Free Evidence Based Tutorials for Nurses (and others)

Evidence Based Practice Resources:

From the Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice
From Marcia Francis, at Idaho State University

Evidence Based Practice Tutorials/Instruction:

From the Oncology Nursing Society
From the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Medical Library
From the Biomedical Library of the University of Minnesota
From the Health Sciences Library at the University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
From the St. Joseph Hospital Nursing Research Blog
From Pennsylvania State University Library

Evidence Based Nursing Journal:

Evidence Based Nursing
(appears to offer full-text access for free back to 2006)

Evidence-Based Medicine Resources

From Drexel University Libraries

Free Online CE Courses for nurses

On a messageboard I go to, Kathleen Lutz of Southern Illinois University reported back in February that the following web resources provide Free Online CE Courses for nurses. She also said that most of these are accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation; however, it's recommended that you check on the accreditation first before proceeding with any of these CEU offerings. If you are interested, read the brief description/instructions (if any) following each red link, and then go back and click on the red link.

Nurse Spectrum Nurse Week

A dozen different free continuing education courses, including "Staying Cool Under Fire: How Well Do You Communicate"?

The Meniscus Educational Institute

Nine or ten different Med/Surg/Oncology education offerings

RN.com

you must first register, then there is one free course available monthly

RN.org

Currently there is one free CE course but you must register first. (It's on HPV and the new vaccine & relationship between HPV and Cervical Cancer)

RN CEUs

Three free hours but must register first

Wild Iris Medical Education

A few free courses available

American Cancer Society

Must first register. There are many available cancer-related offerings

ETHICON

Five different wound/surgical courses available

NET CE

Currently one free course: Assessment and Management of Pain in the End of Life

ADVANCE for Nurses

Two free courses-Ergonomics in Healthcare and Advancing Your Career

The American Red Cross and Sigma Theta Tau International

A course that provides an overview of a nurse's role in planning for and responding to a mass casualty incident (two contact hours)

American Nurses Association /Nursing World.org/

Needlestick Safety & Prevention

One free CE course, but must register first. There are other free ones available to ANA members

PRIME

This site has many free offerings in all areas of nursing. Must complete a pre-survey and evaluation.

Nellcor

Six CE courses available, must first register

Cape Fear Valley Hospital Neonatal Education

Both the self study modules and the peapod presentations offer CE credit

Center for Disease Control & Prevention

Must register first. Has many courses available

Medscape

must first register, then click on MedscapeCME on the upper left hand side, then on the right hand side, click on"CME in Other Specialties" and choose "NURSES"

Infection Control Resource

A variety of infection control-related CE modules. Must first register.

Meet the Librarian - Agent Double-O-Soul!

For my first post, I thought an introduction would be in order. I'm the NSH Professional Library (aka Wrenshall Oliver Library) Librarian. My last name means "soul" in German, so utilizing a little imagination and a lot of grandiosity, I become Agent Double-O-Soul! (Look it up on YouTube when you get back from work). Being as soulful as I am, I naturally watched "Soul Train" as a youngster. Then when I reached college (Cal) I majored in Undecided for 3 years or so before deciding to become a Psych Major.