Links & Citations in Nursing Reference Center (NRC) – A Tutorial

People often ask me how to get a permalink and/or citations for documents in Nursing Reference Center.    This question comes up regularly when people want to :

• share NRC documents
• cite them in policies / procedures
• cite them in papers or
• CBTs
• or other venues
• or go back to them later

Unfortunately, people soon discover the url harvested from the browser location box times out and leads to an error message after a few short hours.  This tutorial on getting permalinks and citations in NRC should simplify the process, and save you time and frustration.

This tutorial is also included on our  NRC Support Page  (if you need it in future) along with other helpful tips for using NRC.

Questions or comments?

Contact your Librarians :

Michele Matucheski  (920-223-0340)  or Deb Knippel (715-346-5091)

Cochrane Clinical Answers

Introducing a new tool for evidence-based practice: Cochrane Clinical Answers.                                      Real PICO questions with best-evidence answers culled from The Cochrane Library.

Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCA)                             The Cochrane Library

Watch a recorded training webinar on CCA.

Where to Access : Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCA) can be found on the following pages:

o   The Ministry Library without Walls Intranet

o   Evidence-based Practice LibGuide

o   our A-Z Databases List

o   The Clinical Reference Tools LibGuide

Get practical evidence for healthcare decision-making with Cochrane Clinical Answers, a new physician-focused resource from the Cochrane Library. Based on the high-quality evidence of Cochrane systematic reviews, this clinical support tool provides evidence-based answers when and where you need them most, making it easy to find authoritative answers to your clinical questions. 

Cochrane Clinical Answers focuses on important patient-centered outcomes, enabling you to apply the results of Cochrane reviews in practice.

Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCAs) provide a readable, digestible, clinically focused entry point to rigorous research from Cochrane systematic reviews.  CCAs are designed to be actionable and to inform decision making at the point of care. Each Cochrane Clinical Answer contains a clinical question, a short answer, and an opportunity to ‘drill down’ to the evidence from relevant Cochrane reviews.  Evidence is displayed in a user friendly format, mixing narrative, numbers and graphics.

Target Audience :  Physicians, Healthcare practitioners and professionals, and other informed health care decision-makers.  

Cochrane Clinical Answers are developed using a rigorous process, ensuring that the information you access reflects the latest research. New questions are continually added to ensure broad coverage across a range of medical topics. This evidence-based resource is designed for access at the point of care, providing you with the highest-quality research for use in your daily practice.

Questions or Comments?

Contact Your Librarians,

Deb Knippel and Michele Matucheski 

Sandwich Seminars with Library Services : Spring 2015 Schedule

Ministry Library Services will be offering the following  brief training sessions via WebEx. 

All Ministry Associates, Providers, and Medical Staff are welcome to attend.

Grab your lunch, tune in and join us for the upcoming sessions.

This sessions will be recorded and made available on our Search Tips & Tutorials LibGuide  where you can find additional training videos, handouts, and other support materials. 

Introduction to Clinical Key

Friday  April 17, 2015   7:15 am       Link to Recorded WebEx

Lead by Deb Knippel

Expected duration : 15-20 minutes

Intro to / Review of Nursing Reference Center

Friday April 17, 2015   12 noon   Link to Recorded WebEx

Lead by Michele Matucheski

Expected duration : 20 -25 minutes

Natural Standard / Natural Medicines

Wednesday April 29, 2015    12 noon.  

Lead by Deb Knippel

Expected duration : 15-20 minutes

Review of Library Services

Tuesday  May 5, 2015     12 noon  Register.    Link to Recorded WebEx

Lead by Deb Knippel

Expected duration : 15-20 minutes

Clinical Reference Tools for Providers

Friday June 5, 2015  12 noon   Register.      Link to Recorded WebEx

Lead by Michele Matucheski

Expected duration : 15-20 minutes

Questions or comments?  Please contact your Librarians,  Michele Matucheski or Deb Knippel.

Visit The Library without Walls and our Clinical Reference Tools Page.

Affinity Library Intranet Page to be retired April 30, 2015 : Use the Ministry Library without Walls Instead

The old Affinity Library Intranet Page will be retired April 30, 2015. 

