Patient Education in Other Languages via Clinical Key

Clinical Key is a medical reference tool available to all Ascension Wisconsin Clinicians and associates.

On the Clinical Key home page, click on the Patient Education Tab.

In Clinical Key Patient Education, click on the Available Languages Tab [See below]:

 

• In this case, there are currently 5731 handouts in Arabic via Clinical Key, with other languages also available.
• Alternatively, available languages are listed below each handout, with English and Spanish being the most widely available.
• Not every Clinical Key Patient Handout is available in other languages, but the list is growing ... 

 As of April 2023, this is the current list of languages available in Clinical Key for Patient Handouts:

See Also:

Clinical Key Search Tips page for more info and tutorials for using Clinical Key effectively and efficiently. 

Patient Education in English

Patient Education in Other Languages

Ascension Wisconsin Library Services

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

          Michele Matucheski      &       Kellee Selden

How to find Patient Education in Other Languages?

Question : How do I find patient education in other languages?  NRC Plus only gives me English and Spanish. 

Answer:   Many of our licensed databases (NRC Plus, Clinical Key, LexiComp, etc.) offer patient education in other languages. 

For a complete listing, check the Patient Ed. in Other Languages tab on the Nursing Point-of-Care Tools or The Physician & Provider Tool Box LibGuides.   

These Guides are available through many of the EHRs around the state as an additional reference for Nurses and Providers.  Also available on the regional Ascension Wisconsin Library pages.   

• Note that there is one tab for Patient Education in English
• And one tab for Patient Education in Other Languages
• These pages include links and tutorials on how to find patient ed. in these databases.

NRC Plus includes patient education handouts in English and Spanish  languages only.

The example below demonstrates how to find a patient ed. handout in multiple languages through The Lexicomp Drug Reference. 

In Lexicomp, click on the Patient Education tab [See above].

        

On the left-hand side-bar, English is the default language, but if you click the down arrow, it will give you the choice of many other languages.

• Please be aware that not every patient handout will be available in every language possible.    Spanish is by far the most common, but other languages (like Hmong) are harder to come by. 
•  The left side of the Patient Ed. in other Languages page contains links for patient education in Hmong, Spanish, and other languages worldwide. 
• Keep in mind, whatever “outside” handout is given to a patient will need to be documented appropriately in the EHR.

Questions or Comments?

Contact your Ascension Wisconsin Clinical Librarians:

Michele Matucheski    and   Kellee Selden