A collection of web tools and resources for nurses. Career and Networking, Nursing Informatics, Student Nurses, and Lateral Violence.
Career and Networking
- Medepage: a networking, job search, and information sharing, healthcare community. They also have a blog, which I guest posted on!
- Linkedin: The social networking site for professionals
- Twitter: More resources than you can ever imagine for a job seeker!
- Careers in Health Nursing Resources
- HHS Careers- You can find assistance discovering the right career, how to apply for Federal employment opportunities, and learn benefits afforded to Federal employees.
- USNursingJobs.net - A Nursing Career Resource with Licensing Info & Job Openings
Nursing Informatics:
- Nursing Informatics & Technology: A Blog for All Levels of Users
- NCNA Council on Nursing Informatics Blog
- International Medical Informatics Association
- Journal/Blog for Nursing Health Care Informatics
- Nursing Informatics.com blog
- HealthTechTopia
- Neil Versel’s Healthcare IT Blog
- Medical Connectivity: relates to medical devices; welcomes feedback from nurses.
- Tiger (Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform) Initiative
- HIMSS Nursing Informatics
- All Nurses Informatics Group
- Informatics Job Interview Video
- Informatics Job Interview Tips
- Rolando’s: A Nursing Informatic’s Toolbox
Student Nurse:
graduagent.com - a professional study aid for healthcare students & professionals.
Lateral Violence:
Nurses Eat Their Young : Resources for Lateral Violence – a listing compiled of resources and articles related to Bullying in the Nursing Profession
Hi – I’ve recently started an LVN program in San Diego and have a question I hope someone here can answer. I decided to follow the vocational nursing path because I need to have an income right away and can’t afford to go to school for two or more years while earning an RN degree. Now that I’m studying for the NCLEX-PN though, I’m hearing from lots of people that LVNs are being phased out by most medical care facilities and that I’d be better off just studying to be an RN right now. Does this sound like what others here have seen and experienced in their work places? Will my LVN education be irrelevant almost as soon as I graduate?