Canterbury Medical Library is in the process of developing this Hot Topic. The list below provides links to the websites of some of the key organisations involved with nursing.
Nursing Guidelines & evidence-based practice
- Nursing Evidence making evidence easier to find
http://www.nursingevidence.org.nz/ - The Joanna Briggs Institute
http://connect.jbiconnectplus.org/ - RCN Clinical guidelines
http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/practice/clinicalguidelines - Registered Nurses of Ontario, Canada
http://www.rnao.org/ (Click on Nursing Best Practice Guidelines)
Professional organizations
- Midwifery Council of NZ
http://www.midwiferycouncil.org.nz/ - National Council of Maori Nurses
http://www.maorihealth.co.nz/ - New Zealand Nurses Organisation
http://www.nzno.org.nz/ - New Zealand Nursing Council
http://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/
Reliable patient advice web sites that you can recommend with confidence
- BMJ Best treatments
http://www.besttreatments.co.nz/ - Kids Health
http://www.kidshealth.org.nz/ - MedlinePlus (USA)
http://medlineplus.gov/ - Patient UK
http://www.patient.co.uk/patientplus/a.htm - Organ donation
http://www.donor.co.nz - SeniorHealth (USA)
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/ - Skin conditions
http://www.dermnet.org.nz/patient-information.html
Other useful sites
- Canterbury Medical Library catalogue
http://otago.lconz.ac.nz/ - Canterbury Medical Library databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library etc)
- General NZ statistics
http://www.stats.govt.nz/ - Instructions for building CINAHL searches with an evidence-based focus
https://eee.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Nursing_Science/EBP - NZ Ministry of Health
http://www.health.govt.nz/ - NZ Health statistics
http://www.nzhis.govt.nz/ - Nursing Dissertations from various NZ universities– many are available free online
http://nzresearch.org.nz/ - Prescribing information – datasheets for medicines in NZ
http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datasheet/DSForm.asp - Tips for searching CINAHL
- Tips for using OvidSP
Tools for assessing the quality of internet sites
- Discern
http://www.discern.org.uk/ - Health on the Net
http://www.hon.ch/HONcode
