2009

1. DevinGlage.com: Devin distills health, fitness and nutrition information into easy to understand language for people who find diet and exercise overwhelming. He hopes to show you that your personal well-being is an easily attainable goal (March).
2. Nutrition Evolution: Nutrition evolution is getting an overhaul as this blogger will offer videos, classes, workshops, and beyond in a mission to educate and inspire people to take charge of their health. This blog focuses on the adage that you are what you eat (March).
3. Cafe Yumm! Founders Mark and Mary Ann Beauchamp have created a welcoming atmosphere and from the basics of rice and beans, developed a menu balancing a combination of elemental foods with a lighthearted sense of fun (May).
4. Rain Newsroom Blog: Rain Nutrition began business operations in 2009; building and delivering nutritional products dedicated to aiding modern societies that lack ample nutrition to support and sustain long term health (June).
5. Food Insight Blog: The International Food Information Council Foundation is dedicated to the mission of effectively communicating science-based information on health, food safety and nutrition for the public good (September).
6. Darin’s Naturals: Darin’s Naturals has successfully sourced over 300 unique, sustainable herbs and superfoods throughout the world. Darin’s Naturals has been formulating and consulting for many private companies and professionals (November).
7. Appetite for Health: Two busy working women who are registered dietitians (RDs) are just as stressed, work too much, have killer cravings, struggle with emotional eating, and do have to watch what they eat or they’ll pack on pounds — just like everyone else. They try to show that healthy eating is delicious, satisfying and always possible, no matter the circumstances (December).
8. Around the Plate: This blogger’s dream job (now that she is a registered dietitian) is to write nutrition articles for nationwide publications. Her blog, hopefully, will reach an international audience, as it’s clever, interesting and fun to read (December).

2010

9. Eat Well Thymes: The founder of Eat Well Meal Plans, Jennifer Cohen Katz R.D., is a registered dietitian with a passion for food and cooking. In her private practice, she teaches individuals make the right food choices to help control their weight and prevent or control nutrition-related diseases and still provide enjoyable culinary experiences with a nutritious diet (January).
10. Eating Simple: In conjunction with starting her own nutrition consulting business, several people have told this blogger to start a blog. She includes healthy recipes, nutrition advice, and reviews of the latest and greatest diets on the market (January).
11. Fit to Eat: Chris Rosenboom is a professor emerita of nutrition at Georgia State University in Atlanta. As a nutrition consultant, she works with companies and organizations to promote healthy living in adults — from athletes to baby boomers (January).
12. The Perfect Pet Food Blog: What list about nutrition would be complete without a pet food blog about healthy pet food, treats and nutrition? This blog fits the bill for dog and cat owners along with other health news (January).
13. Peace, Love, and Food: Kara Lydon, Registered Dietitian, believes that nutrition is a fundamental piece in achieving health and wellness. The purpose of her blog is to inspire a peace of mind around what you eat and a love for nutritious food. A reflection of her life based around food, nutrition, and wellness, her blog also provides tips along the way on how to lead a healthy lifestyle. (February).
14. Dietitians Online Blog: This blog was created to acknowledge the dedication and talents of the registered dietitian on the Internet and to provide reliable on-line food and nutrition information to the media, consumer, health professional and educator (March).
15. Nutrition for the Future: This blog examines topics related to child nutrition and food in schools. Dayle Hayes, Chair of School Nutrition Services DPG, focuses on positive, creative solutions to childhood weight and health concerns in this blog (March).
16. Radio Nutrition: Donna Psiaki Feldman, MS RD, has been a registered dietitian for more than 30 years, and consults on nutrition information management, food product development and individual counseling for food allergy, eating disorders, weight management, heart health and childhood nutrition (April).
17. Nutrition Blog Network: The Nutrition Blog Network is a collection of blogs written by registered dietitians. If you want to learn how you can safely lose those last 5 pounds, find healthy recipes for your family, lower your cholesterol, jump start a healthy lifestyle, seek solutions for your picky preschooler or learn what to eat when you’re pregnant, you can find what you’re looking for in their Nutrition Blog Directory (May).
18. Skinny Eats Cleveland: “Sue The Caring Foodie” is a lover of healthy foods and cooking and a registered dietitian. She loves to explore her home of Cleveland, Ohio, in search of great food and creative ways to prepare it (May).
19. The Gluten-Free RD: This blogger’s mission is to provide those on a gluten-free diet with the information and resources they need to strike a balance between eating gluten-free and healthfully, while doing it happily. A registered dietitian and experienced food and nutrition communications professional with Celiac Disease writes this blog (May).
20. Nutrition Warehouse: Nutrition Warehouse provides customers with access to the most sort after quality sports bodybuilding supplements and General Health supplements available at the best price with a professional approach to service and quality (June).
21. The Best Pickle: A registered dietitian living in Portland, Oregon hopes that by sharing her weekly meal plans, she can inspire others to prepare more home-cooked meals, leading to a resurgence in family dinners, mealtime conversation, and neighborly connections (June).
22. Foodies Not Fatties: This blog was created to take recipes that are delicious and amazing and tweak them to make them a little bit healthier. In other words, these two registered dietitians have made it a mission to make Paula Deen’s recipes healthier to eat (July).
23. Nutritiously Happy: Torey Jones is a registered dietitian and nutrition writer and speaker in Chicago who currently works in medical nutrition therapy as a clinical dietitian. She subscribes to a simple and basic approach to nutrition, doesn’t dwell on the nutrient composition of foods, and doesn’t count calories (July).
24. Little Green Blog: If you’re looking for topics such as environmental issues, eco-conscious, sustainable living, gardening, self sufficiency, real food, frugality, reducing energy usage, reusing, reducing, recycling, recipes, repairs, fair trade, organic, making your own cleaning products and natural healing methods, this is your blog (August).
25. The Nutrition Twins: Tammy Lakatos Shames and Elysse (“Lyssie”) Lakatos share more than identical features; they share identical success in the competitive field of nutrition and wellness. Tammy and Lyssie have become known for their unique approach to nutrition counseling, corporate lecturing, writing, making media appearances and consulting to multinational food companies (October).

