Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E
Web Links
Agency for Health Care Research and
Quality
Information regarding various health care topics for both consumers and professionals.
http://www.ahrq.gov
Alternate and Complementary
Medicine Dictionary
Information service providing basic facts regarding alternate and complementary
medicine therapy.
http://www.worldhealthcenter.net
American Academy of Pain Management
Information regarding the specialty of pain management, resources, professional
programs and literature available to both professional and consumer groups.
http://www.aapainmanage.org/
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Site provides education to both professionals and consumers regarding the area
of sleep medicine.
http://www.asda.org
American Pain Society
Site contains information regarding membership, publications, journal and related
links in the area of pain management.
http://www.ampainsoc.org
American Society of Pain Management
Nurses
Site provides information on publications, research and current practice standards
related to pain management.
http://www.aspmn.org
National Institutes of Health
National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
Interactive applications regarding the area of sleep research.
http://www.nhlbl.nih.gov
National Sleep Foundation
Organization that provides information relative to prevention, treatment and
research for people affected with sleep disorders.
http://www.sleepfoundation.org
Pain.com
Sponsored by Abbot Laboratories. Website providing information on new treatment
therapies and pain management in the following areas: cancer, migraine, regional,
and perioperative. Site can be accessed for both the professional as well as
the consumer.
http://www.pain.com/
Pain Central
Website for chronic pain sufferers and families providing information in the
following areas: library, chat room, forum discussion and merchandise. Interesting
site to assess for how chronic pain is being discussed in the “real life,
everyday management” by those that suffer from its affects.
http://www.paincentral.com/
Sleep Research Society
Site provides research, training and dissemination of information regarding
sleep disorders to both the medical and public community.
http://www.sessleep.org
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