Introducing the Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide--now available statewide across Ascension

By Michele Matucheski, MLS, AHIP – Ascension Librarian

           

The Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide

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

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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    

The Nursing Standards LibGuide : A Road Map to Key Nursing Resources

If you are charged with updating Nursing Care Policies, this may be a good place to start your research.

The Nursing Standards LibGuide pulls together some of the most-often used resources for developing and updating Nursing Standards, Practices, Policies and Procedures.  

As Your Librarian, I have been working with the several Standards Teams for more than 15 years.    I developed this tool to make it easier to find up-to-date, evidence-based info needed for Standards.   Consider it a Road Map to key resources for Nursing Standards. 

Tabs include : 
•    Nursing Procedures ebooks / books (Nursing Reference Center, Lippincott Manuals, etc)
•    Drug Info
•    Bright Ideas (Why recreate the wheel? IHI, Advisory Board, etc.)
•    Literature Review (Medline, CINAHL, and other journal indexes, and Guidelines)
•    Getting to Full-text
•    Citing Sources
•    Policies (Affinity, Ministry)
•    Regulatory & Government (CMS, WI Board of Nursing, etc.)
•    Access to your Ministry Librarians

Link to Nursing Standards LibGuide 

How to Get There : 
The Source >  Links & Resources > Search for “Library” in either column > Library without Walls > LibGuides /Research Guides > Nursing Standards

Screenshots for How to Save The Nursing Standards LibGuide to Your Source Favorites

Questions, comments, or suggestions?
Contact Your Librarian : Michele Matucheski via Outlook or 920-223-0340