Nurse Educators

These formal educators teach about nursing, and provide information to help train the next generation of nurses.

1. Nursing Educator: This nurse educates nurses, focusing on the use of technology to enhance health care.
2. Florid Nightingale: Nurse educator with a Ph.D., offering interesting insights and more.
3. Virtual Nursing Medical Education: This nurse educator writes about technology and increasing nursing education.
4. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing: This quality university offers nursing education information and resources.
5. PNEG Blog: This is the official blog of the Professional Nurse Educators Group, and offers interesting resources and more.
6. School Kids Healthcare Blog: Nurses involved with education at the elementary, secondary and college level learn and grow.
7. Disruptive Women in Health Care: These nurses work hard to educate others about nursing and health issues.

Nurses with Advanced Degrees

Learn more about what you can do with an advanced degree in nursing, or by combining nursing with other degrees.

8. Nursing Research: Show me the evidence!: Learn about science-based nursing from these smart and savvy nurse researchers and educators.
9. Cheryl Parker RN PhD’s blog: Get a look at health care from this educator and health care technology evangelist.
10. nKini: Nusing Blog: Follow the exploits of this nursing Ph.D. as he sheds light on different topics.
11. Nursing Center: Looks at different topics of interest to nurse educators, and written by a variety of nurses with different degrees.
12. Health License Defense: This registered nurse has a JD degree as well, and specializes in helping nurses defend their ability to practice.
13. Nursing Law & Order: Another lawyer/nurse, LaTonia offers insight into the legal issues that go with nursing, providing an valuable resource to nurse educators.
14. Texas Nursing Law: Interesting look at nursing law, especially in Texas, from this paramedic, RN and attorney.

Nurse Practitioners

You can learn a lot from a nurse practitioner. Here are some great blogs by NPs who know their stuff, and who are dedicated to patient education.

15. Nurse Story: This nurse practitioner offers insight into many different types of nursing, and shares her experiences.
16. The Nurse Practitioner’s Place: Learn about having a good NP practice, and how NPs help save lives.
17. A Nurse Practitioner’s View: This NP educates others about health care and medicine from a nursing standpoint.
18. A grumpyRN: This nurse practitioner offers insight and plenty of attitude on life and nursing.
19. High Plains Practitioner: A very interesting blog from a military NP who spends time with the troops.
20. Barb’s Daily Dose: This nurse practitioner offers straightforward information and advice.
21. HospiceNP: Learn about end of life care from this knowledgeable hospice care nurse.

Intensive Care Nurses

Whether it’s the ICU or the NICU, intensive care nurses have a lot of knowledge and savvy.

22. code blog: This ICU nurse has 11 years of experience, and a world of insight.
23. Nursing Influence: Amy Sellers is cardiovascular ICU nurse, and shares information about nursing and health care.
24. Head Nurse: This sassy ICU nurse blogs about current issues, pop culture, and more on this blog.
25. Experiences of an ICU Nurse: Learn about life as an ICU nurse, and get good insight into the career.
26. Blog of a Wife & Nurse: This NICU nurse shares tales from her life as a wife, nurse and now expectant mother.
27. Adventures in Juggling: This busy mom, wife and NICU nurse shares stories and inspiration.

Emergency Room Nurses

Learn about what it’s like in the trenches from these helpful resources for nurse educators.

28. ER RN: Your window into the crazy world of nursing in an emergency room.
29. Emergiblog: This respected blog from an emergency room nurse offers a insight and inspiration.
30. madness: tales of an emergency room nurse: Learn about the world of nursing in and emergency department in the inner city.
31. ER Stories: Nurse educators can gain some good insight and some good humor from this blog.
32. Trauma Diva: This ER trauma nurse shares all the drama of working in emergency.
33. Impacted Nurse: Learn about what it takes to work in an emergency department. Raw stories and “no guff.”
34. Call Bells Make Me Nervous: Insight from a new ER nurse.
35. Emergency Nursing Today: A great blog and podcast about issues in emergency care today.

Maternity Nurses and Midwifery

From nurse midwives who can help you through your pregnancy and delivery to labor and delivery nurses, learn about what it takes to be a nurse.

36. Hands for Catching: A great blog about becoming a nurse midwife.
37. At Your Cervix: Learn about labor and delivery from this experienced nurse.
38. Sarah Stewart: This educator is dedicated to helping health care professionals learn about midwifery.
39. Birthday Nurse: This labor and delivery nurse shares insights and stories.
40. Navelgazing Midwife: Interesting take on midwifery and birth.
41. 10 centimeters and beyond: Learn about nursing in labor and delivery, as well as maternity care.

