Worth a Click

ECRI’s SALUTE Program
https://home.ecri.org/pages/ecri-salute-program
ECRI launched the SALUTE program to improve health care for veterans, wherever they seek it.  The free toolkit is available to all providers and others in the healthcare space. It promotes a Total Systems Safety approach to veteran care. Materials include training on “60 Seconds of
Listening to Improve Diagnostic Safety,” webinar and white paper for caregivers, and a checklist for veterans.

BADGERLINK
https://badgerlink.dpi.wi.gov/
Badgerlink offers trusted e-books, journal articles and databases for Wisconsin residents of all ages, provided by our State Library. There’s full text coverage for a wide variety of topics, from current events to academic resources to career guidance and test prep.

The Pudding
https://pudding.cool/
A digital publication with fascinating graphics, The Pudding deals with all manner of quirky
questions. Its label as “the best Internet rabbit hole” is well-earned.

Your Nerdy Best Friend - Beth Z
https://yournerdybestfriend.com/watch-beth/
Tech trainer Beth Z produces blog posts and videos as “Your Nerdy Best Friend.” Her reviews of
the latest gadgets, software, and technology trends are funny and informative.

Ruckus

https://www.rxuckus.org

Black women doctors share their perspectives on medicine, equity, patient care and the

physician’s experience. Ob-gyn residents collaborated with listener poets and artists to produce this inaugural zine and interactive website from Health4Equity and The Good Listening Project.  This website is artistic and very much embodies our ABIDE concepts.  

* Special thanks to Ascension Librarian Jennifer Barlow in Kalamazoo, MI, for sharing these worthy finds.

NCLEX Study Resources through Learning Express on Badgerlink

 

NOTE:  As of July 1, 2024, Learning Express is no longer available through Badgerlink.

Check with your nursing school as you may still have access to library resources (including test prep. content) for a period after graduation. 

 

For example, Moraine Park Technical College in Fond du Lac allows new grads to access their Library resources for up to 18 months after graduation.  They also have the equivalent of Library Express: It's called Prep Step for Colleges (by Ebsco).

 

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Did you know that Badgerlink* offers FREE online NCLEX study materials for Wisconsinites?

Badgerlink * > Test & Career Prep > Learning Express Library Career Preparation  

   >  Scroll down to Prepare for Nursing Exams  

Learning Express offers the following tools in prepping for nursing exams:

Note: You will need to sign up for a personal account to take a test or download a book from Learning Express .  A personal account also allows you to keep track of your progress.

Recommendations for working through the   NCLEX test prep materials:

 

 Video guides for using Learning Express, include the following: 

• Full Length Video
• Welcome
• Homepage
• Registering a New User
• Signing In and Out
• About Centers
• Searching for Resources
• How to Take  Tutorial
• How to Take a Test
• Download an eBook or Article
• My Center

Video Tutorial for using Learning Express (includes navigating through Badgerlink)

Learn more ...

* Badgerlink is a series of fulltext databases for citizens of Wisconsin, made available through Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction.   Our tax dollars at work!

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

Get Your GED with Learning Express High School Equivalency Center through Badgerlink

LearningExpress Library High School Equivalency Center

 

LearningExpress Library High School Equivalency Center

 

Guided support and preparation to help you earn a high school equivalency credential.

Audience

• General Public
• High School Student

• Practice for the GED® Test (English and Español), HiSET®, and TASC exams
• Build reading, writing, math, grammar, vocabulary, and spelling skills

Trainings

View LearningExpress Library: Info Sheet Training

• Learn how to search and navigate LearningExpress as well as find information about the full-text content, permalinks, citations, and the copyright of this resource

LearningExpress Library: Adult Education Resources  [Video Length: 20+ min.]

• Learn how to take advantage of the skill building and test prep materials for adults available in LearningExpress Library. (from 6-18-2020)

Learn more ...

* Badgerlink is a series of fulltext databases for citizens of Wisconsin, made available through Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction.   Our tax dollars at work!

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

NCLEX Study Resources through Learning Express on Badgerlink

NOTE:  As of July 1, 2024, Learning Express is no longer available through Badgerlink.

Check with your nursing school as you may still have access to library resources (including test prep. content) for a period after graduation.

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Did you know that Badgerlink* offers FREE online NCLEX study materials for Wisconsinites?

Badgerlink * > Test & Career Prep > Learning Express Library Career Preparation  

   >  Scroll down to Prepare for Nursing Exams  

Learning Express offers the following tools in prepping for nursing exams:

Note: You will need to sign up for a personal account to take a test or download a book from Learning Express .  A personal account also allows you to keep track of your progress.

Recommendations for working through the   NCLEX test prep materials:

 

 Video guides for using Learning Express, include the following: 

• Full Length Video
• Welcome
• Homepage
• Registering a New User
• Signing In and Out
• About Centers
• Searching for Resources
• How to Take  Tutorial
• How to Take a Test
• Download an eBook or Article
• My Center

Video Tutorial for using Learning Express (includes navigating through Badgerlink)

Learn more ...

* Badgerlink is a series of fulltext databases for citizens of Wisconsin, made available through Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction.   Our tax dollars at work!

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

 

Celebrate Health Literacy with BadgerLink Resources

[This article first appeared on The Badger Bulletin October 27, 2020.]

October is Health Literacy Month, a perfect time to highlight the health resources available to all Wisconsin residents through BadgerLink. Login to BadgerLink to access these resources from home today!

Question about your prescription medication? Take a look at AHFS Consumer Medication Information. Published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, it offers content from drug information ebooks. Written for the average person, this resource includes "how to" information for administering different types of medications and identifies medications that have the potential for adverse events when used by older adults.

Want to learn more about alternative and holistic approaches to health care and wellness? Alt HealthWatch contains full-text articles for more than 190 international, and often peer-reviewed journals on subjects such as acupuncture, aromatherapy, childbirth, Chinese medicine, chiropractic, creative therapies, cross-cultural therapies, energy medicine, herbalism, homeopathy, mind-body medicine, naturopathy, nutrition, osteopathy, and more​.

Consumer Health Complete is your one-stop shop, BadgerLink resource for consumer-oriented health content, from mainstream to holistic medicine. This resource contains full text for more than 560 magazines and journals, 230 full-text health reference books and encyclopedias, and hundreds of medical images and diagrams​.

If you are a middle or high school student researching consumer health information for a project, start your search with Health Source: Consumer Edition. Full-text consumer health magazines, health pamphlets, and reference books that cover many health topics including medical sciences, food science and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health. Great for general public use too!

Nursing and medical students at the college and post baccalaureate level may find Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition more helpful for their research. With more than 355 full-text journals including 287 peer-reviewed journals, this resource provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses, and medical educators with information on many medical disciplines. Full-text journals include: Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Inquiry and more!

For even more in depth academic research in the medical/nursing fields, be sure to also utilize MEDLINE and PubMed. MEDLINE contains over 21 million citations to journal articles in the life sciences and is used by healthcare professionals, nurses, clinicians, and researchers engaged in clinical care, public health, and health policy development. PubMed has over 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

Questions about getting started searching in any of these resources? Ask a Librarian or check out the BadgerLink Training page for helpful information sheets and videos.

Vendor

• EBSCO
• PubMed