General Reference

Helpful insights into general information that nurses often need to have. Get information from these books, and brush up on procedures and other health related items.

1. The Merck Manual: This medical reference is helpful for any nurse looking to find information on different diseases and treatments. Cost: $49.95
2. Obstetrics For Nurses: A great resource for you to learn more about obstetrics. Cost: Free
3. Fundamentals of Nursing: Get this helpful book for a reminder of the basics associated with nursing. Cost: $63.80
4. Moby’s Medical Encyclopedia: Get references for medicine, and helpful information on a variety of subjects. Cost: Free
5. Principles of Epidemiology: A great reference for learning about epidemiology, especially in public health. Cost: Free
6. The Clinical Medicine Consult: Looks at different medical conditions and includes useful information. Cost: $68.95
7. Medical Calculator Pocket: A great reference containing medical formulas. Cost: $16.95
8. Medical Abbreviations and Terminology: Get a good look at different abbreviations. Cost: $9.95
9. Bantam Medical Dictionary: A simple reference to medical terms. Cost: $7.50
10. Harrison’s Manual of Medicine: Helpful hints and easy reference. Cost: $59.95
11. Nursing and Physical Assessment Study Guide: Learn more about assessing patients. Cost: $19.99

Drugs

From drug reference to dosing, these ebooks can be quite helpful. Get access to drug information and hints with these ebooks.

