Medical TerminologyTextbooks and Free Online Classes

Looking for a FREE online class to brush up on your medical terminology skills? 

Try one of the following  courses from reputable institutions :

Introduction to Medical Terminology - Absolutely Free Courses 

"Our free Introduction To Medical Terminology course is entirely online. This course will help you understand Medical Terminology by explaining how to break down medical terms. Extensive coverage of medical prefixes, suffixes, and root words. We then cover basic human anatomy and physiology in chapters on the human body, the skeletal system and the nervous system. 

This course includes invaluable resource materials such as printable lists of prefixes, suffixes, root words, and bones in the human body."

How to Learn Medical Terminology Online for Free  
This article lists a number of free online medical terminology courses from respectable institutions such as :

• Des Moines Univeristy

• The National Library of Medicine

• The National Cancer Institute 

Additionally, the following PRINT books on Medical Terminology are available at the MMC Library :

If you are interested in checking any of these out, please contact Your Librarian, Michele Matucheski via Outlook.  If you are an Ascension Wisconsin Associate, I'll send them anywhere within legacy Affinity or Ministry Health Care regions.  

Questions or comments, contact

Your Librarian,

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

Accessing Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures Online : Make Your Work Life Easier

 We’ve created a step-by-step tutorial with screenshots to help nurses more efficiently access and use the online version of Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures.

• Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures is a trusted “go-to guide” for nurses. 
• Many Ministry and Affinity Nursing policies refer to this reference. 
• Ministry Library Services provides online access to the current edition of this eBook.
• Over 400+ Nursing Procedures are covered.
• Each entry covers the following basic areas :
• Equipment
• Preparation of Equipment
• Implementation
• Special Considerations
• Patient Teaching
• Complications
• Documentation
• References (including best evidence)

 The tutorial (including how to access it) can be found here (Intranet Access Only).

Questions or comments? Contact your Librarians via Outlook or phone :
            Michele Matucheski (920-223-0340)

            Deb Knippel (715-346-5091)