May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Here's Gwen's Tens favorite websites for information on Skin Cancer Prevention and Awareness (not in any particular order):

1. CDC
   
2. American Cancer Society
   
3. The Skin Cancer Foundation
   
4. Melanoma/Skin Detection
   
5. Melanoma Monday
   
6. Mollie's Fund
   
7. Skin Cancer Prevention
   
8. SunSmart
   
9. SunGuard Man Online
   
10. Skin Cancer Awareness on Pinterest
    

A bonus handout: May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month

These are Gwen's Tens favorite general books or book series for nurses:

1. Made Incredibly Easy - series of nursing books with great graphics, very easy to read. These are my favorite books for learning and reference. There are many topics in the series and a must for visual learners.
   
2. Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 9th Edition or Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary -  a medical dictionary is a must have for the reference library of any nurse or healthcare professional.
   
3. ACLS Study Guide by Barbara Aehlert and PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support Study Guide by Barbara Aehlert - these are well written and easy to follow guides to help you study for ACLS and PALS.
   
4. Just the Facts, 4th Edition A Pocket Guide to Basic Nursing By Veronica Peterson, BA, RN, BSN, MS - this is a nice pocket guide that covers all of the nursing basics. It's my personal favorites of the general nursing pocket books.
5. Mosby's NoteCards - these are great spiral bound cards to help you study or to use as a reference. They come in many topics i.e. Assessment, Pharmacology and Fluids & Electrolytes.
   
6. Nursing2014 Drug Handbook by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
7. BarCharts Quick Study Guides - these are wonderful quick guides in 2-4 laminated page layouts  and comes in many health and nursing topics. 
8. Mosby's Pocket Guides Book Series - offers many topics i.e. Pediatric Assessment, Nutritional Assessment, and Nursing Skills and Procedures.
   
9. The Notes Series -most of these are spiral bound and they offer many topics i.e. MedSurg Notes. IV Therapy Notes and LabNotes.
10. Core Curriculum Books - if you work in a nursing specialty there should be a Core Curriculum that is usually associated with your specialty's nursing organization. Check on the organization's website to see how you can purchase the book. It will be one of the most comprehensive reference books for your specialty.
    

Bonus: Best Summer Reading for Nurses


Resources:

• Amazon
• Elsevier
• Majors Bookstore

Here's Gwen's Tens top 10 picks for nursing CEUs (in no particular order):

1. Nurse.com
   
2. Medscape Nurses
   
3. Online CEUs
   
4. MyFreeCE
   
5. Western Schools
   
6. CEU Professor Online
   
7. Nursing Center
   
8. Advance for Nurses
   
9. RN CEUs
   
10. Nurse CE4Less
    

Here's a bonus site that has nursing apps, games and more:
Learning Nurse

There are many wonderful nursing websites and resources online. Here's Gwen's Tens Top 10 list (in no particular order):

1. Donna Cardillo 
2. Nurse.com 
3. Nursing Center
   
4. All Nurses
   
5. Medscape for Nurses 
6. Nurse Zone 
7. NurseTogether 
8. RN Central
   
9. American Nurses Association
10. Nursing Blog/Websites on Pinterest
    

For those who want to be nurses, this website is a must:
Johnson & Johnson Discovery Nursing: The Future of Nursing
See my blog " So you wanna be a nurse?" (coming soon)