The End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center (EPERC) is based at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The organization was started in 2003 via a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The EPERC website contains links to educational materials, fact sheets, and links to other web resources. Needless to say, the purpose of the EPERC is "to share educational resource material among the...

Every year the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINH) produces a raft of helpful research papers, plans, white papers, and other documents. On their Publications page, users can look through some of these documents, which include "Palliative Care: The Relief You Need When You're Experiencing the Symptoms of Serious Illness." The site also includes the FOCUS Series, which constitutes a...

The National League for Nursing is committed to providing a range of teaching resources for those who work with students in nursing and related fields. The resources here are contained within nine areas, including Excellence Model, Hallmarks of Excellence, and Faculty Toolkits. The Hallmarks of Excellence area contains a detailed list of indicators that can help nursing faculty members learn more...

Nursing as a profession continues to attract the best and the brightest students. With all of this interest, students may find themselves looking for high quality resources to supplement their classroom instruction. This site was designed to accompany the Nurse as Educator textbook but can be used without the accompanying volume, if so desired. A great place to start is the Student Resources area,...

From time to time, the Scout Report profiles a professional organization whose site will be of interest to a broad range of readers. While the American Nurses Association website does have some material that is strictly for members only, there is a significant amount of relevant and timely free content of note. The first place visitors might start is “The Nursing Insider”. This handy feature...