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  Websites

  • AllNurses
    • AllNurses.org is a forum website. Like other forum websites, registered users are able to create new topics and engage in conversations on those topics. It provides nurses with a support network, and allows them to exchange industry and career related information and advice. The site also advertises job postings.
  • NC Board of Nursing Gateway
  • Nurse
    • Nurse.com provides a host of services including job postings, continuing education unit course, nursing related news, and an event calendar for seminars, webinars and career fairs. Nurses can create a profile which can be kept private, public, or viewable to employees only. Be sure to read their privacy policy so that you know exactly how they use the information you store on their site.
  • NursingWorld
    • As the website for the largest professional organization for nurses, NursingWorld.org provides information on a wide range of topics including careers and credentialing, practice, ethics, health, safety, policy, advocacy, and more.
  • Scrubs Magazine
    • ScrubsMag.com describes itself as "the nurse's guide to good living." The website provides information on a wide range of topics including career advice, nursing school, beauty, style, health, fun, quizzes, and giveaways.

  Library Books

  YouTube Channels

  • Registered Nurse RN
    • Provides FREE NCLEX reviews, skills, school tips, and career help for students and nurses.
  • Road to Nursing License
    • Designed to help aspiring nurses, students or new nurses to excel their skills, knowledge and practice by providing FREE NCLEX reviews, skills, tips to prepare and practice nursing.
  • Simple Nursing
    • We have over 1,200 fun, visual nursing videos that focus on NCLEX key points.
  • Institute of Human Anatomy
    • The institute of Human Anatomy is a private human cadaver lab that teaches various healthcare professionals with the use of real human cadavers.

  Databases

  Free Apps

  • Nursing Central - iOS and Android
  • Keener - iPhone (emotional wellness and personal growth)
  • Google Translate - iOS and Android
  • Epocrates - iOS and Android (medications and pertinent teaching information)
  • Skyscrape Medical Library - iOS and Android (multi-drug analyzer tool and quick search on diseases and symptom-related topics)
  • NurseGrid - iOS and Android (shift calendar that allows swaps between co-workers)

  Professional Organization

  Career Information

  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
    • Publication of the United States Department of Labor Statistics that includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earning, and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations.
  • Job Outlook for Nurses 2022