British Columbia

• Recruitment: Health Match BC
  Free recruitment services for physicians, nurses, and BC communities, including services to assist registered nurses to find acute care, extended care and community jobs in urban and rural communities around the province in more than 100 hospitals, medical facilities and clinics.

• British Columbia Reproductive Care Program
  This site is intended for the use of perinatal health care providers in hospitals, provincial health units, professional associations and other organizations with a perinatal component.
• College of Licensed Practical Nurses of BC
  The CLPN web site provides information on standards of practice, scope of practice, continuing competence program, publications and more.
• College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of British Columbia
  The original Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of British Columbia was dissolved in 1999. At that time CRPNBC was established. Their site gives standards, competencies, history, additional links to associations and more.
• Multilingual-Health-Education.Net
  A database project that provides access to translated health education materials online; searchable by categories, agencies, or languages. Funded by the British Columbia Ministry of Health, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Vancouver Foundation and the Partner Agencies.
• Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia - Resources for B.C. registered nurses, including information on nursing practice, standards, advocacy, continuing education, continuing competence, as well as the Helen Randal library, publications, and more.

• Canadian Nurses Association
  Information on career development, certification programs, policy statements, publications, conferences, etc.
• INFACT Canada
  The Infant Feeding Action Coalition Canada is a non-profit, non-governmental voluntary organization that promotes better infant and maternal health by protecting breastfeeding and fostering appropriate infant feeding practices in Canada and internationally.

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• American Nurses Association
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association
  Includes links to its APNA Journal, resources in psychiatric rehabilitation, and a Mental Health Consumers Guide.
• HealthWeb: Nursing
  A collaborative effort of the Taubman Medical Library, the School of Nursing at The University of Michigan, and the HealthWeb project. Includes information on clinical nursing, careers, education, organizations, electronic discusion groups, and more.
• NursingCenter
  "Designed to deliver electronic resources to nurses for education, research and practice" and especially to provide access to publications of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, including such journals as: AJN, Home Healthcare Nurse, and MCN (most articles available for a fee). Also info on nursing lists and forums, and other nursing sites.
• Online Birth Center
  Information on pregnancy and birth from a midwifery perspective.
• MCH Neighborhood
  The Maternal and Child Health Network based at the Institute of Child Health Policy at the University of Florida.
• Virtual Nursing Centre
  An extensive list of continuing education links and nursing information resources from Martindale's Health Science Guide.

Last Revised: 21 July 2005