Clinical Key Overviews

Clinical Key :  What are Clinical Overviews?

by Michele Matucheski, MLS, AHIP - Librarian

Clinical Overviews provide a clinically focused summary of a topic. These are very similar to UptoDate topics.  Clinical Overviews include 'key points', 'pitfalls' and 'urgent action' (where applicable) to match the clinician workflow. Clinical overviews can be searched and browsed.

Ascension Wisconsin Physicians, Providers, and Associates have access to Clinical Key statewide through Ascension Library Services. 

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

How :

To search or browse Clinical Overviews in Clinical Key, 

choose the 'First/Consult/Clinical Overviews' content type:

The Clinical Overviews sections include the following:

• Synopsis
• Terminology
• Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Complications and Prognosis
• Screening and Prevention
• Images
• References

See a Clinical Review in action : Chronic Low Back Pain

Elsevier's Point of Care Editorial team develop Clinical Overviews through a process that includes review and revision by a medical editor; peer reviews performed by subject matter experts; a production review to ensure consistency in style, grammar, and punctuation; and a final evaluation by the editor-in-chief.   After the initial release, new Clinical Overviews will be posted to ClinicalKey as they are finalized, and the changes will be posted monthly on the Resource Center.

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

          Michele Matucheski        Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely      Kellee Selden

Article adapted from here. 

Introducing The Rehabilitation - PT-OT-Speech LibGuide

Rehabilitation (PT/OT/Speech) LibGuide

This LibGuide is filled with tools to help your teams make evidence-based and well-informed health care decisions, tailored to Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy. 

            eBooks

            eJournals

            Policies & Practice Standards & WI Licensing

            Patient Education

            Professional Development

            Web Media

It's been an excellent reference for updating Rehab. policies and care maps.

Don’t forget the eTOC Service, to help you stay on top of new developments in your field.

Keep up with your professional reading with Emailed Tables-of-Contents

Ø  The Clin. eTOC list has available Rehab/PT titles on it.

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

          Michele Matucheski        Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely      Kellee Selden

Nurses Choice Recommended Reading - January 2018

January 2018

12 Hour Shifts: Literature Reviewed, Wise Use Challenged
Journal of Christian Nursing, January/March 2018

Acute respiratory failure and COPD: Recognition and care
Nursing Critical Care, January 2018

30th Annual APRN Legislative Update: Improving access to healthcare one state at a time
The Nurse Practitioner, January 2018

Neonatal Nurses Experience Unintended Consequences and Risks to Patient Safety With Electronic Health Records
CIN: Computers, Informatics Nursing, Publish ahead of print

Managing Postoperative Pain
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, January 2018

Communication strategies for patients with dementia
Nursing, December 2017

The Effectiveness of Transitions-of-Care Interventions in Reducing Hospital Readmissions and Mortality: A Systematic Review
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, November/December 2017

Hand hygiene
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, November/December 2017

Nurses to Their Nurse Leaders: We Need Your Help After a Failure to Rescue Patient Death
Nursing Administration Quarterly, October/December 2017

Post hospitalization management of patients with COPD
Nursing Management, January 2018

* List and links courtesy of Anne Chaney at Wolters-Kluwer/Ovid.

* Questions about access, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians : 

Michele Matucheski        Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely      Kellee Selden

FREE to a Good Home : 2014 AudioDigest CDs

The Mercy Library has 1 year's worth of      2014    AudioDigest CDs  available for FREE.

Although these audioCDs are too old to apply for CE credits, they do still offer excellent information for Physicians, PAs, Nurses, and other health professionals.

Available Subject areas include the following  :

Emergency Medicine 

Family Practice

Obstetrics / Gynecology

Pediatrics 

Also available on Audio :

ACCEL

Journal Watch 

PREP Audio (Pediatrics)

Look for them on the  used  book sale table.     Come early.  These are HOT items!   

Too far from Mercy?  No sweat!   I'm willing to inter-office a selection of  5-10  audio CDs anywhere within Affinity. 

Just tell me which series you're interested in.  

Why are we giving them away?

--limited shelving space for audiovisuals

--CE credits are available only for 3 years since date of publication

--Our libraries emphasize the most up-to-date info, so we want to make room for more recent issues.

Questions, Comments, or just want to Stake your Claim?

Contact Your Librarian : 

Michele Matucheski via Outlook or phone (3-0340)

New Medical & Nursing eBooks via R2 Library

By Michele Matucheski, MLS, AHIP – Medical Librarian

The following new eBooks are available statewide throughout Ascension Wisconsin.

Ø  Set them as your favorites, or bookmark them now for easy access in future.

