Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

For help finding, evaluating, and using web-based resources, please see the following guides and tutorials:

• Evaluating Sources
• Evaluating Websites
• Scholarly vs. Popular Sources
• Expand or Narrow Your Search
• Using Google Scholar

• Occupational Outlook Handbook: Nursing Assistants
  Published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Infection Control in Long-Term Care Facilities: CDC Guidelines
• Nursingassistants.net
• Study Stack - Nursing Flashcards
• Building a Medical Terminology Foundation

   

Medical Images

• MedPix (National Library of Medicine)
  Free open-access database integrating medical images including over 12,000 patient case scenarios, 9,000 topics, and nearly 59,000 images.
• Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
  Free, copyright-cleared images and videos on public health topics from the CDC.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Mayo Clinic
  Mayo Clinic is the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the world. Doctors from every medical specialty work together to care for patients, joined by common systems and a philosophy of "the needs of the patient come first." Mayo Clinic is governed by a 33-member Board of Trustees. from the Mayo Clinic Webpage
• National Institutes of Health, Health Information
  Highly reputable webpage of the Federal Government. Searchable database provides information on most diseases and disorders.
• National Center for Health Statistics
  Compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Practical Clinical Skills
  "Practical Clinical Skills provides free training and clinical decision support aids. The simulation-based training modules include lessons on heart sounds, murmurs, lung sounds, carotid bruit, blood pressure assessment and EKGs. The quick reference guides are a timely information source at the point of care." from the web page.
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

• National Library of Medicine: Biotechnology Information

• HEAL: Health Education Assets Library
  The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education. The collection is now housed at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Digital Library
• Health and Medical Science Commons
  Links to articles, institutions, and authors that focus on medical and health topics.
• MERLOT Health Sciences Collection
  Simulations, tutorials, online courses and other resources are accessible through this extensive collection.
• PLOS (Public Library of Science)
  PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication.