Online Companion: Nursing Fundamentals: Caring & Clinical Decision Making

Web Sites
Chapter 1: Evolution of Nursing Practice

American Association for the History of Nursing
http://www.aahn.org/
Offers information on membership and current research in nursing history.

Black Nurses in History
http://www4.umdnj.edu/
Look under the Library’s Special Collections to find this collection, from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the Cornell Research Library; a bibliography and web resources

Evidence-Based Nursing
http://evidence.ahc.umn.edu/
Excellent site from the University of Minnesota; provides basic information and resources on Evidence-Based Medicine and Nursing.

Florence Nightingale's Internurse home page
http://www.internurse.com/
Offers the history, literature, and voice of Florence Nightingale

Healthy People 2010
http://www.healthypeople.gov/
Site provided by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Offers information for consumers as well as health professionals.

United Kingdom Centre for the History of Nursing
http://www.qmuc.ac.uk/
Explore this site for archives and articles on nursing history. Provided by the Royal College of Nursing, Edinburgh, and Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Intended for historians, educators, and researchers.

University of Pennsylvania Center for the Study of the History of Nursing
http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/
Check under “Innovative Research” for a link to the University of Pennsylvania Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, the Nursing History Calendar, a student page, a historical methodology page, and links related to nursing history.