Open Educational Resources (OER): Allied Health & Nursing

A collection of OER resources for Nursing (including information for aides and technicians)

Includes:
N 420 - Perspectives in Global Health
N 536 - Utilization of Nursing Research in Advanced Practice
School of Nursing Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR) Citations and Licenses
The Impact of Language and Culture on Healthcare Delivery

HIPAA information, as well as privacy and security information and tools.

Lesson Plan on CTE Online.
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Lesson plan on CTE Online

Lesson plan on CTE Online

Lesson plan on CTE Online

Open and free course through Carnegie Mellon University OLI (after you enter the course you can search “HIPAA” to find the relevant sections)

The US Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program's free and open online library. Good source for resources in Surgical technology, and other medical/dental technology fields.

Open Stax textbook.

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Malgosia Wilk-Blaszczak. Creative Commons Attribution.

Upper Limb Anatomy Models by Robin Janson. Links to upper limb models in article. Creative Commons license.

Merriam-Webster

Washtenaw Community College – Bailey Library

Learners read and listen to the pronunciation of hundreds of medical terms that are arranged in a "jukebox."

The learner listens to the pronunciation of medical terms using a "jukebox" to select the terms.

Medical terms and pronunciations

Tutorial from Medline Plus that's designed to teach you the basics of medical terminology.

Textbook available through Lumen Learning

A free e-book published by Georgia State University's School of Public Health.

A course aligned to the Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CAHIMS) certification administered by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Learn about Open & Free OLI courses by visiting the “Open & Free features” tab below.

Official YouTube Channel for the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) responsible for all Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP information. www.cms.gov

Free and open learning materials on a wide variety of public health topics

Nutrition by Nancy Guthrie, Ryan Morris, and Shuren Xu for the Pierce Open Pathway, Pierce College at Joint Base Lewis-McChord owes a great deal of our thanks to Brian Lindshield from Kansas State University. While our work is significantly different from Lindshield’s original text- Kansas State University Human Nutrition (HN 400) Flexbook[1]– we started with his work as the inspiration for this text.

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program. Creative Commons Attribution.

Openly Licenced nutrition textbook

There are a couple of research articles to go along with this book, one in JOLT and another in EduCause.

Sponsored by the US Department of Agriculture, SNAP Education (SNAP-Ed) teaches people to shop for and cook healthy meals. SNAP-Ed can help people learn how to make their SNAP dollars stretch. There are many free nutrition education resources on this site.

Video files:

https://www.skillscommons.org/handle/taaccct/9572

Description: “This course prepares students for the duties of a medical assistant in the clinical setting. Students will learn clinical procedures including administering medications, performing an electrocardiogram, obtaining laboratory specimens for testing, educating patients, and maintaining a clean clinical environment.”

Skills Common, US Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program, CC BY

Description: “This course introduces legal and ethical issues that impact healthcare professionals. Laws and regulations related to the health care industry such as HIPAA, Patient Bill of Rights, and standard of care are addressed, and ethical and moral issues that healthcare professionals may encounter are presented. Students will develop an understanding of the unique interplay of the new and changing health care, technology, workforce, research, financing, regulation, and personal and professional behaviors, values and assumptions that underlie the current healthcare system.”

Skills Common, US Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program, CC BY