NRC Plus FAQ Home and Mobile Access

 

Ascension's national subscription for Nursing Reference Center Plus (NRC Plus) includes access at home or via mobile device.  

See the 2 handouts below to help answer some of the most frequent questions:

• NRC Plus  - Home & Mobile Access (Ascension access only)
• NRC Plus  - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (Ascension access only)

These documents are shared on GoogleDrive. 
Ascension users will be asked to sign in with your usual network login.  

More help and Tutorials about NRC Plus on our NRC Plus Search Tips page. 

Review of Nursing Reference Center Plus

  

What is Nursing Reference Center Plus?

Nursing Reference Center Plus is an evidence-based reference tool for nurses at the point-of-care.  

NRC Plus includes:

·        Nursing Skills & Procedures (with Competencies)

·        Diseases & Conditions

·        Evidence-Based Care Sheets

·        Drug Info with Nursing Implications

·        Management Topics

·        Patient Education Handouts to supplement what is already in the EHRs

·        Easy Journal Search

*        Continuing Education

·         Videos & Images

NRC Plus is considered an excellent source-of-truth for current nursing skills & procedures.  After your local policies, NRC Plus should be the go-to reference that will help you provide consistent and highly reliable care across Ascension.

NRC Plus is kept up-to-date with current best evidence and best practice.

Where to find it (Accessing NRC Plus):

There are multiple ways to get to NRC Plus.  Pick the one that is easiest for you:

• Nursing Reference Center Plus (Direct Link)

• Look for the desktop icon on ALL Ascension Wisconsin computers.  Note : This is on the computer desktop, not the intranet. 

• Also on the local Good-Day Ascension Wisconsin intranet under Nursing & Clinical Operations,  aka the AW Nursing Intranet Page 
• AW Intranet > Clinical Resource Teams > Nursing > NRC Plus
• Also on the NEW AW Library website
• Also on The  Nursing Point-of-Care Guide  and The Nursing Specialties Guide
• It may also be listed as a reference link through the EPIC EHRs around Wisconsin.

Additional Resources:

Nursing Reference Center Plus Search Tips Page

• Helpful handouts, videos and tutorials for NRC Plus
• Includes info about accessing NRC at home and via mobile devices
• How to cite documents and reference content from NRC Plus.
• How to tell the difference between a Nursing Skill and a Journal Article in NRC Plus

• NRC Plus Takeaway Guide (1-page handout)
• NRC Plus  - Home & Mobile Access (Ascension access only)
• NRC Plus  - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (Ascension access only)

The short 3-minute video is on the landing page for NRC – Plus under the Take a Tour link in the middle of the page.

• This is a nice introduction to NRC-Plus.
• Short, sweet and practical!

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

Ascension Wisconsin Library Home Page

NRC Plus FAQ Home and Mobile Access

 

Ascension's national subscription for Nursing Reference Center Plus (NRC Plus) includes access at home or via mobile device.  

See the 2 handouts below to help answer some of the most frequent questions:

• NRC Plus  - Home & Mobile Access (Ascension access only)
• NRC Plus  - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (Ascension access only)

These documents are shared on GoogleDrive. 
Ascension users will be asked to sign in with your usual network login.  

More help and Tutorials about NRC Plus on our NRC Plus Search Tips page. 

Review of Nursing Reference Center Plus

 

What is Nursing Reference Center Plus?

Nursing Reference Center Plus is an evidence-based reference tool for nurses at the point-of-care.  

NRC Plus includes:

·        Nursing Skills & Procedures (with Competencies)

·        Diseases & Conditions

·        Evidence-Based Care Sheets

·        Drug Info with Nursing Implications

·        Management Topics

·        Patient Education Handouts to supplement what is already in the EHRs

·        Easy Journal Search

*        Continuing Education

·         Videos & Images

NRC Plus is considered an excellent source-of-truth for current nursing skills & procedures.  After your local policies, NRC Plus should be the go-to reference that will help you provide consistent and highly reliable care across Ascension.

