LibGuides: Nursing: Essential Resources

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Essential Resources

CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (EBSCO)
Definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.
Clinical Key for Nursing
"ClinicalKey for Nursing drives better care by delivering fast, concise answers...and deep access to evidence whenever, wherever you need it." (Quote source: https://elsevierresources.com/clinicalkey-for-nursing)
PubMed
PubMed is an openly searchable and highly comprehensive database of biomedical literature, providing citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text open access content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
MEDLINE is the largest subset of PubMed.
Cochrane Library
This collection of systematic reviews and protocols summarizes and interprets the results of medical research. It includes:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
Cochrane Clinical Answers
*Note: If you are having trouble accessing the Cochrane Library please click Proxy Session Logout and then come back to this page and click the database title again. This should generate a fresh session to our remote access system and resolve access issues.
STAT!Ref
Cross-search full-text titles, journals, and evidence-based, point-of-care, authoritative, resources across 50+ healthcare disciplines. Continuously updated, and featuring a variety of discipline core resources including Medline, STAT!Ref follows you with the STAT!Ref app.

Tips for Using Nursing Resources

Nursing Research Basics
Tips on databases, searching and using the library.

Sample Searches in Nursing: PsycINFO
YouTube video from APA showing 3 sample searches for nursing topics in the PsycINFO database.

BoardVitals Account and troubleshooting.

Clinical Key for Nursing is a collection of resources for nursing students and practitioners.

5-minute Overview (video)

How to use the Cochrane Library

DynaMed
DynaMed: written, reviewed, and updated by physicians-provides specific recommendations for patient point-of-care on more than 3,200 topics. First time users must create a personal account with the database.

You must create a personal account to use DynaMed Plus. If you use the DynaMed App, your personal account expires after six months. At that time, the app will prompt you to reenter your credentials.

Nursing Reference Center Overview (video)
3-minute intro to NRC

NRC PowerPoint Tutorial
(no audio)

STAT!Ref
Stat!Ref includes BoardVitals

My STAT!Ref Account Renewal

Symptom Media
An online mental health education and training film library. Symptom Media’s library of over 160 films guided by the DSM 5 and ICD provide viewers with training tools critical for symptom recognition.

Using Symptom Media

Visible Body
Visible Body is a human anatomy reference with thousands of 3D models of the male and female body. Foley Library subscribes to Visible Body’s Anatomy & Physiology and Human Anatomy Atlas.
**RECENT DATABASE CHANGES:
-Heart & Circulatory Premium is now included in Physiology & Pathology
-Physiology Animations is now bundled within Human Anatomy Atlas
-Skeleton Premium content can now be found either in Muscle Premium or Human Anatomy Atlas

PsychiatryOnline
A one-stop resource for information on diagnosis, treatment, guidelines, research, and breaking news in psychiatry. Includes access to APA journals, Psychiatric News, the DSM-5, best-selling textbooks, APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.

Specialized Resources and Databases

Clinical Key for Nursing
Select "Practice Guidelines" from the drop-down list in front of the search box.

ECRI Guidelines Trust™
ECRI Guidelines Trust™ is "a publicly available repository of clinical guidelines, in response to the defunding of the National Guideline Clearinghouse by the federal government."
PubMed (Use filter Article Type: Guideline)
Filter search results by selecting Article Type: Guideline.

Clinical Key for Nursing
"ClinicalKey for Nursing drives better care by delivering fast, concise answers...and deep access to evidence whenever, wherever you need it." (Quote source: https://elsevierresources.com/clinicalkey-for-nursing)
Nursing Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
Evidence-based information designed specifically for nurses…. care plans, videos, nursing skills checklists, continuing education modules, nursing reference books and nursing reference books.

The following resources require users to create personal accounts.

Use the links below and then create or log into your personal account.

BoardVitals
BoardVitals is a high-quality board review tool from Stat!Ref. Foley Library's subscription includes: Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP; Adult Gerontology Primary Care NP; Family Nurse Practitioner (ANCC and AANP); Pediatric Primary Care NP; and Psychiatric-Mental Health NP.
USE YOUR GONZAGA EMAIL address when registering for your personal account.

DynaMed Plus
STUDENTS! Once you reach the home screen for DynaMed Plus, you must create an account. Look for the Sign In/Create Account link in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

STAT!Ref
Cross-search full-text titles, journals, and evidence-based, point-of-care, authoritative, resources across 50+ healthcare disciplines. Continuously updated, and featuring a variety of discipline core resources including Medline, STAT!Ref follows you with the STAT!Ref app.

Cochrane Library
This collection of systematic reviews and protocols summarizes and interprets the results of medical research. It includes:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
Cochrane Clinical Answers
*Note: If you are having trouble accessing the Cochrane Library please click Proxy Session Logout and then come back to this page and click the database title again. This should generate a fresh session to our remote access system and resolve access issues.

BioMed Central
BioMed Central (BMC), a subset of Springer Nature and one of the first and largest open access STEM publishers, provides access to over 300 peer-reviewed journals in a wide variety of fields, including but not limited to biology, medicine, chemistry, and environmental studies.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Scholarly full text academic journals focusing on the health sciences, nursing and medicine.
Nursing Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
Evidence-based information designed specifically for nurses…. care plans, videos, nursing skills checklists, continuing education modules, nursing reference books and nursing reference books.
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
Published by the American Psychological Association (APA). Provides citations and abstracts for journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related fields dating back to 1840.
PubMed Central
PubMed Central is a free, open access archive for full-text biomedical and life sciences journal articles. PMC is searchable through the PubMed interface, and is produced and maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).

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