Research Guides: Nursing: Health Websites

General Health Websites

HealthFinder.gov
A Federal Government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Medline Plus
MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.
ClinOwl
ClinOwl curates articles from the leading medical journals in to a single view, helping busy healthcare professionals discover relevant clinical content and keep up to date with the latest advances in medicine.

AHRQ Quality Indicators
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): "Quality Indicators (QIs) are standardized, evidence-based measures of health care quality that can be used with readily available hospital inpatient administrative data to measure and track clinical performance and outcomes."
Go Ask Alice!
Provides information to assist readers' decision-making about their physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
NIH Clinical Guideline

Drug Tools
	EPOCRATES A drug reference app that checks for drug interactions; identifies pills and identifies brand, generic, and OTC medicines. Must create a free account. Cost: FREE
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Clinical Tools
	AHRQ ePSS Assists primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients.
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Speciality Tools
	mini Nurse Lite Provides information about medical terminology, medical abbreviations, medical suffixes and prefixes, different type of calculators, lung and heart sounds, subcutaneous injection sites, medical calculation practice and practice questions on various nursing subjects.
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