NRC Plus is kept up-to-date with current best evidence and best practice.

Where to find it (Accessing NRC Plus):

There are multiple ways to get to NRC Plus.  Pick the one that is easiest for you:

• Nursing Reference Center Plus (Direct Link)

• Look for the desktop icon on ALL Ascension Wisconsin computers.  Note : This is on the computer desktop, not the intranet. 

       or 

• Also on the local Good-Day Ascension Wisconsin intranet under Nursing & Clinical Operations,  aka the AW Nursing Intranet Page 
• AW Intranet > Clinical Resource Teams > Nursing > NRC Plus
• Also on the NEW AW Library website
• Also on The  Nursing Point-of-Care Guide  and The Nursing Specialties Guide
• It may also be listed as a reference link through the EPIC EHRs around Wisconsin.

Additional Resources:

Nursing Reference Center Plus Search Tips Page

• Helpful handouts, videos and tutorials for NRC Plus
• Includes info about accessing NRC at home and via mobile devices
• How to cite documents and reference content from NRC Plus.
• How to tell the difference between a Nursing Skill and a Journal Article in NRC Plus

• NRC Plus Takeaway Guide (1-page handout)
• NRC Plus  - Home & Mobile Access (Ascension access only)
• NRC Plus  - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (Ascension access only)

The short 3-minute video is on the landing page for NRC – Plus under the Take a Tour link in the middle of the page.

• This is a nice introduction to NRC-Plus.
• Short, sweet and practical!

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

Ascension Wisconsin Library Home Page

Nursing Reference Center Plus: Best Evidence for Busy Nurses

Nurses, PCTs, CNAs, and allied health specialists at Ascension have a secret weapon in their back pockets - Nursing Reference Center Plus (NRC-Plus). 

NRC Plus is a website to support clinical care. It’s a great resource for any busy nurse with a question in mind.

NRC Plus is designed to deliver reliable information, quickly. 

It contains:

• evidence-based care sheets
• nursing skills procedures and checklists
• CEU modules 
• patient handouts
• "quick lessons" providing concise clinical summaries
• journal articles 
• and books.

It’s easy to search NRC-Plus and narrow your results to locate the best answer. Having evidence-based tools at our fingertips helps us deliver top-notch care. NRC-Plus is continuously updated with new medical discoveries, so you can have confidence that you’re using the best available information.

A little-known feature of NRC-Plus is the collection of full-text nursing books. 

Find these under the   “More” tab at the top of the screen [See image above.]

• AHFS Drug information essentials
• Davis’s comprehensive manual of laboratory and diagnostic tests with nursing implications
• Davis’s drug guide for nurses
• Diseases and disorders: a nursing therapeutics manual
• Nursing care plans
• Nursing diagnosis manual
• Pocket psych drugs
• RN Notes: nurse’s clinical pocket guide
• Taber’s cyclopedic medical dictionary
• Understanding medical surgical nursing

Ascension subscribes to NRC-Plus for all our associates nation-wide. 

It is accessible in a number of ways:

• An icon on the desktop of all Ascension computers (white square with red writing)
• From within the EHRs 
• From the AW Library web pages: 
• Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide
• Nursing Specialties LibGuide

• Available as an app for your smartphone or tablet (free download)
• From home with a password (set up your account from an Ascension computer, then you can connect to NRC+ from anywhere on the Web)

Find out more on the NRC Plus Search Tips pages.  

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

NRC Plus - How to tell the difference between Nursing Procedures and Journal Articles?

Question: How do I know if I’m looking at a nursing procedure vs. a journal article in NRC Plus, and why should I care?

Answer: Nursing Reference Center Plus (NRC Plus) is an evidence-based point-of-care tool for nurses.   It offers always current, evidence-based Nursing Skills & Procedures (with competencies) along with evidence-based care sheets, drug info, patient education, and other content.  

