Vocational Nursing: EBP & Nursing Websites

The mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.

Registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world.

Independent high-quality evidence for health care decision making.

Public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

The world’s largest biomedical library, NLM maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics that are searched billions of times each year by millions of people around the globe.

Best Practice Guidelines developed by Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) as part of their nursing best practice guidelines.

Primary database of information in the medical and health sciences fields.

Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.

Providing effective and respectful nursing care to our country’s increasingly diverse population.

Contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and related topics pertinent to the health care of immigrants.

Health care providers need to recognize and address the unique culture, language and health literacy of diverse consumers and communities.

Seeks to provide health care professionals with the knowledge base necessary to ensure cultural competence in practice, education, research, and administration.

The ANA is the only full-service professional organization representing the interests of the nation's 3.1 million registered nurses through its constituent and state nurses associations and its organizational affiliates. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.

Dedicated to promoting and defending the practice, education and regulation of Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Practical Nursing Educators, Practical Nursing Schools, and Practical Nursing Students.

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) provides education, service, and research through collaborative leadership to promote evidence-based regulatory excellence for patient safety and public protection.
(Mission Statement Adopted by Delegate Assembly 2010)

Promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse workforce to advance the nation's health.

This site was built to guide those interested in pursuing the exciting career in healthcare. Licensed practical nurses (LPN) are the stepping stone into a successful nursing career. Our trusted nursing experts are informed educators, experienced in their crafts, and advocates for healthcare professionals.

The mission is to protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse in the State of Texas is competent to practice safely.

The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 2, May 2011
DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol16No02Man02

PCORI helps people make informed health care decisions and improves health care delivery and outcomes by producing and promoting high-integrity, evidence-based information that comes from research guided by patients, caregivers, and the broader health care community.

Nursing Outlook
Volume 62, Issue 3, May–June 2014, pages 192–200
DOI:10.1016/j.outlook.2014.03.001

Nursing Research
Volume 64, Issue 1, January/February 2015, pages 72-77
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000070

PCORI funds research that offers patients and caregivers the information they need to make important healthcare decisions.

Source for reliable health information from the Federal government.

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

Is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends.

Is a part of WebMD Health Professional Network that includes theHeart.org and eMedicine.com.