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Nurse Toolkit

Nurse Toolkit DNP Toolkit

Patient Care Management

Medications

  • Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide UW IP
    (Books@Ovid) 2009 ed. We have contacted the publisher. Drug information for nurses; includes Nursing Considerations and Teaching Points.
  • Micromedex Click for help UW IP
    (Thomson Healthcare) Clinical information on toxicology, drugs, drug interactions, and reproductive risks
  • Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database 10 concurrent users UW IP
    URL is changing on Monday, November 16th. (In case of problems, here is the old URL: http://www.naturaldatabase.com) Best evidence on herbals and dietary supplements.

Rules and Calculators

Diagnostic and Lab Tests

Patient Education

Cross Cultural Issues

  • Culture Clues Tool to improve communication with cultures served at UWMC
    Tool to improve communication with cultures served at UWMC
  • EthnoMed Information about cultural beliefs in medical care.
    Information about cultural beliefs in medical care.

Databases

  • CINAHL Plus Coverage from 1937 to the present of the literature in nursing and 17 allied health disciplines. Over 2900 journals indexed including English-language nursing journals along with selected titles in biomedicine, alternative/complementary therapies, and consumer health. Full text is available for selected nursing standards, practice acts, pamphlets, state nursing journals, research instruments, evidence-based care sheets, and critical paths. Click for help UW IP
    (Ebsco) Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
  • LactMed Will be expanding to include industrial chemicals and radiation.
    A peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. Among the data included are maternal and infant levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed infants and on lactation, and alternate drugs to consider.
  • PubMed
    MEDLINE

Journals

Evidence-Based Practice

Certification and CNE

Other Resources