Friday, April 1, 2016

Ask-a-Librarian : Do we have Perry & Potter?

Question: Do we have electronic access to a reference by Perry and Potter? I am hearing that this is a great nursing resource? Thanks!

Answer :  I believe you are referring to the “Perry and Potter” book, officially known as :


Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques (Perry & Potter) by Anne Griffin Perry; Patricia A. Potter; Wendy Ostendorf           ISBN: 9780323083836                Publication Date: 2014
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Unfortunately, we do NOT have online access to this wonderful reference.  The publisher knows how valuable it is, and they do NOT make it available for purchase as a single eBook to Libraries or institutions.  They will only sell it as part of a much larger online package called Clinical Skills or Clinical Key for Nursing, which are similar to Nursing Reference Center.

We do have a print copy at the Mercy Medical Center Library in Reference, meaning it does not circulate.     
Deb Knippel also has a print copy at the St Michael’s Hospital Library at 2501 Main in Stevens Point.
On the Affinity side, this was always the go-to nursing procedure manual, so every nursing floor/department had their own copy—again because the online version was not available to us.
If you want to check a particular chapter or section, I can scan and email select pages to you.

You can find several alternative Nursing Procedures references (eBooks and/or Print) on The Nursing Standards LibGuide at http://ministryhealth.libguides.com/nursingstandards  which also includes links for Nursing Reference Center.

Nursing Reference Center has a great Skills & Procedures section that IS available online all over Ministry Health Care.  Take the tour here.

Your Librarian,

Michele Matucheski, MLS, AHIP – Librarian and Information Consultant

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