Medical Podcasts

Get insight and access to great resources with medical podcasts that can help you prepare to help educate nurses.

42. ACC Conversations with Experts: Share resources from the American College of Cardiology.
43. NEJM This Week: The New England Journal of Medicine provides interesting health and medical news.
44. JAMA Audio Commentary: Get the latest from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
45. Monthly Medical Podcast: Drexel University offers a monthly podcast on medicine.
46. UCSF Continuing Medical Education Podcast: Keep up with your medical education with this regular podcast.
47. Medical Podcast Library: A great resource for nurse educators from MedicineNet.com.

Nurse Student Blogs

Interesting blogs from nursing students working on their degrees, or from bloggers willing to share resources.

48. Nursing Student Tutor: Learn tips and tricks from NurseMarry about different nursing careers, and for studying.
49. Life of a Male Student Nurse: This student nurse provides insight that can help nurse educators.
50. NurseDiVa Extraordinaire…in training!: Get first hand information about being a nursing student and mom.

Brain

Your brain directs the rest of the body’s functions. It is also one of the most mysterious parts of the body, with science only just beginning to unlock some of its secrets.

1. How the Body Works: The Regions of the Brain: An interesting look at the different regions of the brain, and what they are responsible for.
2. Brain Anatomy Function: How brain works?: An interesting look at the parts of the brain, how they work, and what different areas do.
3. The Miracle in the Human Brain: The way neurons in the brain connect to make everything work.
4. Basic Facts about Traumatic Brain Injury: Learn about what happens with a traumatic brain injury.
5. How the Brain Works Part 1 (UCLA): This video offers an introduction to how the brain works to help us acquire skills. Also, watch parts two, three and four.
6. Pattern Seeking in Reading: An interesting video on strategies to help your brain learn reading through pattern seeking.
7. How the Body Works: Center of Emotion and Memory: Learn about emotional response and memory formation in the brain.

Nervous System

The nervous system brings messages from the brain to all over the body. Learn more about how this system helps your body respond to what is happening in your environment. Includes information on how your senses work.

8. How the Body Works: The Anatomy of the Central Nervous System: Find out how the nervous system is set up, and how it works.
9. How the Body Works: Anatomy of Nerve: The nervous system is made up of thousands of nerves. Learn how these work.
10. How the Body Works: 7 Receptors of Smell: Learn how smell works and the primary odors.
11. The Sense of Hearing: Get an overview of how your ears work and how you hear.
12. How the Body Works: Taste Centers: Learn about how your tongue is connected to your brain to help you taste.
13. How the Body Works: The Sensory Cortex and Touch: An overview of how the sense of touch works, and the part of the brain that deals with sensory information.
14. The Sense of Sight: A cool video about how your eyes work, and how sight works.

Muscles

Our ability to walk, lift things and even lounge around comes from our muscles. Here are some videos about how our muscles work.

15. How Muscles Work: An interesting overview of how muscles work.
16. How Muscles Work: This is another video that addresses muscle and heart health.
17. How Muscles Work 1963: This is a fun look at a video from 1963 showing how muscles work.
18. Actions of the ocular muscles: A great video about how the muscles around the eyes work.
19. Heart Anatomy: The heart is a muscle. Learn how it is set up, and how it works.
20. How the Heart Works animation video: This cool video uses animation to show how the heart works.
21. How the heart works: Another animated video going over how the heart is set up and how it works.

Skeleton

Learn how the skeletal system works, supporting your body and keeping everything together.

22. How the Body Works: The Infant’s Skeleton: An interesting look at how the infant’s skeleton develops.
23. The Structure of Bone: Looks at different parts of the bone.
24. Bone anatomy: Another look at the interior of bone, and what each part of the bone does.
25. Anatomy & Physiology: Bone Growth: Watch how the process of bone growth works, and how our bones develop.
26. The Human Body: Skeletal System: A basic look at the skeletal system, and its importance to the body.
27. Learn Human Body – Skeleton System: This is a child-friendly look at the skeleton system.
28. How the Body Works: Skeletal Muscles: Learn about how muscles and the skeletal system work together.

Circulatory and Respiratory Systems

Learn about these two important systems in the body. The circulatory system helps your blood move through the body, while respiration deals with how you breathe.

