LibraryGuides: Accelerated Bachelor's of Nursing (ABSN): Clinical Information

Top Clinical Tools

DynaMed
A clinical reference tool integrating evidence-based medicine with practical information for clinical practice on more than 3,200 clinical topics. It is designed for physicians, nurses, and other health professionals. This resources also offers Maintenance of Certification, AMA, AAFP, and AANP credits.
UpToDate
This resource is a point-of-care resource for health information. The content is written, reviewed, and updated by expert physicians and provide specific recommendations for patient care.
Access courtesy of CommonSpirit Health
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A differential diagnosis tool with images and point of care information to aid in the identification of visually identifiable diseases.
JAMAevidence
A platform designed to help clinicians make evidence-based healthcare decisions. It contains textbooks, tools, and forms useful to the critical appraisal process, including Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis, JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods, and Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience.
Micromedex Academic
A variety of databases covering topics such as medicine, drugs, alternative and complementary medicine, patient education and occupational health. Includes access to NeoFax, Pediatrics, and Red Book.
NatMed Pro
An online library of knowledge about dietary supplements and alternative therapies, which curates evidenced-based research from unbiased, peer-reviewed sources to inform and guide users in integrative therapies. There are several built-in tools, including the drug-interaction checker, pregnancy and lactation checker, printable patient handouts, commercial products database, safety ratings, and more.

BMJ Evidence Based Nursing

Evidence-Based Nursing systematically searches a wide range of international healthcare journals applying strict criteria for the validity of research and relevance to best nursing practice. Content is critically appraised and the most relevant articles are summarised into succinct expert commentaries, focusing on the papers` key findings and implications for nursing practice.