Nursing & Medicine

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• 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

Nursing (Profession)

• Allnurses.com
  An all-purpose web site containing discussions by and about nurses, lists of specific careers and specialties in nursing and job opportunities
• Resumes for Nursing
  Multiple examples of nursing resumes and cover letters from Linfield College, Portland Campus.

Pharmacology

• PDR Drug Information
  Information on thousands of drugs from the online Physician's Desk Reference.

Ethics

• Bioethics Information Resources
  Produced by PubMed via the National Library of Medicine (NIH)

Medical Research & Education

• 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.
• Dove Medical Press
  Also accessible through PubMed, Dove Medical Press offers a number of peer-reviewed, open access, medical and scientific journals. The full journal list is located at the bottom of the main page.
• BioMed Central
  BMC has an evolving portfolio of some 300 peer-reviewed journals, sharing discoveries from research communities in science, technology, engineering and medicine. 
• Free Medical Journals
  A directory of open access medical journals.
• MedEdPORTAL Publications
  Various publications produced by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

• Nevada Division of Health and Human Services
• Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health
• Nevada Nurses Association
• Nevada State Board of Nursing