39. How to search EBSCO Nursing
Reference Center- Diagnosis
Module.
Best practice guidelines.
Clinically organized quick lessons.
Continuing education modules.
Detailed medical illustrations.
Evidence-based care sheets.
The latest medical news legal cases.
Nursing guides.
Point-of-care drug information.
Research instruments.
Skills and procedures and unique point-of-care reference books.
The search term can apply to any of the boxes in pink, nursing process steps
already explained in Tutorial 38. This module will focus on how to search EBSCO
Nursing Reference Center Assessment . Now let us learn how to conduct the
process of Assessment and Diagnosis together.
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Let us review how to access the USU databases. Click on
Student Services from the USU home page.
2. Scroll down &
look for the
database or
source.
1. Click on
Library.
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3. By scrolling down
you will find more
databases and
important links. Take
a moment to open all
the links; they cover
local, regional,
national and global
information. Some
links will ask you for
ID and passwords,
others are open
access or free. Now
click Nursing
Reference Center
(EBSCO).
From the list, select Nursing Reference Center (NRC).
For ID and password, please contact the librarian
clopez@usuniversity.edu.
“Nursing Reference Center (NRC) is a comprehensive reference tool designed to
provide relevant clinical resources to nurses and other health care professionals,
directly at the point-of-care.” (EBSCO, 2012)
EBSCO. (2012). Nursing Reference Center. Retrieved from
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http://www.ebscohost.com/pointOfCare/nrc-about
To learn all the services and information from NRC, go to “Help” located in the
upper right hand corner of the screen , and click Nursing Reference Center
Tutorial, listed under “Welcome.”
http://support.ebsco.com/training/flash_videos/NRC/NRC.html
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Note:
The tutorial is designed to search
ASSESSMENT and DIAGNOSIS
simultaneously, based on instructor
recommendation.
See also Tutorial:
How to search Nursing Reference Center
Assessment Module.
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To start the search, type “Thyroid Strong.” Now select
both “Assessment” and “Diagnosis,” and click
“Browse.”
2. The information covers the same
topics, and is updated to the present
year. If you need to receive the latest
information, please see the next slide
and learn how to request an ALERT.
1. The information in the
database is updated almost
every year. The above search
was performed in 2010.
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First register into “My EBSCOhost,”
and then follow steps 3 to 5.
1. Click
on Sign.
3. Click
on
Alert.
2. Create
your
account.
5. Complete
and save.
4. Complete
the form and
select Alert.
Note: Some
advantages
to “Sign In”: Save preferences in your own folders; you can
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access your folders from any device with internet, and you can create e-mail alerts.
Moving on to another search topic, type
“Pancreatic Cancer.”
3. Let us continue the journey
through all the NRC services.
1. Select
any subject
or narrow
the results
by age.
2. After “Sign In,” and finding results, you may want to add some documents to your
folder. (To learn how to create folders, go to “Tutorials” and open the file “Create Alerts
and Files in EBSCO.”)
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Learn the “Skills” used in Pancreatic Cancer Assessment and
Diagnosis and “Evidence-Based Care Sheets” in Pancreatic
Cancer Assessment and Diagnosis.
Select
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Select
Are you interested in learning about “Drugs” used to
treat “Pancreatic Cancer” and “Patient Education” for
“Pancreatic Cancer?”
1. To
learn
about
the
drug,
click
on the
title.
3. See
example
selected
from
Patient
Education.
2.Also you
can learn
about
usage,
dosage,
etc.
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Let us change the search to “Thyroid Strong” and click
“Patient Education”; select the document that refers
to “Osteoporosis.”
2. Note: “Risks Factors” and the relationship
between “Thyroid and Osteoporosis.”
1. OSTEOPOROSIS: See table of
contents on your left side table; go to
“Risks Factors.”
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Continue with “Guidelines;” to narrow your results, select “Treatment Outcomes”
from your left table, or any of the subjects. From the results, click on the title and
open the document. Now let us move to “CE” (Continuing Education).
1. Guidelines
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2. Continuing Education
The journey is completed with “Books” from F.A.
Davis, and “Legal Cases” from CINAHL.
Note: To cite chapters of books in APA style, go to
USU tutorials and select “ US University Guide to
APA Style Emphasis on Electronic Sources.” See
example:
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Sommers, M. (2010). Pancreatic Cancer. In M. Sommers, Diseases &
Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual. Available from Nursing
Reference Center.
You have just accomplished:
• EBSCO- NURSING REFERENCE CENTER
– MODULES:
• ASSESSMENT
• DIAGNOSIS
Find the tutorial on Planning. Practice the search
technique and apply it to the last two Nursing
Processes: Implementation and Evaluation.
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If you need assistance,
please contact the Librarian
M.L.S. Catalina Lopez
clopez@usuniversity.edu
(619) 744 6310 ext. 2017
Thanks
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