Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -Research Findings and Data & Surveys

full-text March 2004 report (Hospital Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care)

Brief Guide to Questionnaire Development-Identifies some of the prevalent problems in questionnaire development and how to avoid them (Hints for Designing Effective Questionnaires)

Center for Nursing Classification & Clinical Effectiveness-Established in 1995 at the University of Iowa College of Nursing. Concerned with Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC).

Center for Research on Chronic Illness-A National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) sponsored nursing research center specializing in chronic illness research.

CINAHL Library: Journals indexed in the CINAHL database

CRISP - Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects-Searchable database of federally-funded biomedical research projects being conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions.

Essential Nursing References (ICIRN)-by the Interagency Council of Information Resources for Nursing. Provides a comprehensive listing of both print and nonprint reference materials considered essential to accessing information on all aspects of the nursing profession. Produced biennially.

Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center- University of Iowa's College of Nursing

Office of Human Subjects Research-Content-rich NIH site includes a computer-based training program designed for NIH researchers.

National Institute of Nursing Research

Nursing Research - Funding Information- by allnurses.com.

Nursing Research Series

DSS Research

Statistics Calculators (from UCLA)

The Qualitative Report-an online peer-reviewed journal out of Nova Southeastern University, Florida. (qualitative research web sites)

QualPage - Resources for Qualitative Researchers
Brings together all areas of interest to qualitative researchers, including discussion forums, methods, organizations and interest groups, and excellent links to other pertinent sites.

Research Randomizer
Free random number generator. Can produce customized sets of random numbers.

Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research - how to do evaluation research and its methods, including surveys, focus groups, sampling, and interviews.

The Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research-online workshops, resource guides, and journal club.

The Systematic Literature Review Training Module

ACENDIO - Association for Common European Nursing Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes

Office of the Surgeon General, "Nursing Research: A Key to the Nation's Health." 10 September 2003 speech.