Professional Organizations are valuable sources of information.
The National Student Nurses Organization
Mission: Bring together and mentor students preparing for initial licensure as registered nurses, as well as those enrolled in baccalaureate completion programs.
Mission: Sigma is an international community of nurses, dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, teaching, learning, and service through the cultivation of communities of practice, education, and research.
The National League for Nursing
Mission: The National League for Nursing promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of our nation and the global community.
Mission: The purpose of the Academy is to serve the public and nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge.
Mission: The Montana Nurses Association promotes professional nursing practice, standards and education; represents professional nurses; and provides nursing leadership in promoting high quality health care.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The AHRQ is "charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services."
Mission: CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.
MedlinePlus: Drugs, Herbs, and Supplements
Consumer-focused drug information; comprehensive, includes generics/formularies, and FDA information.
MedlinePlus Medical Terminology
A tutorial for understanding the conventions of medical terminology.
A list of useful websites, curated by the Montana Tech Nursing Faculty.
National Library of Medicine: A Self-Study Course
A Guide to finding and using health statistics on the web
National Institute of Nursing Research
Vision: NINR believes that nursing research is the key to unlocking the power and potential of nursing by leveraging nursing’s strengths and unique knowledge and perspectives inherent to the discipline to the benefit of all people.
National Council of State Board of Nursing -
valuable nursing resources including materials to prepare for NCLEX and other exams.
World Health Organization: World Health Statistics
WHO's annual World Health Statistics reports present the most recent health statistics for the WHO Member States and each edition supersedes the previous one.