Curated OER
Career Education for Early Elementary Grades
It's never too early to connect children with the real world meaning of their work. A series of four one-hour sessions, plus a field trip, make up this unit on college and career readiness for first and second graders. After viewing a...
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Vital Signs
Explore the nursing profession! Written for a career exploration unit, this lesson plan gives participants a chance to observe and learn about the skills that a nurse would need. They measure vital signs with appropriate medical...
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When You're Sick
Second graders identify symptoms of illness and how they can get better. In this health lesson, 2nd graders use Venn diagrams to categorize what the character of a story did to get well, and different types of symptoms.
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Health Careers
Students identify careers in the healthcare field. They listen to a description of work done by family members, school personnel and community workers. They role-play a visit to the doctor's office and all the staff involved in that visit.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Registered Nurses
Extensive information about the nursing career as well as information on many other careers. The search engine can be used to find any career listed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Registered Nurse
Registered nurses have always been important members of the medical team. Find out if this is a career that might interest you. Several videos have interviews with registered nurses in many different specialties. This Science Buddies...
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Nurse.org: Nurse Career Learning Center
Provides resources on careers in nursing. Describes different branches of nursing, training, salary ranges, career outlook, working conditions, and much more.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Florence Nightingale
Biographical account of Nurse Florence Nightingale, best known for making hospitals a cleaner and safer place to be.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Clara Barton
Clara Barton was an educator, humanitarian, and founder of the American Red Cross.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Statistics and a job description for a Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses career are researched at this site. This site includes Nature of the Work, Working Conditions, Training, Other Qualifications, Job Outlook,...
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Association of Camp Nurses
Home page of an association of professional nurses working in camp settings. Professional, educational, and research resources available. This site contains a great deal of information about nursing in a camp setting and current issues...
Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare Online: Romeo and Juliet
Excellent analysis of the themes of light, time, and destiny in Romeo and Juliet.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: What Interests You?
At this site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics find out about possible careers in your future by selecting a job based on what school subject you like.
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National Association of Pediatric Nursing
Home of an association of professional nurses and nurse practitioners working in pediatric healthcare settings. Educational, professional, and research resources are available through this site. These include online publications and...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
What do you know about Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet?" Explore this informative resource filled with links to lesson plans and activities.
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American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Homepage for an association of professional nurses working in psychiatric settings. Library resources include audio/visual, books, online journals and publications, and research projects. Educational and professional resources and web...
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Aorn: Homepage
Home page of an association of professional nurses working in surgical settings. Professional, educational, and research resources available. These include an online journal, current publications, research projects, and related Web links.
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Awesome Library
Awesome Library's searchable database is full of resources in all subject areas. It also provides information to parents, students, teachers, principal, family, and community.
Read Works
Read Works: Meet the School Nurse
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the school nurse. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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National Association of School Nurses
Homepage of an association of professional nurses working in school settings. Educational, professional, and research resources are available. These include a newsletter, currently published articles, and current and past journal...
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American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Home page of an association of college nursing education programs. Their mission is to improve and monitor the educational programs for nurses across the nation. Professional, educational, and research resources are included, as well as...
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American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Homepage for an association of professional nurses working in critical care settings. Educational, professional, and research resources including current publications and many links to related resources are included on this site.
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U.s. Cadet Nurse
Who were the U.S. Cadet nurses? When did they evolve? What is their service? Find out their story.
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Visiting Nurse Associations of America
Home page of association of professional nurses working in the home-care setting. This site includes reference to current publications and also contains information for families and caregivers regarding home healthcare issues.