NLM Resources for Nurses

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) offers support to nurses and nursing research by providing diverse resources. To learn more about these resources, please see the following:

NLM Resources for Nurses Videos

Three "NLM Resources for Nurses" videos highlight free, online resources for nursing research, patient education, and drug information:

• NLM Resources for Nurses: Research
  In fewer than four minutes learn about 15 different NLM resources to support nursing research and promote quality health outcomes.
• NLM Resources for Nurses: Patient Education
  In only 2 ½ minutes learn about 11 different NLM resources to help patients and their families learn more about diseases, disorders, conditions, and treatments.
• NLM Resources for Nurses: Drug Information
  In just over four minutes learn about six NLM drug information resources to support clinical care and patient education.

Resources for Standards and Interoperability

The Nursing Standards and Interoperability Web page is for nurses, students, informaticians and anyone interested in nursing terminologies for systems development. The two minute video, Leveraging UMLS Synonymy to Extract Nursing Terms from SNOMED CT, demonstrates how to use the Metathesaurus to find CUIs and extract concept-level synonyms between SNOMED CT and other nursing terminologies.

PubMed for Nurses Tutorial

The PubMed for Nurses Tutorial was created specifically to help nurses efficiently find literature using PubMed.  The five videos with exercises to test your knowledge were designed to be completed in less than 30 minutes.

Additional Resources

Subscribe to the NLM YouTube Channel for more videos on quality health resources.  Find educational resources for NLM products and services from the Learning Resources database.

Other resources include MedlinePlus, PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, Genetics Home Reference, AIDSource, and subject guides.

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