PubMed Redesign: Where has it gone?

If you use PubMed for searching for articles and article abstracts, you may have noticed that it has been redesigned. A wonderful person at the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries has created a handout that tells you where to find the new home of many features: Where has it gone?

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Where to find fulltext journal articles

Practical Procedures from Nursing Times

NursingTimes.net from England has an archive of illustrated articles on Practical Procedures such as:

Urinalysis
Measuring pulse
Blood glucose testing
Measurement of gastric fluid pH
Calculation of body mass index
Use of a non-rebreathing oxygen mask
Measuring peak expiratory flow
Use of a nebuliser
Use of an inhaler
Use of nasal sprays in allergic rhinitis
Assessing level of consciousness
Pupillary assessment
Glasgow Coma Scale 1
Glasgow Coma Scale 2

SPIRAL: Patient Education in Asian Languages

SPIRAL is maintained by the Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library and funded by grant from the New England Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine under contract N01-LM-6-3508. SPIRAL began as a joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library.

Patient education handouts on a variety of topics in Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Korean, Cambodian, Lao, and Hmong. Most topics include an English version so you can see what you are handing out.

Topics include among many others:
Swine Flu/H1N1 Influenza
Mental Health
Pain Management/Palliative Care

Free CE on Emergency Drug Therapy thru 12/20/11

nurse.com is offering 1.0 contact hours on Emergency Drug Therapy.

Objectives:
Identify emergency cardiovascular drugs and their use based on evaluated evidence from the 2005 International Consensus Conference of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations.

Indicate appropriate drug interventions in cardiopulmonary arrest situations based on current guidelines.

Relate expected patient outcomes to individual emergency drugs.

This course has been brought to you by an educational grant from All About Staffing and may be taken free of charge as a gift to the nursing community until January 15, 2010.

International Infection Prevention Week is October 18-24, 2009

From the 19th –24th, challenge your Infection Control knowledge by finding all of the Infection Control problems in the “Mock” patient room located on the 3rd Floor in the Labor and Delivery overflow!

The room is open to all employees to enter. The employees with all of the correct answers will be entered to win a WaWa gift card.

Good luck!

Free Education Brochures for Infection Prevention from APIC

APIC is offering free education brochures on various infection prevention topics such as:


10 tips for preventing the spread of infection
Prevent Needlesticks
Lyme Disease
Antibiotic Safety
Speak Up: Five Things You Can Do To Prevent Infection
How to Dine Out Safely
Traveling Overseas - Tips on How to Avoid Infection

CE on Recognizing Drug-Seeking Behavior thru 11/13/11

Nurse.com is offering 1.0 contact hour for $10.00 on Recognizing Drug Seeking Behavior brought to you by a grant from St. David's Healthcare, thru 11/13/11.

Objectives:
The goal of this program is to enhance nurses’ ability to identify and respond professionally to drug-seeking patients.

After you study the information presented here, you will be able to

**Describe three different types of drug-seeking patients.
**Differentiate between addiction, pseudo-addiction, and drug dependency.
**Identify four cues exhibited by drug-seeking patients.

Celebrate Infection Prevention Week with Free CE on Infection Control thru 2/13/10

Infection Control Resources is offering free CE on Vol. 4, No.4

• Persistence of microorganisms on common hospital surfaces: Strategies to control their dissemination

• Misuse of prefilled flush syringes: Implications for medication errors and contaminationCE


Expires Feb.13, 2010 ONLINE TESTING(choose Infection Control Category)

NetCE: Reading articles for credit thru 08-31-10

NetCE offers reading based CE. Read the articles, and fill out an evaluation of what you've read to receive credit. Currently, NetCE is offering a special to Pennsylvania nurses, 30 credits for 29 dollars thru 08/31/10.

Methamphetamine Abuse and Dependence
5 contact hours

Diagnosing and Managing Headaches
10 contact horus

Moderate Sedation/Analgesia
15 contact hours