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MedCom Trainex Streaming Video Collection

The Detroit Mercy library has a subscription to the Medcom Trainex streaming video collection. This is a collection of over 241 nursing videos that include a wide array of subjects such as assessment how-to’s, trach care, anatomy and physiology of all the body systems, cultural awareness, EKG interpretation, and much, much more. The videos are grouped into 17 course categories like Basic Clinical Skills or Airway Management. Alternatively, you can browse the entire list of videos by clicking on the...

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Uncategorized Updated: June 13, 2016

Medical Mobile Apps: Free NCLEX Prep Apps

Preparing for your NCLEX exam? Pass the time by studying while you stand in line at Starbucks or Cedar Point! There are several free apps that will allow you to study while on the go: Lippincott’s Q&A Review for NCLEX-RN offers 200 questions and explanations in the free initial download. The purchased app has 4,600. There are 4 content areas: obstetrics, pediatrics, med-surg, and mental health. The app provides rationale for both correct and incorrect answers, study tips, test-taking strategies,...

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Uncategorized , Updated: May 25, 2016

Happy Nurses Week!

May 6th through May 12th is the week designated to celebrate and appreciate all that nurses do. Personally, I think it should be a whole month – and then that still would not be long enough. A few FAQ’s about Nurses Week: 1. Nurses Week ends on Florence Nightingale’s birthday, May 12th. 2. A Nurses Day was originally proposed in 1953. 3. The first official National Nurses Week was held in 1974, after an official proclamation by the White House....

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Uncategorized Updated: May 9, 2016

ZDoggMD: The Rappin’ Physician

If you ever need a quick dose of humor, check out ZDoggMD’s YouTube channel. ZDoggMD is medicine’s own Weird Al Yankovic in a sense.  ZDogg takes well known songs and puts his own medical spin on them. Not only is ZDoggMD hilarious, but he has a message … and makes excellent points. Examples include such hits as Readmission (R. Kelly “Ignition” remix); My Name is Zika (My Name is Luka remix);  I Try (To Be a Nurse) (Macy Gray remix)...

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Uncategorized , , Updated: April 5, 2016

Top Nursing News Stories from 2015

In January of 2015, the American Journal of Nursing published a brief article that looked at the top news stories in nursing over the past year. The stories involved three areas: workplace stress, nursing education, and nursing’s image. I had to shake my head and chuckle when I read the subject matter. Two of these three topics have consumed nursing’s focus for as long as I have been involved in the profession. I would hazard a guess they most likely...

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Uncategorized , Updated: March 18, 2016

Fascinating Documentary and Biography: Emperor of All Maladies

  I realize most of you are exceptionally busy with school and family life, so you don’t really have a chance to do much pleasure reading or have the time to watch a long documentary. However, if you do, I would like to suggest Cancer: Emperor of All Maladies, a documentary based on the book The Emperor of All Maladies: a Biography of Cancer. It is a fascinating look at cancer, its history, and its treatment during the 20th century....

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Uncategorized Updated: March 3, 2016

What is Health Literacy and what are you going to do about it?

What is “Health Literacy”? There is no definitive definition of health literacy. “The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions” is one example definition.  The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy reports that “nearly 9 out of 10 adults have difficulty using the everyday health information that is routinely available in our health care facilities, retail outlets, media, and communities”. There are many...

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Uncategorized , Updated: February 18, 2016

Need to Restrict your Articles to those Written by a Nurse?

There is a limiter in CINAHL that will allow you to access only those articles written by nurses. First, what is a Limiter? “Limiters let you narrow the focus of your search so that the information retrieved from the databases you search is limited according to the values you select.” So to get to those articles that have been authored by nurses follow the instructions below: 1. Perform your search in CINAHL   2. Go to the page to active...

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Uncategorized , Updated: February 4, 2016

Office(less) hours @ CHP

In an effort to make myself (and therefore library assistance) more accessible, I will resume holding “office” hours in CHP.  I will be hanging out in the student lounge on Mondays from 2:30- 4:30 pm beginning with this upcoming Monday, January  25th. I plan to be available at CHP most Mondays throughout the term. However I do have a few Mondays when I will be unavailable. Check my availability dates in the box at the bottom of the Nursing or Physician...

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Uncategorized , , Updated: January 21, 2016
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