Why the change?

• EM3, the content management system that Affinity has used for years is no longer being supported by its creators, and has been increasingly “unstable.”
• Since the merger with Ministry Health Care in 2012, we’ve been working behind the scenes to make sure we offer the SAME library resources  throughout  Ministry and Affinity.   Over the last few years, we’ve slowly been making changes “under the hood” to codify and unify Library offerings.  You may already be using some of our new LibGuide pages.
• This fits into the idea of One Ministry with one Library Services Department to serve the whole system of Ministry Health Care (including Affinity). 
•  Rest assured : You’ll still be able to access your favorite Library resources (Nursing Reference Center, Clinical Key, Access Medicine, Nursing Standards LibGuide, your favorite eJournals, and more …).
• Additionally, your Librarians will still be available to support the work you do by providing articles, and full-text access, research, and training—as usual.
• The physical library at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh remains  The Resource Library for ALL of Ministry Health Care, with Michele Matucheski as your Librarian.    Only the intranet website is changing. 

What to use instead?

·          Use the Ministry Library without Walls as the Library Intranet  Home Page.

·         

How to get there?

·         The Source > Links and Resources > Search for Library > Click on “Library without Walls”

·      

        Direct Link :  http://intranet.ministryhealth.net/display/48.htm 

Handy Tip :  Why not add the Library without Walls to your favorite links in The Source?

Questions or comments?  Please contact your Librarian,  Michele Matucheski.

Visit The Library without Walls and our Clinical Reference Tools Page.

Introducing The Clinical Reference Tools for Providers LibGuide

With the Clinical Reference Tools for Providers LibGuide, we’ve pulled together everything a busy health care provider might need to look up info for patient care. 

The landing page provides easy access to :

Clinical Key (with FirstConsult and ProceduresConsult)

Nursing Reference Center

Access Medicine

Harrison’s Online

PubMed/ Medline

Medscape

National Guideline Clearinghouse, and more …

The tabs across the top lead to more tools for :

Drug Information

Diagnosis

Find Books / eBooks

Journals Title Search

Patient Education

How to get there :

The Source > Links & Resources > Library >

Clinical Reference Tools (Under Most Popular)

Clinical Reference Tools for Providers LibGuide 

Direct url :   http://ministryhealth.libguides.com/clinicalreference

Clinical Reference Tools for Providers : A Sandwich Seminar with Library Services

Friday June 5, 2015  12 noon   Register.  

Lead by Michele Matucheski

Expected duration : 15-20 minutes

Add it to Your Favorite Links in The Source for easy access!

Do you have other suggestions for what you’d like to see on this LibGuide? 

Let me know :

Michele Matucheski    920-223-0340  mmatuche@affinityhealth.org

Introduction to Nursing Reference Center : A Sandwich Seminar with Library Services

Nursing Reference Center (NRC) is a point-of-care reference tool designed especially for Nurses, but it is also offers relevant info for many other professions, such as pharmacy and rehab.   

Nursing Reference Center content includes :

·         Quick Lessons on Health Conditions and Diseases

·         Evidence-Based Care Sheets

·         Drug Information

·         Skills/Procedures

·         Skill Competency Checklists

·         Continuing Education Modules

·         Patient Education Handouts

·         Best Practice Guidelines

·         Point-of-Care Reference Books

·         and Full-Text Journal Articles

Learn how Nursing Reference Center can make your work life easier and smarter in this WebEx session available to all Ministry Nurses, Providers, and Associates.

Introduction to Nursing Reference Center : Sandwich Seminar

Friday, April 17, 2015   12 noon             Watch the Recorded WebEx.

Expected duration : 20-25 minutes

This session will be recorded and made  available on our Nursing Reference Center Support Page, where you can find additional training videos, handouts, and support materials. 

Alternatively, you can watch a previously recorded WebEx session through Pathlore/iLearn and have it appear on your transcript :   

Course:  Introduction to Nursing Reference Center (NRC) CBT
Code: SDPZ100AC
Course Type: Class Recorded for Online CBT

Questions or comments?  Please contact your Librarian,  Michele Matucheski.