You can always find them in our Ascension Wisconsin Libraries catalog or see our complete list of R2 offerings via the R2 Digital Library where you can browse by discipline.    Visit our topic-specific LibGuides to find links to these and other eBook titles as well. 

Medical Titles 

Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care (c 2016)

April Armstrong, BSc(PT), MSc, MD, FRCSC, Mark Hubbard, MPT

Manual of Traumatic Brain Injury (c 2016)

Felise Zollman, MD, FAAN, FAAMA

RED BOOK: 2015 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES  (c  2015)

Committee on Infectious Diseases American Academy of Pediatrics, David Kimberlin, MD, FAAP

Nursing Titles

Access Device Standards of Practice for Oncology Nursing  (c 2017)

Dawn Camp-Sorrell, RN, MSN, FNP, AOCN®, Laurl Matey, MSN, RN, CHPN

Davis's Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications (c 2017)

Anne Van Leeuwen, Mickey Bladh

Diseases and Disorders  (c 2014)

Marilyn Sommers, PhD, RN, FAAN, Ehriel Fannin, PhD(c), RN, CNL

Guidelines for Perinatal Care (c 2017)

AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn

Guidelines for Perioperative Practice 2018

AORN   (Available January 2018)

Neonatal Skin Care (c 2015)

AWHONN

Nutrition and Diet Therapy  (c 2015)

Carroll Lutz, MA, RN, Erin Mazur, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, Nancy Litch, MS, RD

Perianesthesia Nursing Care (c 2017)

Daphne Stannard, PhD, RN-BC, CNS, Dina Krenzischek, PhD, RN, MAS, CPAN, CFRE, FAAN

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (c 2017)

Donald Venes, M.D., M.S.J., F.A.C.P.

TCRN Certification Review  (c 2019)

Ann Brorsen, RN, MSN, PHN, CCRN, CEN

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 

          Michele Matucheski        Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely      Kellee Selden

Ascension Wisconsin Library Services

Introducing the Nursing Point-of-Care LibGuide for Ministry Health Care

Just a quick reminder that Nursing Reference Center will be going away as of December  31, 2017, for Ministry Health Care. 

What to use instead :  The Nursing Point-of-Care Tool

How to get there on the MHC Intranet :

            The Source > Departments & Intranets > Library > Nursing Point-of-Care

            Save this link for future use. 

With the expiration of Nursing Reference Center on December 31, 2017, there will be some lag  time before an Ascension Wisconsin state-wide subscription for a NEW Nursing point-of-care (POC) tool goes into effect later in 2018. 

The Nursing Point-of-Care  LibGuide pulls together some of the online resources that were 

formerly available through NRC, including :

                Nursing Procedure Manuals

                Diseases & Disorders

                Drug Info

                Lab Tests

                Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

                CinahlFT

                Patient Education

                And links to go deeper with the Nursing Specialties LibGuide and Clinical Key.

I know this solution is not ideal, and is meant to be a temporary fix.

Questions or comments, contact

Your Librarian,

Michele Matucheski, MLS, AHIP - via Outlook or 920-223-0340

Nurse's Choice Recommended Reading - December 2017

December, 2017

Influenza vaccination policies, masking protocols
Nursing Management, November 2017

Providing self-management education to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Addressing basic nutrition and hypoglycemia
The Nurse Practitioner, November 16, 2017

Choice of Fluids for Resuscitation of the Critically Ill: What Nurses Need to Know
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, October/December 2017

Pressure Injuries Caused by Medical Devices and Other Objects: A Clinical Update
ANJ, American Journal of Nursing, December 2017

The Next Frontier for Nurses: Improving Quality and Safety in Primary Care
Journal of Nursing Care Quality, January/March 2018

Soft Factors, Smooth Transport? The role of safety climate and team processes in reducing adverse events during intrahospital transport in intensive care
Health Care Management Review, Publish ahead of print

Management of Moisture-Associated Skin Damage: A Scoping Review
Advances in Skin & Wound Care: The Journal for Prevention and Healing, November 2017

How can policy change guide nursing practice to reduce in-patient falls?
Nursing, December 2017

Evaluation of a Broad-Spectrum Partially Automated Adverse Event Surveillance System: A Potential Tool for Patient Safety Improvement in Hospitals With Limited Resources
Journal of Patient Safety, Publish ahead of print

Does Certification in Vascular Access Matter? An Analysis of the PICC1 Survey
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, December 2017


* List and links courtesy of Anne Chaney at Wolters-Kluwer/Ovid.

