Library Guides: Nursing: Clinical Information

Nursing Clinical Databases

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Clinical Simulation & Case Study Resources during COVID-19

NIH Covid-19 Treatment Guidelines
These Treatment Guidelines have been developed to inform clinicians how to care for patients with COVID-19. Because clinical information about the optimal management of COVID-19 is evolving quickly, these Guidelines will be updated frequently as published data and other authoritative information become available.
SimGhosts
Geared towards Nurse Educators. These resources are specific to clinical simulation.
Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Free webinars, virtual simulation tools, and resources to assist during the online transition. Also contains many resources specific to COVID-19.

Theories for EBP Projects and Research

Additional Clinical Databases

Recommended Point-of-Care Apps

Five Minute Clinical Consult (Free for Current NSU students) - point of care diagnostic and patient management tool is designed to help support patient care decisions (Download Installation Instructions)
Epocrates - available on Google Play and AppStore
Medscape - available on Google Play and AppStore
VisualDx (Free for Current NSU students) Differential diagnosis tool with images (Download Installation Instructions)
UCentral with Johns Hopkins Guides (Free for Current NSU students) - available through NSU Libraries (Download Installation Instructions)
UpToDate (Free for Current NSU students) - Evidence-based, point-of-care tool available through NSU Libraries (Download Installation Instructions)

Access Medicine

Auscultation Classroom hosts 25 heart and lungs sounds.

Heart Sounds and Murmurs - Cardiac auscultation reference guide includes over a hundred heart sounds, both real and simulated. Use these buttons to view sounds by auscultation area.

Lung Sounds - the lung auscultation guide provides quick access to twenty lung or breath sounds. This site includes audio, listening tips and a waveform.

Recommended eBooks

Guide to clinical documentation
Publication Date: 2019
3 Simultaneous Users
Chart Smart
Publication Date: 2011
1 Simultaneous User
Degowin's Diagnostic Examination, 11th Edition by Richard F. Leblond; Donald D. Brown; Manish Suneja
ISBN: 9781260134889
Publication Date: 2020

Websites & Other Resources

Clinical Skills
Select Browse By Category & Select Nursing Documentation
Purdue OWL - SOAP Notes
USMLE Clinical Skills Practice Writing Patient Notes

Pharmacology Databases

Clinical Pharmacology
Full-text information on all US prescription drugs, as well as herbal supplements, nutritional and over-the-counter products, and investigational drugs.
Facts and Comparisons eAnswers
Facts and Comparisons online provides quick access to comprehensive drug information to assist with comparing prescription drugs, drug interactions, drug identification, patient counseling and education and much more.
LexiComp
Database of drug monographs.Tools for checking drug interactions, drug identification, and calculations, and news on drugs, FDA recalls/shortages/alerts.
Medical Letter
Includes : The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics - Objective, peer-reviewed evaluations of new FDA-approved drugs, and new information on previously approved drugs; Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter- Unbiased reviews of drug classes used to treat common disorders. Includes the doses, adverse effects and the recommendations of Medical Letter consultants; Antimicrobial Therapy; Adverse Drug Interactions and CME's.
Natural Medicines
Evidence-based resource contains over 1,000 product monographs providing up-to-date clinical information on natural and herbal medicines, and dietary supplements. Cited references are linked to PubMed abstracts when available.
UpToDate
Illustrated, full-text, evidence-based topic guides provide clinical information on a wide variety of diseases and disorders including their diagnosis, management and therapy. Also includes drug information, as well as screening and prevention strategies.

Pharmacology Websites

DailyMed
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DailyMed provides high quality information about marketed drugs. This information includes FDA labels (package inserts). This Web site provides health information providers and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) provides this as a public service and does not accept advertisements.

Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination with OSCE Clinical Skills Videos

Recommended Databases

Access Medicine
On the toolbar, click on "Quick Reference" to access the dropdown menu for Guidelines
CINAHL (EBSCO)
Within the Search Options, locate the Publication Type filter and select Practice Guidelines
Clinical Key
Select Browse ... to access a dropdown. Then select Guidelines. Then use the search box on the left or browse by authoring organization or specialty
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
Within Search Options, locate the Publication Type filter and select Guidelines and Practice Guidelines.
TRIP Pro
Search keywords then select Guideline filter. Filters available by country.
UpToDate
Society and international guidelines

Recommended Websites

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
AHRQ includes archived guidelines from the National Guideline Clearinghouse from 1992-2018.
ECRI Guidelines Trust
**Please note you must register for free account to access this resource**--from their site: ECRI Guidelines Trust is a publicly available online repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guideline content.
NICE UK Guidelines
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides UK guidance and advice to improve health and social care.
NIH Covid-19 Treatment Guidelines
These Treatment Guidelines have been developed to inform clinicians how to care for patients with COVID-19. Because clinical information about the optimal management of COVID-19 is evolving quickly, these Guidelines will be updated frequently as published data and other authoritative information become available.
Epocrates Online
Free Account Registration required. Access Guidelines through the app or by selecting the link above.