For Nursing Students

Here are a number of resources that helped me get through school.
Please remember not all these are "official" sources
I do not guarantee that all information contained in these sources is correct.
So if it doesn't sound right, please double check!

• CDC Schedule for Vaccines - you are going to need to know these, so start now!

• 6 Second ECG Simulator - A great real time ECG pops up on your screen and you identify the rhythm

• 2007-2008 NANDA Nursing Dx - A little old but it's a great quick reference

• Wisc-Online Nursing Tutorials - A number of tutorials for nursing students, totally free!

• Common Lab & Dx Tests Analysis - Why does an elevated BUN mean? Find out here a number of common tests and labs are broken down for you.

• U.S. National Library of Medicine - Best resource for papers, or just when you need to know what the heck they are talking about.

• Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - Awesome blog by a Emergency Medicine Dr that helps unravel ECG reading 

• Respiratory Review Package  - An overview of diseases, treatments and interventions based on the respiratory system. An excellent review for advanced students.

• Care of the Complex Respiratory Patient  - Lecture and Powerpoint by Critical Care instructor Ellen Cummings MSN, RN. Excellent for advanced students studying the respiratory system

• Cardiac Review Package - A review of disease, treatments and interventions that affect the cardiac system. Excellent review for advanced students

• Common Lab Value Interpretation - A handout from class that lists common lab tests and what a high or low value could be interpreted to mean.

• ABG Tic Tac Toe - A worksheet for interpreting aterial blood gases

• Neurological Review Package - A review of disease, treatments and interventions that affect the neurological system. Excellent review for advanced students