* Questions about access, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians : 

Michele Matucheski        Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely      Kellee Selden

Ascension Wisconsin Library Services: THE BEST EVIDENCE FOR INFORMED HEALTH DECISIONS

By Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely

Your Librarians have a new mission statement!  We wanted something concise to sum up the services we provide to you – our library users.

Speaking of using the library, have you ever thought “outside the box” in terms of how your librarians might assist you in your work duties?  You know you can come to the library for Librarian assistance, but have you ever considered embedding your Librarian on your team?  Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians possess skills that extend beyond the library environment.  We’re critical thinkers who know how to effectively evaluate research.  We can determine best practice and have the ability to analyze and summarize research findings.

Do you sit on a:

• Practice council?

• Falls prevention team?

• Patient safety committee?

• Patient & family experience team?

Consider asking your Librarian to join your team.  We can bring new perspectives to the work you do and provide the latest research evidence you need to move forward on your projects.  Discover the wealth of information your Librarian can contribute to your council or committee!  

In addition to specializing in research, your Librarians are also masters of organizing knowledge and making it available to others.  Check out the Opioid Guideline Toolkit and the Patient & Family Engagement Tool Kits on the Ascension Wisconsin LibGuides site.  Make your knowledge accessible to others via LibGuides!  Consult with your Librarian for planning and assistance.

Even if you don’t have a Librarian at your site, we can connect with you via Skype for Business.  Go ahead; embed your Librarian today!

Comments, questions, requests or suggestions, please contact your favorite Ascension Wisconsin Librarian :

Michele Matucheski         Elissa Kinzelman-Vesely      Kellee Selden

Nursing Reference Center (NRC) Contract Will Expire Dec 31, 2017 : NEW Nursing Point of Care Tool to be Chosen for Ascension Wisconsin

 Ascension Ministry Health Care’s current subscription for

 Nursing Reference Center (NRC)  will expire on December 31, 2017.

Why are we dropping the subscription to NRC?  

• Since 2014, Nursing Reference Center (NRC) has been a very popular and well-used point-of-care tool for our nurses.  At present, NRC is only available for legacy Ministry and Affinity regions.  The Milwaukee and Racine areas do not currently have access to this or any similar reference package.
•  It is cost-prohibitive to add the Metro (Milwaukee) and South hospital sites under the current Ascension Resource Group pricing model. 
• Nursing leaders at Ascension Wisconsin and national Ascension are in the process of evaluating the nursing point-of-care tools currently available on the market.  These include NRC, Lippincott and Clinical Key for Nursing (Elsevier).
•  We hope to choose a NEW nursing point-of-care tool that will be available statewide throughout Ascension Wisconsin, thereby helping to standardize nursing care resources and contributing to high reliability nursing care.

What you need to do in preparation :

• Use NRC while we have access!  Get the most out of it while it is still available.
• See the NRC Search Tips page for more information, including remote access and tutorials.
• Be aware that links to NRC documents and competencies will NOT be available after December 31, 2017.  This change may impact policies and other internal documents.
•  CEUs
• If you have CEUs logged in Cinahl Education (CEUs through NRC), be sure to log in and print out your records and documentation, as we may not have access to this information after the Ministry Health Care Subscription to NRC expires. 

What to use instead :

The Nursing Point of Care LibGuide

While legacy Ministry / Affinity may be losing access to NRC in the short-term, we have full intentions of providing a nursing point-of-care tool for ALL of Ascension Wisconsin in the very near future.  Please be patient as we make this transition.

For questions or comments, please contact :

Jill Berg, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, Vice President of Clinical Education for Ascension Wisconsin

Michele Matucheski,  MLS, AHIP – Ascension Wisconsin Librarian

Kellee Selden, MLIS – Manager of Learning and Knowledge Management for Ascension Wisconsin  

How to Check Out a Book at the Mercy Library / How to Return a Book

There's no one in the Library Workroom at the Mercy Library.  How do I check out a book?

The Mercy Library is set up for self-service when the Librarian is away.  

1) Locate the checkout card in the book you want to check out.  Usually in the back inside cover.

2) On the checkout card, print your

• First and last name
• Department  
• Public people and patients, please include your home address.
• Phone number

3) Drop the card in the black after-hours checkout box at the workroom service window (across from the copier).  

4) Note the due date.  Books are usually checked out for 3 weeks.

How do I return my book to the Mercy Library ?

We offer many options to return books :

• Return books to the Mercy Library Workroom.  Leave it on the counter via the window across from the copier.  
• Use the Book Drops outside each entrance.
• Send it back via inter-department mail to the Library at Mercy Hospital
• Send it back via Snail Mail to 
• Ascension Mercy Hospital 
• Library
• 500 S. Oakwood Rd.
• Oshkosh WI 54904