Nursing Subject Guide

Web Resources The reference librarians at Kutztown University have evaluated and recommend the following websites: American Nursing Association      American Association of Critical-Care Nursing (AACN) American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) Association of Women's Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research The FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) promotes and protects the health of Americans by assuring that all prescription and over-the-counter drugs are safe and effective. CDER evaluates all new drugs before they are sold, and serves as a consumer watchdog for the more than 10,000 drugs on the market to be sure they continue to meet the highest standards. The center routinely monitors TV, radio, and print drug ads to ensure they are truthful and balanced. CDER also plays a critical role in providing health professionals and consumers information to use drugs appropriately and safely. Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) National Institute of Nursing Research Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) PubMed PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society