NLM Resources for Nurses

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) offers support to nurses and nursing research by providing diverse resources. To learn more, read on …

NLM Resources for Nurses Videos

Three "NLM Resources for Nurses" videos highlight free, online resources for nursing research, patient education, and drug information:

·         NLM Resources for Nurses: Research
In fewer than 4 minutes, learn about 15 different NLM resources to support nursing research and promote quality health outcomes.

·         NLM Resources for Nurses: Patient Education
In only 2 ½ minutes, learn about 11 different NLM resources to help patients and their families learn more about diseases, disorders, conditions, and treatments.

·         NLM Resources for Nurses: Drug Information
In just over 4 minutes, learn about six NLM drug information resources to support clinical care and patient education.

PubMed for Nurses Tutorial

The PubMed for Nurses Tutorial was created specifically to help nurses efficiently find literature using PubMed.  The five videos with exercises to test your knowledge were designed to be completed in less than 30 minutes.

PubMed Tips from your Ascension WI Librarians:

·         Use the PubMed links on the Library Intranet Pages to tap into our fulltext offerings.

·         See our PubMed Search Tips  page for more tips and tutorials

·         Contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians for additional help : 

Michele Matucheski,      Mary Pat Gage,      Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely,      Kellee Selden.  

Resources for Standards and Interoperability

The Nursing Standards and Interoperability Web page is for nurses, students, informaticians and anyone interested in nursing terminologies for systems development. The two minute video, Leveraging UMLS Synonymy to Extract Nursing Terms from SNOMED CT, demonstrates how to use the Metathesaurus to find CUIs and extract concept-level synonyms between SNOMED CT and other nursing terminologies.

Additional Resources

Other resources include MedlinePlus, PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, Genetics Home Reference, AIDSource, and subject guides.

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·         Reprinted from The NLM Tech Bull. 2016 Jul-Aug;(411):e4.