29. Circulatory System: Overview of how the circulatory system works to get your necessary blood throughout your body.
30. How the Circulatory System Works: An overview of how your blood is pumped throughout your body in a child-friendly way.
31. How the Body Works: Circulatory Changes at Birth: This fascinating video looks at the difference between how circulation and respiration works for a fetus.
32. Respiration 3D Medical Animation: This is a cool 3D rendering of how the respiratory system works.
33. Respiratory System: Learn about the respiratory system, and how it works.
34. Respiratory System 3: A great video showing the different parts of the lung.
35. How the Body Works: The Respiratory Sytsem: Learn the different part of the respiratory system, and how it all works to help us breathe.

Other Systems

There are other interesting systems in the body, as well as special conditions. These videos address other systems in the body, including digestive, urinary and reproductive systems.

36. How the digestive system works: Learn how the food you eat is processed in the body.
37. The Urinary System: Overview of how the urinary system works to get rid of toxins from the body.
38. Introduction to how the immune system works: Learn about how your body protects against disease.
39. Anatomy – Male Reproductive System: Get an overview of the anatomy of the male reproductive system, and how it works.
40. How the Body Works: Female Reproductive Organs: A look at how the female reproduction functions.
41. Signs of early pregnancy: Information on pregnancy, and determine whether or not you might be pregnant.
42. Vaginal Childbirth (Birth) 3D Video Animation: Get a look at how vaginal childbirth works.

Disease and Injury

Learn about how your body deals with disease and injury, and its amazing defenses.

43. How the Body Works: Cancer Growth: A look at the way cancer develops in the body.
44. Flu Attack! How a Virus Invades Your Body: Learn how you get viruses, and how your body responds.
45. How the Body Works: How Bacteria Cause Disease: Learn about how bacteria cause disease in the body.
46. How a Fatal Heart Attack Happens: An interesting look at what happens during a heart attack.
47. Arterial Plaque: A lecture on the dangers of arterial plaque.
48. How the Body Works: When the Skin is Cut: Find out how the body deals with cuts in the skin.
49. Repair of Bone: Learn about how the body’s bones repair themselves.

The following list is divided into categories, and each link is listed alphabetically within those categories. The links use the Twitter user’s Twitter account name, and you can learn more about each individual when you visit their Twitter page.

Fellow Practitioners

1. candydye: Candy is a nurse practitioner, health and wellness enthusiast, wife and mom.
2. cetull: Cindy is a nurse practitioner who cares for abused children.
3. davidboleyNP: David is a self-professed “technology savant wannabe,” a scientist in training and an NP.
4. dementiaconnect: Susan is a nurse practitioner who works with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
5. FitNP: Christel is an NP who also is into yoga, holistic health and nutrition.
6. grwrn: Gayla is a nurse practitioner who is a breast cancer survivor and who also is into a green lifestyle.
7. HarleyGal831: Terry is in graduate nursing school working toward an MSN as a family NP.
8. HeckmanMedical: Vanessa is a certified legal nurse consultant and a certified family NP and would care specialist.
9. katking54: Kathy is a neonatal NP who makes her conservative bent known on the front end.
10. kchoma: Kim is a women’s health NP in private practice who is pursuing her doctorate online at Rutgers University.
11. lucichick: Kelly is a nurse practitioner who also is an avid Boston sports fan and alternative music lover.
12. NurseOnThis: Kevin is another politically conservative NP, based in Texas.
13. maxenurse: A British nurse practitioner who also maintains a relevant and amusing blog.
14. StephenNP: Stephen is a family NP who practices in the New York metro area.
15. trempy: This person is an NP, kayaker, Rotarian and former Army officer who is interested in free clinics and EMR.