NRC Plus includes the CINAHL Complete database as an easy way to search for journal articles, when you need to dig deeper.  That said, it’s important to understand what you’re looking at when you find “the perfect document” in NRC Plus, because journal articles may not be current or evidence-based.

Fortunately, NRC Plus gives several clues to help you decipher a nursing skill from a journal article.      

Read more in this step-by-step tutorial with screenshots. [pdf]

Learn more about NRC Plus:

Nursing Reference Center Plus Search Tips page

·         Helpful handouts, videos and tutorials for NRC Plus

·         Includes info about access NRC at home and via mobile devices

·         How to cite documents and reference content from NRC Plus.

This short 3-minute video is on the landing page for NRC – Plus under the Take a Tour link in the middle of the page. [Requires Flash].     Short, sweet and practical!

NRC Plus Takeaway Guide (1-page handout)

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

                     Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

Q&A: How do I cite and reference content from the NRC Plus in APA style?

Question: How do I cite and reference content from the Nursing Reference Center in APA style?

Answer: 

NRC Plus offers an EbscoConnect Help page / tutorial to answer this question:  

Nursing Reference Center Plus - Citing References in APA Format (Ebsco Tutorial)

Start by going in to Nursing Reference Center Plus (NRC Plus).  

• Every work computer at Ascension should have an NRC Plus icon quick link on the computer desktop.   
• NRC Plus can also be accessed via 
• the AW Libraries homepage
• Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide
• and the Nursing Specialties LibGuide.

Then follow the steps in the tutorial at the top of the page.

        >  Note:  It is important to examine each part of the pre-generated reference to make sure it is formatted correctly, and not missing important elements just as a doi or permalink.

Citing Articles in APA Style, 7th ed. (Examples from Ebsco) 

• Shows examples of properly formatted APA citations for the most common material types (journal article, book chapter, etc.)  Citing Sources - 

Nursing Reference Center Plus Search Tips page

·         Helpful handouts, videos and tutorials for NRC Plus

·         Includes info about access NRC at home and via mobile devices

Citing Sources includes info about the anatomy of a citation, and other citation tools (Not limited to APA format).    

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

                     Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

Review of Nursing Reference Center Plus

What is Nursing Reference Center Plus?

Nursing Reference Center Plus is an evidence-based point-of-care tool for nurses, that includes:

·                     Nursing Skills & Procedures (with Competencies)

·                     Diseases & Conditions

·                     Evidence-Based Care Sheets

·                     Drug Info with Nursing Implications

·                     Management Topics

·                     Patient Education Handouts to supplement what is already in the EHRs

·                     Easy Journal Search

·                     Continuing Education

·                     Videos & Images

NRC Plus is considered an excellent source-of-truth for current nursing skills & procedures.  After your local policies, NRC Plus should be the go-to reference that will help you provide consistent and highly reliable care across Ascension.

Where to find it (Accessing NRC Plus):

• Nursing Reference Center Plus (Direct Link)

• Look for the desktop icon on ALL Ascension Wisconsin computers.  Note : This is on the computer desktop, not the intranet. 

       or 

• Also on local intranets and Library Pages 
• Also on The  Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide  and The Nursing Specialties LibGuide
• It may also be listed as a reference link through the many EHRs around the state

Nursing Reference Center Plus Search Tips page

• Helpful handouts, videos and tutorials for NRC Plus
• Includes info about accessing NRC at home and via mobile devices
• How to cite documents and reference content from NRC Plus.
• How to tell the difference between a Nursing Skill and a Journal Article in NRC Plus

The short 3-minute video is on the landing page for NRC – Plus under the Take a Tour link in the middle of the page. [Requires Flash].

• This is what we told / showed nurses during the site visits. 
• Short, sweet and practical!

NRC Plus Takeaway Guide (1-page handout)

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

                     Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden