Lone Star College-North Harris ASSOCIATE DEGREE REGISTERED NURSE PROGRAM
NURSING LINKS FOR SUCCESS
NORTH HARRIS LINKS
Student Calendar – essential for semester planning
Lone Star College-Online - Student Services – lots of helpful links
Email – be sure you have an account
Financial Aid – check it out, it won’t hurt, and might help
NHC support services – child care, counseling & more.
If you require testing accommodations, you must visit counseling.
NHC- Learning Center – need to improve your reading, writing or math skills? This site is for you.
Drug Calculation for Nurses – know your conversions before Nursing I. Keep sharp throughout the program.
NHC - Health & Medicine library databases – you will need to be enrolled as a student to access this site, but this is where you will go for nursing journals and other reference material. Have you figured out how to use from home?
Activities at NHC – everyone needs a break. Why not
workout in the gym?
OTHER USEFUL LINKS TO ASSIST YOU ON THE ROAD TO R.N.
The Student Survival Manual – lots of general tips
TWU - Nursing Success Program – an excellent site with specific information for nursing student’s success in the classroom (course 1) and in the clinical setting (course 2)
Safety & Wellness – stay well while in school
Mayo Clinic – great wellness site for you & your patients
Texas Board of Nurse Examiners – a great reference for the Nurse Practice Act as well as information you will need when taking your exam.
Texas Nurses Association Links – links to professional organizations and much more. You’ll need this site in Nursing IV.
Get a jump on medical terminology, abbreviations and pharmacology with the following sites:
Martindale's Nursing Center
RN Student Resource site
Hardin - Nursing Links
The leading causes of disease and death are from conditions related to the heart, lung, cancer and diabetes. See what you can do to prevent and alleviate such conditions.
National Institutes of Health
Volunteer Health Organizations
The following sites are your best for the latest in infectious disease
immunizations, bioterrorism as well as national and global information.
Texas Department of Health
Center for Disease Control
World Health Organization