Note: If a resource or organization wishes to be added to this resource section, please send the link to info@anamaine.org

General Interest
Nursing Schools
Specialty Organizations
Nurses Services
Evidence-Based Sites

General Interest

• Case Management Society of New England - www.CMSNE.org
• The Maine Bureau of Health has published a periodic newsletter for many years, recently it became "online". It is known as the Epi-Gram. To see the newsletter, visit www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/ddc/Dec_05_epigram.htm.
• Maine’s Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators Initiative: www.mainequalityforum.gov
• Maine’s State Health Plan.
www.dirigohealth.maine.gov/Draft%2006-07%20State%20Health%20Plan%20-%2011-05.pdf
• Maine State Board of Nursing
  161 Capital Street, Augusta, ME 04333
  Tel: (207) 287-1133
  www.maine.gov/boardofnursing
• Northeast Network Healthcare Review – The leading media source for healthcare information on the web. Serving the six-state region. www.healthcarereview.com
• Maine’s Advance Directives Forms: http://mainegov-images.informe.org/dhhs/beas/resource/adf.pdf

Schools of Nursing in Maine

• Eastern Maine Community College
  www.emcc.edu/programs/nursing.htm#Description
• Husson College
  www.husson.edu
• Saint Joseph's College
  www.sjcme.edu
• University of Maine at Orono
  www.umaine.edu/nursing/
• University of Maine at Fort Kent
  www.umfk.maine.edu/academics/programs/nur/greeting
• University of New England School of Nurse Anesthesia
  www.une.edu/chp/sna
• University of Southern Maine - Lewiston-Auburn campus :
  http://usm.maine.edu/lac/nursing/bsnursing.htm
• University of Southern Maine - Portland campus : www.usm.maine.edu/conhp

Associate Degree Programs:

• Central Maine Community College
  www.cmcc.edu/academics/programs/
  full_description.asp?academic_prefix=ADN%20&program=Nursing
• Central Maine Medical Center
  www.cmmcson.org
• Eastern Maine Community College
  www.emcc.edu/
• Kennebec Valley Community College
  www.kvcc.me.edu/Website/Frames/WebSiteData/ProspectiveStudents/
  ProgramsOfStudy/Nursing.html
• Northern Maine Community College
  www.nmtc.net/academics/Nursing/nursing.html
• Southern Maine Community College
  /www.smccme.edu/catalog/2005-2006/index.php?section=5&navid=104&docid=0
• University of Maine at Augusta
  www.uma.maine.edu/academics/uacadnursing.html
• University of New England
  www.une.edu/chp/nursing

Brief List of Nursing Specialty Organizations (SNO) in Maine

This is a partial list. If you wish to join an SNO in Maine here are the web sites that have been shared with us. If a Nursing SNO wishes to list their Maine association on this page, simply send us a message (info@anamaine.org) with your Web site or contact information.
• AACN – Southern Maine Chapter of the Critical Care Nurses Association.
  www.aacn.org/aacn/chapters.nsf/chapters/maine?opendocument
• AORN – The Maine Chapter of the Association of Operating Room Nurses.
  www.aorn.org/chapters/chaphome.asp#maine
• ASORN The Maine Chapter of the American Society of Opthalmic Registered Nurses.
  http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/asorn/LocalChapter.htm
• AWHONN – The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrical and Neonatal Nurses-Maine. www.awhonn.org/awhonn
• COMNO – Coalition of Maine Nursing Organizations.
  http://health.husson.edu/comno
• INS – Pine Tree Chapter of the Intravenous Nurses Society.
  www.ins1.org/about/pdf/pine_tree.pdf
• ENA Maine – The Maine Chapter of the Emergency Nurses Association.
  www.enamaine.org
• MeANA – Maine Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
  www.meana.org
• MAOHN – Maine State Association of Occupational Health Nurses.
  www.aaohn.org/about/chapters/maine/maine_state.cfm
• MeAPIC – Maine Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. www.apic.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=About_APIC
• MASN – Maine Association of School Nurses.
  www.maineschoolnurse.4t.com/
• MeSPAN – Maine Society of Perianesthesia Nurses.
  www.aspan.org/Organization.htm#Component%20Presidents
• MEVAN – Maine Vascular Access Network: www.avainfo.org/website/article.asp?id=27020
• MNPA – Maine Nurse Practitioners Association.
  www.mnpa.us
• MSGNA – Maine Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates.
  www.sgna.org/Resources/regions.cfm
• NGNA – National Gerontological Nurses Association.
  www.ngna.org/pdfs/Local%20Chapter.pdf
• OMNE – Organization of Maine Nurse Executives.
  www.omne.org
• SMONS – State of Maine Chapters (Northern and Southern) of the Oncology Nursing Society. http://onsopcontent.ons.org/Interactive/VirtualCommunity/ChapterState.asp?State=ME