12. ABX Guide: Johns Hopkins University offers this helpful guide to antibiotics. Cost: $24.95
13. Drug Calculations for Nurses: This ebook offers a helpful look at dosage calculations. Cost: Free
14. Drug Class Reviews: A look at the safety and effectiveness of different drugs. Cost: Free
15. Davis’s Drug Guide: Get helpful information on drugs, and guidance for name brand and generic drugs. Cost: $49.95
16. Clinician’s Pocket Drug Reference: A quick reference to different commonly used medications. Cost: $12.95
17. Nurse’s Pocket Drug Guide: A helpful reference aimed just at nurses. Cost: $12.95
18. Pharmacology Study Guide: Great look at drugs and other pharmacology related topics. Cost: $19.99
19. Chemistry and Physics for Nurse Anesthesia: A great reference for nurses involved with anesthesia. An interesting and enlightening read. Cost: $80.00
20. Drug Therapy Pocket: Helpful insights into different drug therapies. Cost: $16.95
21. Drug Education Library: This includes publications on different dangerous drugs, from alcohol to cocaine.

Anatomy

Study human anatomy and physiology. These are great ebooks for understanding how the human body works, helping you become a better nurse.

22. Human Anatomy and Physiology Study Guide: Helpful look at human anatomy. Cost: $9.99
23. Atlas of Human Anatomy: This is a cool book published in 1841, with great pictures of human anatomy. Cost: Free
24. Anatomy of the Human Body: The 1918 version of Gray’s famous book.
25. Heptology 2010: Learn more about the liver, gallbladder, pancreas and other related organs. A great look at how these organs work in the body. Cost: Free
26. Cardiology Explained: A simple and helpful book about cardiology. Straightforward and interesting. Cost: Free
27. The Brain From Top To Bottom: A great read from the Canadian Institute of Neurosciences.
28. Fitzpatrick’s Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology: Learn more about the skin. Cost: $74.95
29. A Practical Physiology eBook: Helpful look at human physiology for your use. Cost: Free
30. Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology: A great look at how the human body works. Cost: $64.95
31. Cliffs Quick Review – Anatomy and Physiology: Reference to help you quickly brush up on the human body. Cost: $9.99

Mental Health

Learn how to help those with mental health issues. These helpful ebooks can provide you with good references and useful insights.

32. Quick Reference to the DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria: Helpful information from the American Psychiatric Association. Cost: $35.00
33. Quick Reference to APA Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: A helpful look at psychiatric disorders. Cost: $44.95
34. Introducing Mental Health: A useful primer on mental health. Cost: $39.95
35. Mental Health Context: The World Health Organization offers insights into mental health on a global scale. Cost: $18.00
36. The Parenting Aspergers Resource Guide: Nurses can get valuable insight about Aspergers from this book. Cost: $37.00
37. Women and Depression: Discovering Hope: A helpful guide about helping women through depression. Cost: Free
38. Understanding Children and Young People’s Mental Health: Helpful for young people. Cost: $44.99
39. Primary Care Mental Health: The basics of mental health care. Cost: $63.00
40. Mental Health Atlas: Another helpful mental health publication from the World Health Organization. Cost: $45.00

Patient Care

You can be a better nurse when you understand how to help your patients live healthier lives, and when you improve your manner.

41. Medical Spanish Pocket Plus: Nurses can benefit from knowing how to communicate with Spanish speaking patients about things that affect them. Cost: $24.95
42. Nursing notes the easy way: Learn how to write effective and useful nursing notes. Cost: $3.00
43. Clinical Wound Care and Skin Infections: Helpful look at caring for wound care. Cost: $12.95
44. Nutrition Study Guide: A great help to nurses who want to be able to counsel their patients about proper nutrition. Cost: $19.99
45. ABC of Nutrition: Guidelines on nutrition, as well as information on the benefits of good nutrition. Cost: $29.95
46. The Complete Nutrition Counter: Great information on different foods, and handy information on nutrients. Cost: $7.99
47. Nutrition Almanac: An easy reference covering the essentials of nutrition and its importance to the body. Cost: $19.95
48. 5-Factor Fitness: Nurses can benefit from learning from this fitness ebook. Helpful look at exercise. Cost: $12.99
49. Exercise Therapy: Helpful look at how physical activity can help improve health outcomes. Great for nurses looking to help their patients. Cost: $51.95
50. Exercise, Nutrition and the Older Woman: Great primer on exercise for seniors. A great help for nurses looking for insight. Cost: $109.95