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Professional Associations

National League for Nursing (NLN) The NLN is the premier organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education, offering professional development, networking opportunities, assessment services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its members.
American Nurses Association (ANA) The American Nurses Association "is the premier organization representing the interests of the nation's 4 million registered nurses. ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting a safe and ethical work environment, bolstering the health and wellness of nurses, and advocating on health care issues that affect nurses and the public. ANA is at the forefront of improving the quality of health care for all."
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI)
American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) Provides publications, educational opportunities and more for professional nurses and associates specializing and interested in informatics to improve the health of populations, communities, families and individuals by optimizing information management and communication.

Certifications

Excelsior University Nursing Programs encourage graduates to prepare for and complete specialization nursing certification aligned with your practice area. Please review the eligibility criteria by accessing the certification organization’s website.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC): Informatics Nursing Certification information for Informatics Nursing
Certified Associate in Healthcare Information & Management Systems (CAHIMS) offered by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
Case Management Society of America Information from Case Management Society about credentialing.
CBIC- Infection Control Information on certification from the Certification Board of Infection Control & Epidemiology
Certification for Nurse Educators Information from the NLN
Leadership and Organizational Management Information on the Certified Nurse Manager & Leader certification
Nurse Executive Practice (CENP) or Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML) offered by Association of Nurse Executives
Nurse Executive-Board Certified (NE-BC) offered by American Nurses Credentialing Center

Nursing Advocacy

ANA Advocacy Toolkit from American Nurses Association
ANA: Practice & Policy from American Nurses Association

Nursing Research Databases

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CINAHL Plus with Full Text Comprehensive coverage of all areas of nursing and allied health with access to more than 770 journals and 275 ebooks.
Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest) "Offers reliable, comprehensive journal coverage of clinical and biomedical topics, consumer health, health administration and more."
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Provides access to nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines as well as the Lexi-PALS Drug Guide.
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Assoc. Full text available from 1998-present. An international, peer-reviewed, general medical journal that contains groundbreaking research and insightful commentary from leaders across the broad spectrum of health care.
Ovid: Full Text Nursing & Allied Health Journals and eBooks Search across a targeted collection of full text journals and eBooks selected by Excelsior faculty that cover the nursing and allied health fields. You can also use the OVID Emcare database to browse citations of articles.
SAGE Journals Online An interdisciplinary database that contains over 1,000 full text, online journals in the fields of business, education, health, the humanities, law enforcement, criminology, and other social sciences. Several of these journals are the most authoritative and influential in their fields. Access from 1999-present.
ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences and Physical Sciences Collections Access to over 1,550 full text journals in health & life sciences, chemistry, computer science, physics, mathematics, and earth & planetary sciences. On the results page, green icons mean the full text is available (white means abstract only). Please note: Articles are available from 1995 to present only.

Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
Ebook Central (ProQuest) eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.

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Films On Demand: Nursing Video Collection “Collection of nursing videos covering a range of topics such as academic success skills, patient care, and ethics.”
Alexander Street: Academic Video Online‎ A large multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. Includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning films, including Academy® and Emmy® winners, newly released films, and archival material previously unavailable.
ImageQuest (Britannica) Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
Credo Reference Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.

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Credo Reference Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
Britannica Academic The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
Gale eBooks More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.

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Selected Readings

The essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing education (AACN) American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). (2021). The essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing education. https://www.aacnnursing.org/AACN-Essentials

Nursing FAQs

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