Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice: 30-min. Tutorial

The Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice tutorial is available from the PubMed Online Training page on the NLM Web site. 

This tutorial was created to help clinicians including nurses and allied health professionals develop a clinical question using the PICO framework and efficiently find relevant biomedical literature using PubMed. 

The tutorial was designed to be completed in less than 30 minutes. 

The course includes scenarios, try-it exercises and additional training.  

See Also: The Ascension Wisconsin Evidence-Based Practice Guide

Bonus: If you use the PubMed links on our AW Library Website, you'll tap into our subscribed fulltext, and be able to easily order articles for the rest.  

Look for the Ascension logo under the fulltext links for each article citation.  

Brought to you by Ascension Wisconsin Library Services.

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During this webinar, Dr. Ogleysby-Odom will share how to:

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Drug Info for Nurses via NRC Plus and Lexicomp

Did you know ...

Nursing Reference Center offers Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses and AHFS Drug Essentials.

      NRC Plus Search Tips

      NRC Plus : Home & Mobile Access (pdf)  (This document is on an Ascension shared google drive, so sign in with your regular Ascension login to access.)

Lexicomp is the official drug reference for Ascension nationwide.  

      Lexicomp Search Tips (Includes info on the mobile app)

Both offer apps that you can have on your smart phone, also available where ever you go.

You'll find both of these handy drug references on the Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide linked through the EMRs around Ascension Wisconsin.  

Questions, comments, or search requests, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

 Michele Matucheski   &   Kellee Selden

NRC Plus Mobile App for Nursing

 

Question: Where do I get the NRC Plus Mobile App?

Answer: To get the download link, scroll down to the bottom of the NRC Home Page.

Click on the NRC Plus Mobile App Access link at the bottom of the NRC+ home page. 

Enter an email that you’ll be able to access on your mobile device.  After you submit, NRC+ will send you an email with instructions to download the app along with an access key.  Follow the instructions …  This grants access for 9 months.

See also:

How do I download the Nursing Reference Center Plus Mobile Application?   

• [Step-step-instructions from Ebsco.] 

 

More info on our NRC Plus Search Tips page

See additional medical, nursing and health care mobile apps.

• Most of these are all associated with our library resources.

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

Want Help Updating Patient Care Policies & Procedures?

Are you updating policies and procedures for patient care?

• Let your Librarians help.
• We can locate current evidence-based practice info
• and help format proper citations to document your practice changes.

o   Hint: Listing a naked url is not enough.  Links go bad, and without additional citation info, it’s difficult to track down what you were referring to.

Want to do it yourself?

Start with the following excellent sources:

·         Nursing Reference Center Plus

·         Nursing Point of Care Tools

·         Nursing Specialties LibGuide

·         PubMed (for journal articles, systematic reviews and guidelines0

·         Cinahl (for journal articles in Nursing & Allied Health)

·         Clinical Key (Medical eBooks, journals, and guidelines)

·         Citing Sources

See the Ascension Wisconsin Libraries web pages for more options. 

Contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians:
         Michele Matucheski   and     Kellee Selden

Introducing The Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide--now available statewide across Ascension Wisconsin.

By Michele Matucheski, MLS, AHIP – Ascension Librarian

           

The Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide

http://ascension-wi.libguides.com/Nursing-POC

            > Save this link for future use. 

The Nursing Point-of-Care  LibGuide pulls together some of the just-in-time online reference tools that are most useful for nurses in direct care of patients, including:

• Nursing Procedure Manuals
• (includes The Lippincott Manuals, known to be excellent nursing references for policies & procedures)
• Diseases & Disorders
• Drug Info
• Lab Tests
• Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
• Cinahl (Find Nursing Articles)
• Patient Education
• And links to go deeper with the Nursing Specialties LibGuide and Clinical Key.

This is meant to be a temporary solution until Ascension chooses a standardized nursing point-of-care tool and makes it available nation-wide.  There will be some lag time before an Ascension Wisconsin state-wide subscription for this NEW nursing point-of-care (POC) tool goes into effect later in 2018.   Until then, use this LibGuide.   

How to get there via the legacy intranets :

            CSM : CSM Intranet > Departments & Resources > Library > Nursing Point-of-Care

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

            or    MHC : The Source > Links & Resources > Nursing Point-of-Care

            WFHC : TauNet > Library > Nursing Point-of-Care Tools

We are also working to get this link included in the various EHRs around Wisconsin and legacy intranets. 

Questions or comments, contact your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians:

            Michele Matucheski        Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely          Kellee Selden    

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

NLM Resources for Nurses

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) offers support to nurses and nursing research by providing diverse resources. To learn more, read on …

NLM Resources for Nurses Videos

Three "NLM Resources for Nurses" videos highlight free, online resources for nursing research, patient education, and drug information:

·         NLM Resources for Nurses: Research
In fewer than 4 minutes, learn about 15 different NLM resources to support nursing research and promote quality health outcomes.

·         NLM Resources for Nurses: Patient Education
In only 2 ½ minutes, learn about 11 different NLM resources to help patients and their families learn more about diseases, disorders, conditions, and treatments.

·         NLM Resources for Nurses: Drug Information
In just over 4 minutes, learn about six NLM drug information resources to support clinical care and patient education.

PubMed for Nurses Tutorial

The PubMed for Nurses Tutorial was created specifically to help nurses efficiently find literature using PubMed.  The five videos with exercises to test your knowledge were designed to be completed in less than 30 minutes.

PubMed Tips from your Ascension WI Librarians:

·         Use the PubMed links on the Library Intranet Pages to tap into our fulltext offerings.

·         See our PubMed Search Tips  page for more tips and tutorials

·         Contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians for additional help : 

Michele Matucheski,      Mary Pat Gage,      Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely,      Kellee Selden.  

Resources for Standards and Interoperability

The Nursing Standards and Interoperability Web page is for nurses, students, informaticians and anyone interested in nursing terminologies for systems development. The two minute video, Leveraging UMLS Synonymy to Extract Nursing Terms from SNOMED CT, demonstrates how to use the Metathesaurus to find CUIs and extract concept-level synonyms between SNOMED CT and other nursing terminologies.

Additional Resources

Other resources include MedlinePlus, PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, Genetics Home Reference, AIDSource, and subject guides.

Please share with your colleagues.

·         Reprinted from The NLM Tech Bull. 2016 Jul-Aug;(411):e4.

PubMed for Nurses Video Tutorial

The PubMed for Nurses Tutorial was created specifically to help nurses efficiently find literature using PubMed.  The five videos with exercises to test your knowledge were designed to be completed in less than 30 minutes.

     Learn how to use the following PubMed Tools :

•                 Simple Search
•         Filters or Limits
•         Clinical Queries for best evidence
•         MyNCBI

    PubMed Tips from your Ascension WI Librarians:

•          Use the PubMed links on the Library Intranet Pages to tap into our fulltext offerings.
•         See our PubMed Search Tips  page for more tips and tutorials

·   Contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians for additional help : 

Michele Matucheski,      Mary Pat Gage,      Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely,     Kellee Selden.