Practical Nursing: Useful Websites

NFLPN - National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses

Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Practical Nurses

National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service, Inc.

CDC.gov provides users with credible, reliable health information.

Drugs.com provides accurate and independent information on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines & natural products. This material is provided for educational purposes only and is not to be used for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

A government web site where you will find information and tools to help you stay healthy.

Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.

Martindale's Nursing Center

National Library of Medicine brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in an esy to understand language.

The simulation-based training modules include lessons on heart sounds, murmurs, lung sounds, carotid bruit, blood pressure assessment and EKGs.

WebMD provides valuable health information.

Epocrates Rx is available for free on iOS, Android, and Blackberry devices. "Our free drug reference with brand, generic, and OTC medicines, drug interaction check and pill ID." - Website

Available for free on iOS, Android, and Blackberry devices.
"The ePSS is an application designed to help primary care clinicians identify clinical preventive services that are appropriate for their patients. Use the tool to search and browse U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on the web or on your PDA or mobile device." - Website

Available for free for iOS and Android devices.
"A fun and free iPhone, iPad and Android game that lets you investigate, deduce and diagnose real life patients in minutes. You can also brainstorm with other players in a group forum if you are stuck on a tough or rare case.
Prognosis is the first clinical case simulation game to hit the app store, designed specially for Doctors, Medical Students and anyone with a medical background." - Website

Available for free (using Micromedex login provided by the library) on iOS and Android devices. Visit the Google Play store or click the above link to go to the iTunes apps.
"With Drug Interactions, clinicians can check a patient’s entire medication list simultaneously for potentially harmful interactions and view severity ratings that range from contraindicated to minor. This app provides insight into:
•Why the drugs in question interact
•How the results of those interactions will present in the patient
•Recommendations for monitoring patient outcomes. " - Website