Online Companion: Nursing Fundamentals: Caring & Clinical Decision Making

Web Sites
Chapter 38: Mobility and Biomechanics

Alzheimer’s Association International
www.alzheimers.org/
Provides information on Alzheimer’s and related conditions, including a section on ADLS.

American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
http://www.aascin.org/
Promotes quality care for individuals with spinal cord impairment (SCI) and advancing spinal cord nursing practice.

Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
http://rehabnurse.org/
Find instructions for joining, news about conferences, and certification information at this site.

American Stroke Association
www.stroke.org/
Provides the latest information on strokes for clients and professionals.

Home Healthcare Nurses Association
http://www.hhna.org/
Offers information, programming, and advocacy for home healthcare nurses.

Mobility International USA
http://www.miusa.org/
Offers advocacy and services for people with disabilities around the world.

National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
http://orthonurse.org/
Promote education and research related to orthopaedic nursing.

National Easter Seal Society
http://www.easter-seals.org
Provides information about the organization, services provides, and family support.

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and skin diseases, National Institute of Health
http://www.nih.gov
Presents the current federally-sponsored research on mobility.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor
http://www.osha.gov
Offers information about worker safety.

University of Iowa College of Nursing
http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/
Describes current gerontological nursing and nursing intervention research.