Nursing Resources Center

• A School Nurse’s Guide to Kids’ Health and Safety
  • Downloadable Kids’ Health Visual Companion Guide
• Raising Awareness about PTSD: A Resource Guide for Nurses and Communities
• NCLEX Exam Prep & Test Taking Guide
• Oral Communication Skills and Emotional Intelligence (EQ): What You Can Learn from Nurses

• General College Resources

  • StudentAffairs.com
    This comprehensive site features job listings, online courses, a resume tutorial center, and a student blog dedicated to securing post-graduate employment.
  • National Association for College Admission Counseling
    The ‘Students and Parents’ section of this site includes information for outgoing high school seniors and their parents about choosing the right school, obtaining financial aid, and managing expenses while attending college.
  • UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
    This navigation tool enables students at any higher-learning institution in the U.S. to obtain specific information about their school’s health insurance policy (including deductibles and areas of coverage).

• Nursing-Specific College Resources

  • National Student Nurses Association
    With more than 60,000 members across the country, the NSNA is the nation’s largest organization for nursing students. The website features sections dedicated to financial aid, postgraduate employment, and ‘back-to-school’ issues.
  • American Association of Colleges of Nursing
    As the “the national voice for America’s baccalaureate-and higher-degree nursing education,” the AACN offers scholarships and fellowships, internship opportunities, and information about college majors/specializations at all postsecondary levels.

Nursing students at all level can explore loans, scholarships, grants, and other sources of funding on our financial aid section or find more information in our detailed guides.

• Financial Aid Overview & Scholarships
• Financial Aid for Minority Students
• Financial Aid for Military & Veterans

• Nursing Licensure Bodies

  • Nurse Licensure Compact
    This compact allows nurses to practice in participating states on one license.
  • Licensure of Nurses: An Integral Part of Public Protection
    Published by the NCSBN, this paper addresses the importance and process of becoming a licensed nurse.
  • Nursys
    This database provides licensure and discipline information on nurses registered with participating nursing boards. License reports are available to nurses changing states, employers hiring new nurses and the public.

• Nursing Certifying Bodies

  • American Nurses Credentialing Center
    The ANCC administers programs and certifications for nurses in over 40 practice-specific subfields.
  • Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB)
    The PNCB oversees certification programs for pediatric nurse practitioners (PNPs), certified pediatric emergency nurses (CPENs), and acute care certified pediatric nurse practitioners (CPNPs).
  • National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA)
    This body manages certification for nurses who deliver anesthesia to patients in any medical/clinical setting.
  • American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB)
    This body manages certification for certified nurse-midwives (CNM) and certified midwives (CM).
  • Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC)
    This body oversees certification for nurses who treat cancer patients.

• Nursing Exam Resources

  • NCLEX Test Plans
    This tutorial page from NCLEX features a webinar and templates of the three primary formats for the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN exams (basic, candidate, and educator).
  • The NCLEX-RN Exam from Kaplan Nursing
    This guide to the registered nurse exam features test-taking tips, a breakdown of the grading system, sample tests, and information about registration.
  • American Nurses Credentialing Center
    The ANCC provides specific information about applying for and earning 49 different certifications that fall into four categories: nurse practitioner certifications, clinical nurse specialist certifications, specialty certifications, and assessment-based certifications.

• Nursing Continuing Education Resources

  • Free Continuing Education Classes
    This database from Nurse.com features an up-to-date list of online courses for nurses to enroll in. Individual courses include “Measuring Quality Outcomes,” “Population Health,” and “The Two Sides of Stroke.”
  • NurseCEU.com
    This directory of courses is geared toward “RNs, LVNs, LPNs, Nurse Practitioners, critical care nurses, and other individuals working to provide health care.” The site allows you to browse CE opportunities related to 44 specialized nursing areas.
  • ANA Nurse Continuing Education
    This directory features more than 150 CE courses that represent 27 specialized areas of nursing. Some courses are free for ANA members; non-members will not pay more than $50 for the vast majority of courses offered.

• Nursing Job Market Resources

  • National League for Nursing
    The NLN provides resources, advocacy, and support for nursing education in order to strengthen the workforce and improve public health.
  • Nurse.com
    The digital employment navigation tool on Nurses.com allows job-seekers to search for open positions across the country. They may customize the search by choosing from one or more of the 54 different specialties listed.
  • HEALTHeCAREERS Network
    This site (which requires free online registration) features a search tool that anyone in the medical profession can use to search for jobs; individual categories are available for ‘nursing,’ ‘nurse practitioner,’ and ‘physician assistant.’

• Nursing Community and Organizations

  • American Nurses Association (ANA)
    Founded in 1896, the ANA today serves 3.1 million members. The website’s content is categorized into the following groups: ‘career and credentialing,’ ‘practice,’ ‘ethics,’ ‘health and safety,’ ‘policy and advocacy,’ and ‘conferences,’ with an additional section detailing member benefits.
  • American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
    This organization (which serves 189,000 members nationwide) is dedicated to nurse practitioners, professional nurses who have received advanced training beyond the requirements for RNs.
  • American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
    Dedicated to the professional nurses who administer anesthesia to millions of people each year, the AANA (which turns 83 in 2014) boasts a membership of roughly 47,000 nurse anesthetists across the country.
  • STTI – Honor Society of Nursing
    Membership in the Honor Society of Nursing is extended to undergraduate and graduate nursing students who are dedicated to improving world health.
  • American Association for the History of Nursing
    The AAHN strives to improve the future of nursing through the study and preservation of the practices and techniques of the past.

• Patient Care and Healthcare Resources

  • 10 Landmark Nursing Research Studies
    This report from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) details some of the most important patient care-related studies of the last few decades.
  • EBSCO’s Nursing Products
    EBSCO provides nurses with access to reference centers to look up ailments and treatments, databases of authoritative, medical journals and magazines, and continuing education resources.
  • Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com
    Providing nurses with access to more than 50 journals, and continuing education and clinical practices resources, Lippincott’s Nursing Center strives to “help you in your practice.”

• Nursing Lifestyle Resources

  • Scrubs: The Nurse’s Guide to Good Living
    This magazine not only discusses the nursing profession, but also offers fashion and beauty advice, weekend getaway recommendations, and tips for saving money on nursing school and continuing education opportunities.
  • Minority Nurse Blog
    Although this blog is geared toward nurses who belong to minority groups, much of the content about maintaining a work-life balance and reducing stress is applicable to anyone within the profession.
  • Work Stress and Burnout Among Nurses
    This 22-page article from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality discusses some of the factors related to workplace environment that contribute to stress in all professions (but especially where nurses are concerned).

  Aspiring nurses can learn more about the occupation realities across the field on our career section.

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