When you are involved in nursing, one of the jobs you often have is that of educator. Helping others learn more about health and wellness, as well as providing solid information for those who need it, are vital roles played by nurses. And, of course, there are nurses that teach other nurses. Whether you get an advanced nursing degree, or whether you are a registered nurse teaching children proper health habits, you can have a huge impact on others. If you are interested in learning more about what a nurse can do to benefit the education of others, here are 40 nurse educators worth following on Twitter:
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Health education spans topics such as specific diseases, sports, economics, public health and health policy. Professors at some of the most distinguished universities often are singled out as influential leaders. While a sampling of some of those professors are included here, a few other professors from lesser-known colleges also have made this list for the top 10 most influential health education professors. This list is arranged in alphabetical order by surname. [click to continue…]

One of the most rewarding careers available is nursing. You can help others recover from illness, providing comfort and other services that help patients and their families. Indeed, there are few careers as rewarding as nursing.

On top of being a rewarding career, nursing also provides you flexibility in a job that pays reasonably well. There are a number of career paths you can follow as a nurse, and during your education, you can get help with scholarships. As a result, it is possible to start your career with a minimal amount of student debt, and really dig in and help people rather quickly.

If you are interested in a nursing career, here are 50 videos that can help you learn more about the field:
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If you’re considering a PhD program, you’re in good company. A surprising number of celebrities have achieved PhD status, even through honorary degrees, for their work in their careers or through other endeavors. An amazing number of musicians make this list of 10 celebrities with PhDs, which may or may not surprise you…but, it might help you appreciate the music these folks produce that much more. Or, this list might simply inspire you to realize that education can be synonymous with fame. [click to continue…]

Are you about to choose a topic for your dissertation? Or, are you searching for ideas for that paper that finalized your doctoral degree? You now can search online for many dissertations — some are available to download for free with the new demand for Electronic Theses and Dissertations, or ETDs. In other cases, you can gain access to abstracts or titles through libraries and colleges or universities. The following list of the top 30 Web tools to search, download and review dissertations online can help you with that search. [click to continue…]

When you are going to school, or have a job in academia, it becomes important to use all the tools you can in order to accomplish a wide variety of tasks. As a nursing student, or any other student, it is important to be able to find and organize information. The Internet makes it possible to find a great deal of information on a wide number of subjects, but it can be hard to organize that information, and use it effectively.

Google is one of the most powerful search engines around, as you probably know. But did you also know that Google has plenty of other tools that are useful for students and academic professionals? Here are 25 tools that you can use to enhance your scholarly work:

Google Search for Academics and Scholars

There’s more to Google than just doing a generic search from the home page. Here are some great tools that can help you get access to amazing information resources.

1. Google Scholar: This is the search engine aimed at finding scholar papers and articles from peer-reviewed journals. Also includes legal opinions, legal case studies and legal journals.
2. Google Patents: If you are interested in seeing the types of patents available, you can use this search to look through more than seven million.
3. Google Books: Thousands of full-print books on a number of subjects from the frivolous to the scholarly are available. Search their contents online, and read a number of different works, from legal to historical to mathematical.
4. Google News Archive Search: Rather than just relying on the recent “news” feature in standard Google Search, you can go back about 200 years and see articles and information in digital format.
5. U.S. Government Search: Narrow your search according to government related issues, web sites and documents. Makes it easier to find what you are looking for.
6. Google Custom Search Engine: You can create your own custom search engine, based around what is most important to you. Get results that you want, rather than wading through the dross.
7. Web History: Use this to help you get more personalized search results about the subjects you are most interested in. Helps you narrow down your informational searches for more efficiency.
8. Google Code Search: If you are looking for specific source codes, this search can help you. Great for those looking to create their own applications and develop their own methods for scholarly research and organization.

Organizing Your Scholarly Materials

As a student or a professional academic, it is vital that you be able to organize your information so that you can retrieve it when needed. Here are some Google tools that can help you keep things organized.

9. Google Mobilizer: Trying to fit something onto a mobile screen? One way you can do this, and help you keep up with your studies from anywhere, is to get Mobilizer, which helps transform the page into something easier to read on the go.
10. Notebook: Simplify the way you organize your research with this clipping application. Clip images, links and texts, and then organize them easily, as well as make notes and share.
11. SketchUp: Create 3D models and organize them. A great tool for students in architecture and engineering. Also helpful for sketches that you make of different concepts and observations.
12. Alerts: If you want to be notified when a subject of interest has new information, you can set up an alert to be sent to you. It can be a daily round up, or you can have an alert sent each time.
13. Desktop: You can arrange everything you need on your desktop with the help of this handy Google tool. Get everything you need in one, easily accessible place.
14. Google Pack: Get everything at once. This tool is for Windows users, and offers a range of helpful Google products that can help you better organize your research and keep in touch.
15. iGoogle: You can use this to personalize your web browsing experience. Get what you need to start any scholarly research.
16. Browser Sync: This cool Google tool can help you get all of your academic bookmarks, and other browser settings, saved across your computers. This way, all of your essential research and bookmarks are uniform from your desktop to your laptop to your lab computer.
17. Base: Upload your own scholarly content and share with the world. Add context for increased knowledge.
18. Web Accelerator: You can increase the speed at which your Web pages load. Uses prefetching, data compression and other methods to help speed up the retrieval process. Perfect for those with slower Internet connections.

