Medical Libraries: An Essential Resource in Outcomes Improvement

New article in Health Catalyst shares the value of Medical Libraries and Librarians and their impact on improving outcomes.

It includes an informative set of ppt slides and links for additional reading.  

Ascension Wisconsin Authors Publish in AJIC

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Congratulations to our very own Brenda Ehlert and Dr. Anthony Zeimet for publishing an article in The American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC).

Thank you for sharing your expertise and knowledge with the wider world!


Link to Article via Clinical Key.

Am J Infect Control. 2019 May 4. pii: S0196-6553(19)30230-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.04.002. [Epub ahead of print]

Merging health care systems: An example of utilizing quality principles in infection prevention standardization.

Ehlert B¹, Zeimet A².

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Abstract

When Ascension Wisconsin was formed, it merged 4 long-established health systems: Ministry Health Care, Affinity Health System, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, and Columbia St Mary's. One of the challenges encountered during the first year was redundancy in many policies and processes. Setting a structure, establishing goals, and evaluating progress led to success for Ascension Wisconsin's Infection Prevention Council.

Copyright © 2019 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

KEYWORDS:

Formation; Merge; Policy; Standard; Team

PMID:  31060871     DOI:  10.1016/j.ajic.2019.04.002

Link to Article via Clinical Key.

Update Your Links for Nursing Reference Center Plus (NRC Plus)

Please update your bookmarks, favorites, or other personal links for Nursing Reference Center Plus (NRC Plus). 

Sincerest apologies for the disruption in access to NRC Plus this week.  The vendor has new security requirements that necessitate updating all of our old links with a new url.

If you see this message, it means you need to update the link:

Nursing Reference Center Plus – The New Link as of 11-4-2019

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid&user=nrcplink&password=ascension1!&profile=nup

NRC Plus Desktop Icons

AIT pushed out updates for the NRC Plus Desktop icons. 

• Some of the desktop icons are already working with the new link. 
• If yours doesn’t, you may not have gotten the update yet. Try re-starting your computer.
• If it still doesn’t pull in the updated link, contact the AIT Help Desk and ask them to push it out to your computer specifically.  Mention “desktop icon” or “desktop support” in the subject line or title of the request, for it to get to the correct person/team. 

Ascension Wisconsin EHRs:

I updated the NRC Plus Links on the Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide, which means they should also be working through the various EHRs around the state now, too.    

          > Be aware that you may need to hit refresh for the new NRC Plus links to load on these pages.

Legacy Intranet Library Pages

• Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide - updated
• Ascension WI LibGuides - updated
• CSM Library - in progress
• Library without Walls - Ministry Health Care Library Intranet - updated
• WFHC Library - in progress

Legacy Intranet Pages

• We requested that the NRC Plus links be updated on The Source, CSM and WFHC Taunet Intranets.
• Please be aware that it may take a while for these updates to take effect, as we are working through surrogates. 

For questions or concerns, please contact your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians:

                  Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

Nurses Choice Recommended Reading - November 2019

November 2019 See what your fellow nurses are reading! Browse this month's round-up of the top 10 most read articles from Lippincott's prestigious list of nursing journals. Check out the video below on caring for patients with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.

Trying to Do What Is Best: A Qualitative Study of Maternal-Infant Bonding and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Advances in Neonatal Care, October 2019 Survivor But Not Fully Recovered: The Lived Experience After 1 Year of Surviving Sepsis Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, November/December 2019 Parkinson disease: Enhance nursing knowledge Nursing, November 2019 Screen Time and Cardiovascular Risks Among Middle-Aged Women Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, November/December 2019 Implementing Guidelines for Treating Chronic Pain with Prescription Opioids AJN, American Journal of Nursing, November 2019 Interdisciplinary Rounds on a Hospitalist Service: Impact on Palliative Care Measures, Quality, and Utilization Outcomes Journal of Nursing Care Quality, October/December 2019 Ensuring Workplace Safety: Evidence Supporting Interventions for Nurse Administrators JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration, November 2019 Eradicating hepatitis C virus: The APRN's role Nurse Practitioner, November 2019 Improving Perinatal Care Through Theory Application MCN, American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, November/December 2019 Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Silent Epidemic Gastroenterology Nursing, September/October 2019

EBP Brief on Eat, Sleep, Console

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

* Questions about access, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

                     Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden