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| Border Basket- Consumer Product Lead Information Site (Temporarily Unavailable) |
| The purpose of the Border Basket
study was to examine consumer safety in foods, utensils,
and health remedies available in El Paso and Ciudad
Juarez. This Bilingual web site is evidence of the
very exciting work nurses are doing in environmental
health and a model of "operationalizing"
EH in a nursing school and communityDr. Maria Amaya,
Advanced Nurse Practitioner and PH.D is a primary
researcher. |
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| BUSY
SIGNALS-a FREE newsletter for Tel/E-Health Professionals |
| "BUSY SIGNALS is a free newsletter
for Tel/E-Health Professionals. It's purpose is
to be an electronic vehicle for the exchange of
telehealth ideas and information in our global community.
The focus of the newsletter is on the HUMANS who
are creating the telehealth programs and services
all over the world and the RESOURCES available to
them". |
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| Canadian
Nursing Index |
| This guide to Canadian nursing resources
includes resources in occupational health, infection
control & epidemiology, public & community
health, and lots more. |
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| CTD
News Online |
| Source for information on cumulative
trauma disorder (CTDs) injuries and workplace repetitive
stress injuries, from carpal tunnel syndrome to
low back pain. |
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| EnviroDX |
| "EnviroDX is a multimedia, case-focused,
computer-based learning program on environmentally
related diseases. It is available on the World Wide
Web for free use by faculty, medical students, post-graduate
residents, and public health professionals." |
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| HerbMed |
| "HerbMed® - an interactive,
electronic herbal database - provides hyperlinked
access to the scientific data underlying the use
of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information
resource for professionals, researchers, and general
public". HerbMed® is a project of the Alternative
Medicine Foundation, Inc, provided as a freely available,
public resource. |
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| Indoor
Air Quality Notebook |
| An informative archive of responses
to commonly asked questions about indoor air quality
written by Dr. Thad Godish, professor of Natural
Resources and Environmental Management at Ball State
University. A reference for nurses. |
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| MedExplorer |
| Medical/Health Related Web Site Search
Engine. Find the medical/health site your looking
for. New online search engine that has twenty (29)
searchable categories, lists over 200+ newsgroups,
searchable classifieds and the MedExplorer Bookstore. |
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| Medscape
Nursing |
| Site with current nursing topics,
a resource center with condition specific information,
conferences, and journal abstracts. |
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| Nurses
can address workplace violence |
| @nurses.com "The occupational
health nurse's role in preventing workplace violence
is the subject of a new position statement from
the American Association of Occupational Health
Nurses (AAOHN)". |
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| Nurse-zine |
| The free monthly nursing e-mail newsletter
published by allnurses.com |
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| NursingCenter.com |
| NursingCenter.com is an interactive
web community and portal created by nurses for nurses
as a source of nursing information and content that
is comprehensive, credible, convenient, and current. |
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| Nursing Homes |
| OSHA Website. Among US industries
with 100,000 or more nonfatal injury or illness
cases, nursing homes have the third highest rate:
16.8 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers.
Nursing home workers suffer most injuries (51.2
percent) when handling residents. |
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| Nursing
Library |
| The Springhouse Reference Library
allows you to view abstracts of articles meeting
your search criteria. |
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| Nursing
Websearch |
| "Search the web with the Internet's
only specially-targeted, super-fast nursing search
engine, NursingWebSearch.com". |
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| Occupational
Asthma Server |
| "A relational database consisting
of over 70 different occupational asthma cases,
each one being described by a special form. Each
occupational asthma case can be retrieved either
directly from the list of all cases (click here
to access the list), or given the name of a specific
agent causing a specific occupational asthma (over
350 different agents are listed here) or according
to the type of job patient is performing (more than
14O different jobs are registered here)" |
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| Occupational
Health Nurse's Page |
| Procedures for dealing with Back
Pain HIV / AIDS Resources, TB Infection vs. Disease,
Blood Borne Pathogens, Hypertension, Tetanus, Colds
vs. Influenza ,R.I.C.E. OHN's Health Tips, Hepatitus
B, TB Skin Testing Procedure from Coast Community
College District, Califiornia. |
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| Occupational
Health Services |
| A Practical Approach Online full-text
version of this well regarded book covers systems,
delivery, administration, management and the medical
aspects of occupational health services. |
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| Office of Occupational Health
Nursing |
| OSHA Website. Occupational health
nursing is an important component of workplace safety
and health. Occupational health nurses are the largest
health specialty group regularly at work within
business and industry. Our office brings this expertise
to the field in useful and relevant ways."
Elise Handelman - Director OOHN |
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| Ontario
Occupational Health Nurses Association (OOHNA) |
| The Association has created this
web site to provide occupational health nurses with
current information such as legislative changes,
health care updates, employment opportunities and
other practical workplace resources. |
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| Reference-
Acronyms for OSH |
| "This Reference section of Resources
provides links to a list of frequently used acronyms,
and to Occupational Health and Safety alert bulletins
from various Canadian government agencies". |
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| The objective of the HAZMATMED
list is to provide a medium to exchange ideas and
information about Hazardous Materials Emergency
Response. Issues pertinent to the pre-hospital and
hospital environment are discussed, as well as such
topics as decontamination equipment and procedures,
state and federal regulations, policies and procedures,
personal protective equipment (PPE), and educational
issues. |
Contact: hlevi@ix.netcom.com
List Address: HAZMATMED@mediccom.norden1.com
Listserv Address: listserv@mediccom.norden1.com
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| The
Occupational Health Nursing (OHN) Program of the
University of Illinois at Chicago(UIC) |
| offers master's and doctoral degrees
in nursing with a concentration in occupational
health nursing. UIC is one of 15 Education and Research
Centers (ERC) funded by the National Institute for
Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) to provide
graduate-level academic and research training for
occupational health and safety professionals. Through
its mission of education, research, and service,
the UIC OHN Program offers a comprehensive experience
for students. |
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| Vaccinate
Adults! |
| A semiannual publication written
for adult medicine health professionals to keep
them current on issues related to all U.S.-recommended
vaccinations for adults. Issues can be downloaded
in PDF format. |
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| World
Wide Virtual Library |
| Public Health. The WWW Virtual Library:
Public Health provides comprehensive coverage of
relevant public health resources on the Net. Organized
according to 84 selected topics and all countries. |
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