Communication for Academics

Part of good scholarly work involves some degree of collaboration with other academics. Here are some Google tools that can help you collaborate with others.

19. Google Docs: You probably know that you can perform word processing functions using Google Docs. However, you can also easily share your work and collaborate. See others’ additions, or change settings so that others can only read, and not edit.
20. Send to Phone: You can messages to a phone, right from the Web. Easy to share pages without any trouble amongst collaborators.
21. GrandCentral: Add phone numbers, hook up with others, engage in international calling for cheap, and get text messages by email. An inexpensive way to keep in touch with other members of your group.
22. Google Sites: If you are working on a project with many people at a distance, you can use Sites to collaborate easily. Everyone can add their parts of the project, and you can decide editing privileges. An easy way to build a site together, or just exchange information.
23. GTalk: Don’t just instant message. You can talk out loud over the Internet, or even video. It is possible to “meet” with more than one person as well, and to make the video bigger. A great way for long-distance academic collaborators to share information and make plans.
24. Pinyin IME: Communicate more effectively in Chinese with this helpful tool. It allows you to communicate by typing Western style letters and then translating them into characters. Works to help you translate Chinese characters. Helpful if you are doing research that involves Chinese resources.
25. Babelplex: This helpful tool is not from Google, but it uses Google. A helpful translation tool that can provide you with the means to find scholarly sources using up to 29 language combinations.

You might be surprised to learn that a nurse can continue in her or his field to get a PhD in nursing. It might also surprise you that there are programs out there designed to help M.D.s earn a PhD at the same time they are pursuing a medical doctor’s education. In the medical field, there are dozens of ways to increase your educational level, and obtain advanced degrees, from psychology to nutrition to pharmacology. You can also get a salary bump when you decide to pursue an advanced degree in the medical field. Learn more about what can be accomplished with such an advanced degree with these 50 doctoral and PhD blogs in the medical field:

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Even if your focus might be on nursing, you may have other interests such as governmental policies, environmental issues or managerial economics. With Open Courseware, you can pursue learning and realize — at the graduate level — how to expand your interests into your work to make your work more enjoyable. What better way to continue to learn than through enlightening courses that are free and open to anyone with an Internet connection? [click to continue…]

Most graduate students already know how to get into college, and they already understand that studies are more important than dorm life. This Twitter list, therefore, is geared toward the mature student who wants to make connections and gain a foothold in realms outside the college classroom. You can discover Twitterers who teach, Twitter users who offer job resources, research help, scholarships and more — this list is filled with Twitterers that every grad student should follow, no matter your major. [click to continue…]

As heath care is understood from the treatment and management of illness it can be regulated by medical, dental, complementary and alternative medicine. Health care is also understood from the goods and services defined to promote health. However, there are many websites which helps a person to take overall care of health and a few popular of them are discussed below.

WebMD: It is website dedicated to credible information, supportive communities and in-depth reference material related to health subjects and topics. It is known for providing original and timely health information as well as material from the renowned content providers who happens to be on board certified physicians, award-winning journalist and trained community moderators.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH): It is a functional body of US Department of Health and Human Services for conducting and carrying over medical research.  Its scientist looks for various ways to prevent diseases as well as the causes, treatments for common and rare diseases. The research of NIH impacts on child and teen health, men’s health, minority health, senior’s health and women’s health and wellness and lifestyles issues.

MedicineNet.com: It is an online healthcare media publishing company which provides easy to read in depth authoritative medical information for consumers through its robust, user friendly and interactive web site. It has a 70 U.S Board Certified Physicians. In its panel to provide online health and medical information.

Mayoclinic.com: Started in 1995 it is a website which is visited by millions of health enthusiasts every month to have information on symptoms, diagnosis and understanding about common and rare diseases. It provides access to the medical information and knowledge of more than 3, 300 physicians and scientists at Mayo Clinic.

Drugs.com: It is one of the most trusted and authentic resource for drug and related health information on Internet. It provides independent, objective, comprehensive and up-to-date information in a clear and precise manner for both consumers and health care professional

Yahoo Health: It is a very helpful website on various issues and areas related to health care as it provides information and data on Allergy, Alternative Medicine, Back Pain, Beauty and Skin care, birth control, Children’s health and cold& flu.

Realage.com: It is a website about information and personalized view on health added with management tools. The health information provided at Real age is aimed toward a younger and ultimate healthier and longer life commitment. The provided information on this website is repeatedly is cross checked by esteemed panel of medical and scientific experts.