Visit The Library without Walls and our Clinical Reference Tools Page.

Introduction to Clinical Key : A Sandwich Seminar with Library Services

Clinical Key replaced MDConsult on Jan 1.  Learn how Clinical Key can make your work life easier and smarter in this WebEx session available to all Ministry Associates and Providers.  

Clinical Key includes :

·                        “FirstConsult” point-of-care clinical consults (similar to UptoDate)

·                         over 500 journals

·                         over 1000 textbooks

·                         Procedures Consult

·                         Patient Education 

·                         Drug Info from Clinical Pharmacology

·                         over 13,000 medical and surgical videos

·                         over 2,000 practice guidelines

Introduction to Clinical Key : Sandwich Seminar

Wednesday March 11, 2015   12 noon     Watch the Recorded WebEx  (21 min)

Expected duration : 15-20 minutes

This session will be recorded and made  available on our Clinical Key Support Page, where you can find additional training videos, handouts, and other support materials. 

Questions or comments?  Please contact your Librarian,  Michele Matucheski.

Visit The Library without Walls and our Clinical Reference Tools Page.

Clinical Key Offers Free CME

1.    Create a personal account by clicking the Register link at the top right corner of the Clinical Key homepage.

2.    Search for an answer to a clinical question – access book, journal, or FirstConsult content.

3.    Find – Study a result to find what you need and click on the CME icon.

4.    Redeem – Complete the Cleveland Clinic form and submit to earn credit!

Other Helpful Links :

Clinical Key (direct link)    

Clinical Key Quick Reference Card

Setting up a Personal Account in Clinical Key

Clinical Key Support Page (Ministry Library Services)

Questions or Comments?   Feel free to contact Your Librarians:

Deb Knippel at 715-346-5091  or    Michele Matucheski 920-223-0340 

Accessing the FirstConsult App

FirstConsult is a point-of-care tool available through our Institutional subscription to Clinical Key.   You can search FirstConsult through Clinical Key at any Ministry computer.      FirstConsult is also available as a stand-alone iPhone / iPad app.

First Consult offers point-of-care monographs that leverage evidence-based medical information into succinct, clinical answers that are trusted, quick, and accessible from world-renowned physician experts.

Quick answers at the point-of-care

·         Evidence-based medical information is distilled through the collaborative editorial process, ensuring the content is accurate, current and relevant to your practice.

·         Workflow-friendly format characterized by succinct, bulleted answers presented within two clicks

·         More than 1400 primary care disease topic pages covering risk factors, treatments, clinical manifestations, ddx, dosing info, best evidence, and more.

How to get the App:

Before you download the FirstConsult App, you must first create an account in Clinical Key.  If you don't have one, then begin with step 1. If you already have one, skip to Step 4 below :

1.  Visit Clinical Key on a Ministry work computer.
2. Click on the Register link.
3. Enter the required data -- your email address will be your username.
4. Search the App Store for First Consult.   3 options will appear : Choose Option 1 "I use FirstConsult and know my username."    When prompted, login using your newly created personal login.

iPhone Screenshots :

Questions or Comments?   Feel free to contact Your Librarians:

Deb Knippel at 715-346-5091  or    Michele Matucheski 920-223-0340 

Other Helpful Links :

Clinical Key (direct link)    

FirstConsult iPhone / iPad App Flier

Clinical Key Support Page (Ministry Library Services)

Clinical Key Quick Reference Card

Setting up a Personal Account in Clinical Key

5 Simple Steps to Create a Personal Account

1.    Visit Clinical Key within your institutional network or IP Range.

2.    Click the Register Link.

3.    Enter the required data – your email address will be your user name.

4.    Confirm your password be re-entering it.

5.    Congratulations!  You’ve created a new personal account with Clinical Key.

If you require remote access outside of our network, please contact Your Librarians :

Deb Knippel at 715-346-5091  or    Michele Matucheski 920-223-0340 

Clinical Key (direct link)

Clinical Key Support Page (Ministry Library Services)

Clinical Key Quick Reference Card