Education and Coaching

16. barbaraphillips: Barbara is a nurse practitioner who is a practice owner, NP business coach and health coach. She is the founder of NPBO (Nurse Practitioner Business Owner).
17. ccleven: Caroyn is a DNP-prepared gerontological NP, assistant professor of nursing at Emory University in Atlanta and works at the Emory Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
18. EFTCoachJane: Dr. Jane Mountrose works with holistic practitioners who long to get their messages out and create thriving practices.
19. HEARTSTRONG1: This nurse practitioner specializes in health and wellness, fitness, marketing, speaking and publishing.
20. IHaveTheAnswers: Lynn Parker, NP, is the author of What did the Doctor Just Say: how to Understand What Your Doctor Is Saying and Prevent Medical Errors From Happening to You.
21. interopnurse: This nurse works in the HIT (Healthcare Information technology) field.
22. jeminer: Johnetta is a nurse practitioner and health and wellness coach who practices integrative medicine. She also is a business coach.
23. lindamickle: Linda is a nurse practitioner and wellness coach who creates customized business care plans.
24. MatthewBrowning: This guy has his energy up, founder of YourNurseIsOn.com, CEO-targeted instant communications system, RN, MSN, FNP and healthcare 2.0 and 3.0.
25. Nerdnurse: Carole Eldridge, DNP, is a college dean who embraces nursing and technology, health, online education and more.
26. onlinenursing: Terri is spreading the word about how nursing can change health care. She is an NP, on faculty and a student.
27. RoRod101: Rosita is a healthcare professional, an RN, nurse practitioner, educator and practice student.
28. RZakhari: Raymond is an NP who also is found of Metro Medical Direct, services provided by a board certified nurse practitioner that can perform all of the services that you would find in a traditional family doctor’s office or urgent care facility, including: blood work, X-rays, ultrasound, and EKG.
29. Safety4Nurses: This nurse educator has 25 years of nursing experience, and keeping nurses safe in the workplace is her main concern.
30. sherryfetzer: Sherry is an international trainer and business and communications coach as well as a nurse practitioner.
31. SRosenbloomNP: Sylvie is an NP who specializes in cardiology and internal medicine. She also is a certified diabetes educator.

Resources

32. AANPFoundation: This organization has supported NP excellence since 1998. Follow to receive updates on their scholarship and grant programs and events.
33. AcademyHealth: Follow the leader in health services researchers, policy analysts and practitioners…this is a non-partisan resource for HSR.
34. ACNPConference: The ACNP National Clinical Conference is the premier educational offering for Nurse Practitioners.
35. ADVANCEforNPs: This Twitter user provide practical peer-reviewed clinical articles, professional news and practice guidance for NPs.
36. brainline: Follow this account for news about all things pertaining to traumatic brain injury including advocacy, news and information for friends, families, caregivers and professionals.
37. GetNurEducaJobs: Follow this Twitter account to learn more about nurse educator jobs, careers and community.
38. HIMSS: This is the Twitter account for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, covering EMRs, HIT, standards and more.
39. InformedNurse: A leading publisher for field-reference guides, this user stays on top of social media. They are producing a new nursing iPhone app in April.
40. JohnsHopkins: Tap into research, medicine, engineering, applied physics, public health and more through this Twitter user, representing Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
41. MGMA: The Medical Group Management Association is a membership association for professional administrators and leaders of medical group practices.
42. NursesJobs: Sarah is out of the UK, but you might learn some useful nursing application and CV tips as well as about jobs for midwives, RN and practitioners in that region.

RNs Worth Following

43. ElderCareRN: Shelley is a writer and caregiver who offers education, encouragement and empowerment to caregivers of aging loved ones.
44. HealingKeys: Janie is a natural healer, RN, and co-author of Healing the Body Through Mind and Metaphor.
45. josephweaver: Author of the Two of Quitting Smoking, this RN has almost 45,000 followers.
46. learae: LeaRae is a nurse entrepreneur, business coach and executive director of the Nurse Entrepreneur Network.
47. nursewendy: Wendy is an intensive care nurse who is working on her master’s degree in women’s health.
48. PaulaRobinsonRN: Paula is a senior-care expert and elder care advocate who is a huge Red Sox and Miami Dolphins fan.
49. Richard_RN: This registered nurse likes to help others through teaching and learning. He could build a town with the number of followers he has.
50. RNconsult: This nurse has been in the practice for almost three decades, and shares links and references that may be valuable to you.

A 2009 H1N1 “flu shot”: It is an inactivated vaccine (containing killed virus) that is provided with a needle, usually in the arm. It is given over for showing the same symptoms of 2009 H1N1 flu as same as to seasonal flu. This vaccine is for giving to people over 6 months or older by age, healthy people, people with chronic medical conditions and pregnant women. And the producers for 2009 H1N1 flu shot for use are same who are for seasonal flu shots.

