Introducing the Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide for Ministry Health Care

Just a quick reminder that Nursing Reference Center will be going away as of December  31, 2017, for Ministry Health Care. 

What to use instead :  The Nursing Point-of-Care Tool

How to get there on the MHC Intranet :

            The Source > Departments & Intranets > Library > Nursing Point-of-Care

            Save this link for future use. 

With the expiration of Nursing Reference Center on December 31, 2017, there will be some lag  time before an Ascension Wisconsin state-wide subscription for a NEW Nursing point-of-care (POC) tool goes into effect later in 2018. 

The Nursing Point-of-Care  LibGuide pulls together some of the online resources that were 

formerly available through NRC, including :

                Nursing Procedure Manuals

                Diseases & Disorders

                Drug Info

                Lab Tests

                Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

                CinahlFT

                Patient Education

                And links to go deeper with the Nursing Specialties LibGuide and Clinical Key.

I know this solution is not ideal, and is meant to be a temporary fix.

Questions or comments, contact

Your Librarian,

Michele Matucheski, MLS, AHIP - via Outlook or 920-223-0340

Nurses Choice Recommended Reading - December 2017

December, 2017

Influenza vaccination policies, masking protocols
Nursing Management, November 2017

Providing self-management education to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Addressing basic nutrition and hypoglycemia
The Nurse Practitioner, November 16, 2017

Choice of Fluids for Resuscitation of the Critically Ill: What Nurses Need to Know
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, October/December 2017

Pressure Injuries Caused by Medical Devices and Other Objects: A Clinical Update
ANJ, American Journal of Nursing, December 2017

The Next Frontier for Nurses: Improving Quality and Safety in Primary Care
Journal of Nursing Care Quality, January/March 2018

Soft Factors, Smooth Transport? The role of safety climate and team processes in reducing adverse events during intrahospital transport in intensive care
Health Care Management Review, Publish ahead of print

Management of Moisture-Associated Skin Damage: A Scoping Review
Advances in Skin & Wound Care: The Journal for Prevention and Healing, November 2017

How can policy change guide nursing practice to reduce in-patient falls?
Nursing, December 2017

Evaluation of a Broad-Spectrum Partially Automated Adverse Event Surveillance System: A Potential Tool for Patient Safety Improvement in Hospitals With Limited Resources
Journal of Patient Safety, Publish ahead of print

Does Certification in Vascular Access Matter? An Analysis of the PICC1 Survey
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, December 2017


* List and links courtesy of Anne Chaney at Wolters-Kluwer/Ovid.

* Questions about access, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians : 

Michele Matucheski        Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely      Kellee Selden