Nursing Services in Maine Hospitals

• The Acadia Hospital, Bangor. http://acadiahospital.org
• The Aroostook Medical Center , Presque Isle. http://tamc.org
• Bridgton Hospital , Bridgton. www.bridgtonhospital.org
• Calais Regional Hospital , Calais. www.calaishospital.com
• Cary Medical Center , Caribou. www.carymedicalcenter.org
• Central Maine Medical Center , Lewiston. www.cmmc.org
• C.A. Dean Memorial Hospital , Greenville. http://cadean.org
• Down East Community Hospital , Machias. www.dech.org
• Eastern Maine Medical Center , Bangor. www.emh.org
• Franklin Memorial Hospital , Farmington. www.fchn.org
• Goodall Hospital , Sanford. www.goodallhosp.org
• Houlton Regional Hospital. www.houlton.net/hrh
• Maine Coast Memorial Hospital , Ellsworth. www.mcmhospital.org
• Maine Medical Center , Portland. www.mmc.org
• MaineGeneral Medical Center , Augusta & Waterville. www.mainegeneral.org
• Mayo Regional Hospital , Dover-Foxcroft. www.mayohospital.com
• Mercy Hospital , Portland. www.mercyhospital.com
• Mid Coast Hospital , Brunswick. www.midcoasthealth.com
• Miles Memorial Hospital , Damariscotta. www.mileshealthcare.org
• Millinocket Regional Hospital , Millinocket. www.mrhme.org
• Mount Desert Island Hospital , Bar Harbor. www.mdihospital.org
• Northern Maine Medical Center , Fort Kent. www.nmmc.org
• Parkview Adventist Medical Center, Brunswick. www.parkviewhospital.com
• Penobscot Bay Medical Center , Rockport. www.nehealth.org/northeasthealth
• Penobscot Valley Hospital , Lincoln. www.pvhhealthcare.org
• Redington-Fairview General Hospital , Skowhegan. www.rfgh.net
• St. Andrews Hospital & Healthcare Center , Boothbay Harbor. www.standrewshealthcare.org
• St. Joseph Hospital , Bangor. www.stjoseph-me.org
• St. Mary's Regional Medical Center , Lewiston. www.stmarysmaine.com
• Southern Maine Medical Center , Biddeford. www.smmctr.org/smmc.php
• Spring Harbor Hospital , South Portland.www.springharbor.org
• Stephens Memorial Hospital , Norway. www.wmhcc.com
• York Hospital. www.yorkhospital.com

Evidence-Based Internet Sites

• The Cochrane Library, www.nicsl.com.au/cochrane/
• Joanna Briggs Institute, www.joannabriggs.edu.au/about/home.php
• PubMed, www.ncbi.nlm.gov/PubMed
• Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, www.ahcpr.gov
• Evidence-Based Nursing, www.evidencebasednursing.com
• National Guideline Clearinghouse, www.ngc.gov
• E-Medicine, www.emedicine.com
• First Consult, www.firstconsult.com
• The 23 rd Edition of the Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing, Essential Nursing Reference (2005) [pdf]