The 2009 H1N1 nasal spray flu vaccine: This vaccine is prepared from the live weakened viruses which can not cause flu. Patients who can receive seasonal nasal spray vaccine can also have 2009 H1N1 nasal spray vaccine. It is approved for the use in people from 2 years to 49 years of age who are not pregnant.  In United States this vaccine is prepared by MedImmune is the same company which prepare seasonal nasal spray vaccine called “FluMist ®.”  2 weeks later of vaccination antibodies gets developed in the body to provide safety against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.

Time to Get Vaccinated

The vaccination against 2009 H1N1 should begin as soon as possible on availability of it. However, the months of December, January and beyond are the best period of the year when vaccination should be done as flu season last as late as April or May.   It is presumed that there would be waves of 2009 H1N1 activity in 2009-2010 flu season that would hit hard over communities over the course if the season. 2009 H1N1 viruses are to be the most common reason for influenza this time and around the period of time.

Supply of Vaccine

As to provide the Vaccine to needy people, the US government has procured nearly 250 million doses of vaccine for an easy availability and prompt vaccination.

Who is needed to be Vaccinated?

On recommendation of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) it is agreed that vaccination efforts would focus upon the five target groups who are at higher risk for 2009 H1N1 influenza or related complications due to their occupation that could transmit influenza viruses to others in medical care settings or are in close contacts of infants younger than 6 months. Initial target groups are pregnant women, people who live or provide care to infants younger than 6 months, health care and emergency medical service personnel, and people from 6 months to the age of 24 years. And people from 25 years to 64 years with suffering from medical condition that put them into at higher risk or for influenza related complications.

However, government has made best effort to ensure no one should be infected with this deadly disease.

In view of this grim picture of health care scenario in America, it is the Nurse Practitioners (NPs) who are ably qualified with advanced practice skills to meet out the increased demand of primary care services. Nurse Practitioners have shown the capacity to provide health care to many groups that require medical attention like children, women, migrant workers, the homeless, and the elderly in unconventional places like schools, work sites, and health departments.

After observing this much status and scope of Nursing Practitioner in health care industry Schools of Nursing are investing in resources in abundance for preparing NPs in graduation. However, legal status as provided to APNs under various states varies.  The Nurse Practice Act legislated in each state of the U.S. has all the requirements specified for each of the state. As now registered nurses are authorized to provide services for primary health promotion, disease prevention, and assessment of health status yet debate is still needed for degree of independence, perspective authority and reimbursement for APN services.

Advanced Practice Nurse (APNs) are registered professional nurses, with a license to practice due to knowledge and learning which they have acquired from a post-basic or advanced education program as acceptable to the State Board of Nurse Examiners.   The APN can practice independently and/or in collaboration with other health care professionals to provide better health care services. They can also manage acute illnesses under chronic conditions in a variety of settings. They are tiled as under as Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Certified Nurse Midwife, and Certified Nurse Anesthetist.

As to meet out the health care needs of the Americans, APNs are qualified to sort out the unaddressed needs in primary health care industry by serving individual’s point of first contact with health care system.  This way APNs provide personalized, client-oriented, comprehensive collection of health care tips over a period of time.  This way it can be understood that role of NPs is increasing in American society accordingly to change with society and health care needs of the consumers as well as patients as large. And finally NPs can fit better into the role of provider, mentor, educator, researcher and administrator.

To be able to access and know the schools offering online courses on nurse practitioners you can visit various website links such as Onlinenursepractitioner.com. In such links there are long lists of the schools offering the online programs.

You can also learn on how to get scholarships and financial aid information in this course by checking in the program links. Studying as a nurse practitioner online has enabled different people pursue different courses hence building their careers in this esteemed profession. The schedule of the programs offered is flexible allowing one to be able to continue studying while working.

There are different fields in the nurse practitioner field that are being offered online. One can choose in which field to specialize. If you are not sure of the field to specialize, consider doing a general course in as a nurse practitioner then can select from the multiple options in the future.

When choosing an online program in nurse practitioning, try to compare the different schools and check which one you will be comfortable pursuing your degree in. Choose an institution that will offer an accredited degree and one that can offer financial aid incase you can’t afford the fee. The financial aid they offer can either be government or private loans. The school you choose to enroll for the online degree should be a reputable school; as this will give you higher chances of getting a job with reputable institutions.

The time required to complete an online program as a nurse practitioner varies based on the level of the study. Generally a degree program can take up to 5 years or more while a certificate takes up to a year. But generally studying the courses online will be less time consuming and will take less time compared to enrolling for traditional programs.