Announcements and featured resources for Library Users of Ascension Wisconsin Health Intranets (including legacy Affinity/Ministry/Fox Valley, Columbia-St. Mary's, and Wheaton-Franciscan).
Did you know that Wisconsin is ranked as one of the best places in the US to practice medicine? You are in the right place! And we're glad you're here with us.
Check out the full article from MDLinkx to see the other top states for 2021.
Brought to you by Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians:
Michele Matucheski Kellee Selden
A fast, easy and fun way to learn medical words and meanings.
FREE MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY COURSE
Who is this course for?
Those interested in learning how to better understand common medical words and meanings but do not need a certificate of completion.
What do you get?
Access to all 15 modules at no cost.
What you don’t get?
Progress through the course is not tracked. We are unable to confirm you’ve completed the course and a certificate of completion is not available.
Start the FREE Online Medical Terminology Course
Who is this course for?
*Please note: The course is not eligible for academic credit or a grade from Des Moines University. An academic transcript is not available from the registrar's office. DMU does not guarantee acceptance of the course. It’s the user's responsibility to confirm the course qualifies.
What do you get?
Register to Receive a Certificate ($99)
Este curso también se ofrece en Español
If you have questions about the certificate of participation, please see our frequently asked questions.
Who is (and isn't) getting vaccinated, in 4 chartsfrom The Advisory Board's Daily Briefing Young adults are less likely to be vaccinated against Covid-19 than other age groups—and nearly 25% of those between 18 and 39 said they probably or definitely won't get vaccinated, according to data from CDC. See who's getting vaccinated and who isn't on our interactive charts. |
Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians are still working remotely, supporting our Health Care Heroes during the pandemic.
| June 2021 See what your fellow nurses are reading! Browse this month's round-up of 10 top articles from Lippincott's prestigious list of nursing journals. Also: Read the latest post in the NursingCenter Blog: "Nursing: Not Just a Career, But a Lifestyle" |  |
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Our Mission, Vision and Values guide everything we do at Ascension. As part of this, the Ascension Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) program seeks to address the strategies healthcare professionals associated with Ascension can apply to their practices that will contribute to our Mission and vision. Unique to Ascension’s faith- based ministry, the IPCE program will ensure that the care model it advocates incorporates compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable.
With IPCE and Joint Accreditation program, you have a team of committed leaders to support this national program as well as your local educational activities. We are excited to work with all disciplines of our care team to continue to bring high-quality education to our organization.
By leveraging technology to establish innovative training and education featuring internal subject matter experts from across Ascension, the livestreaming program allows for education at a time that is convenient for individual schedules and can reduce travel and time away from practice.
Ascension promotes and supports interprofessional education (IPE) activities specifically designed to improve interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) in healthcare delivery. Livestreaming and on demand CE/CME will be implemented across Ascension with anticipated expansion and usage possibilities within the local markets.
The Ascension IPCE program will:
The content of Clinical Key is constantly being updated. Here are the highlights for May 2021. Clinical Key Search Tips & Tutorials New Clinical Overviews – CK Global Updated Clinical Overviews – Selected Topics
Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: Michele Matucheski Kellee Selden |
Dear Ascension WI Associates,
We recently updated our AW IP (internet protocol) addressees with our library database vendors and Badgerlink. IPs are used to authenticate our associates with our vendors, who then allow access to our subscribed library resources such as Clinical Key and Cinahl or our eBooks and eJournals.
Please note: IPs cover the physical work sites and/or VPNs. It does NOT cover mobile access. that's a whole other ball of wax ...
If you have had problems with access issues in the past, please try again. Our current list of IPs is registered with our vendors, and that may solve some of the on-site access issues you may have experienced. Apologies for any inconveniences.
If you notice problems with access issues to any of our Library databases, please let us know so that we can work to solve the issues. Ascension Wisconsin is so geographically spread out statewide that it is impossible for the Librarians to know there's a problem with access in an IP we don't live and work in unless you alert us. We're in this together! We want to make sure you have access to the resources we've paid for. That's good stewardship.
Another note: There are different processes of authentication for remote access to Library resources.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
For comments or questions, please contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians:
Michele Matucheski and Kellee Selden
Key Point: You need to be behind our firewall so that you mobile access is registered with our Ascension license for Lexicomp. The mobile app is only available to institutions with active subscriptions--like us.
Question: Can you point me to a tool to check drug interactions?
Answer: Yes, 2 drug interaction checking tools are available to Ascension associates through A) DynaMed and B) Lexicomp, respectively.
To learn more about the drug info in DynaMed, check out this video:
DynaMed Quick Consult - Medications: Drug Interactions, Monographs, & More [12-min. video]
See also: DynaMed Search Tips
This won't be relevant for busy Nurses and Physicians / Providers who are on their feet all day. This is a public service announcement for the work-from-home set.
After 14 months of working from home and sitting on a wooden chair for most of the day, perhaps you've experienced this as well: a perpetual sore butt. Maybe your first thought was to get a good seat cushion, or a new couch and maybe even a new mattress? But then you realize that your butt normally should not hurt by sitting down. That's one of it's chief functions!
So I did some research, and found articles on something called "dead butt syndrome," aka gluteal amnesia.
Ascension Wisconsin Library Services purchased online access to the following NEW eBooks.
