Nursing Reference Center (NRC) Contract Will Expire Dec 31, 2017 : NEW Nursing Point of Care Tool to be Chosen for Ascension Wisconsin

 Ascension Ministry Health Care’s current subscription for

 Nursing Reference Center (NRC)  will expire on December 31, 2017.

Why are we dropping the subscription to NRC?  

• Since 2014, Nursing Reference Center (NRC) has been a very popular and well-used point-of-care tool for our nurses.  At present, NRC is only available for legacy Ministry and Affinity regions.  The Milwaukee and Racine areas do not currently have access to this or any similar reference package.
•  It is cost-prohibitive to add the Metro (Milwaukee) and South hospital sites under the current Ascension Resource Group pricing model. 
• Nursing leaders at Ascension Wisconsin and national Ascension are in the process of evaluating the nursing point-of-care tools currently available on the market.  These include NRC, Lippincott and Clinical Key for Nursing (Elsevier).
•  We hope to choose a NEW nursing point-of-care tool that will be available statewide throughout Ascension Wisconsin, thereby helping to standardize nursing care resources and contributing to high reliability nursing care.

What you need to do in preparation :

• Use NRC while we have access!  Get the most out of it while it is still available.
• See the NRC Search Tips page for more information, including remote access and tutorials.
• Be aware that links to NRC documents and competencies will NOT be available after December 31, 2017.  This change may impact policies and other internal documents.
•  CEUs
• If you have CEUs logged in Cinahl Education (CEUs through NRC), be sure to log in and print out your records and documentation, as we may not have access to this information after the Ministry Health Care Subscription to NRC expires. 

What to use instead :
The Nursing Point of Care LibGuide

Lippincott Manual of Nursing (eBook)

Lippincott Nursing Procedures (eBook)

          Lippincott eBooks Tutorial (doc)

Nursing Standards-of-Care LibGuide

Nursing Specialties LibGuide

Patient Education LibGuide

LexiComp Drug Info

While legacy Ministry / Affinity may be losing access to NRC in the short-term, we have full intentions of providing a nursing point-of-care tool for ALL of Ascension Wisconsin in the very near future.  Please be patient as we make this transition.

For questions or comments, please contact :

Jill Berg, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, Vice President of Clinical Education for Ascension Wisconsin

Michele Matucheski,  MLS, AHIP – Ascension Wisconsin Librarian

Kellee Selden, MLIS – Manager of Learning and Knowledge Management for Ascension Wisconsin