Resources for Nurses
If you are using this resource page from home, please use ‘External’ links. If you are using this resource from within Capital Health please use the ‘Internal’ links.
Databases | Handbooks, Textbooks | Tools | Patient Education | Key Library Services | Professional Resources | Mobile Resources
Databases (Journal Articles) | ||
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| CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) Help Sheet | Internal | External |
| CINAHL online tutorial | ||
| ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source | Internal | External |
| Joanna Briggs Institute – Best Practice Information Sheets | Internal | External |
| Joanna Briggs Institute – Evidence Summaries | Internal | External |
| Joanna Briggs Institute – Systematic Reviews | Internal | External |
| Cochrane Library | Internal | External |
| BestPractice User Guide | Internal | External |
| Campbell Collaboration Library of Systematic Reviews (qualitative systematic reviews) | ||
| CultureVision (resource on culturally appropriate care) | Internal | External |
| Population Health Databases (regional and national health surveillance information) | ||
| PubMed | Internal | External |
| EMBASE | Internal | External |
| ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) | ||
| PsycINFO | Internal | External |
| PsychiatryOnline | Internal | External |
| Health and Psychosocial Instruments | Internal | External |
| Qualitative Methods: Literature Searching (search terms and strategies: CINAHL, PubMed and PsycINFO) | ||
Handbooks, Textbooks | ||
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| AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing | Internal | External |
| Nurse’s 5 Minute Clinical Consult - Diseases | Internal | External |
| Nurse’s 5 Minute Clinical Consult - Procedures | Internal | External |
| Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses | Internal | Exernal |
| Textbook of Palliative Nursing | Internal | External |
| Davis’s Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests | Internal | External |
| Diseases and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual | Internal | External |
| Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures with Nursing Diagnoses | Internal | External |
| Nurse's Pocket Guide | Internal | External |
| Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing | Internal | External |
| Medical-Surgical Nursing Care | Internal | External |
| Wound Management: Principles and Practices | Internal | External |
| ECG Interpretation - An Incrdibly Easy! Workout | Internal | External |
Tools | ||
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| AnatomyTV | Internal | External |
| RefWorks (bibliographic manager, APA Style Guide Filter) | ||
| NurseONE (Canadian Nursing Association) | ||
| MedCom Video Training Programs (nursing practice training videos) | Internal | External |
| Micromedex | Internal | External |
Capital Health - Patient Education Information |
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| Patient Education Pamphlets |
| Guidelines for Developing Patient Education Materials |
| Patients and Families Information Site |
Key Library Service |
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| LoansomeDoc |
| Interlibrary Loan |
| RefWorks |
Mobile Resources |
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| ePocrates |
| Micromedex (for Palm and Pocket PC) |
| RefMobile (RefMobile login via mobile device only - help document) |
| STAT!Ref Mobile |
| Psychiatry Online |
| PICOmaker - (PICOmaker is a free Palm OS-based application that lets users create and store queries in the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome) format for later reference. This application is intended to assist students and clinicians with evidence based practice.) |
