Evidence-based content for practicing nurses providing access to online references at the point of care. Content includes clinical diagnosis and treatment, care planning, quality and safety Initiatives, and patient teaching handouts. Users can browse by topic or category, scroll through alphabetical lists of monographs, or perform a search to identify a particular monograph. Content can be simultaneously searched with Lippincott Procedures. Click here for search tips.
Provides access to step-by-procedures in nursing, respiratory therapy and physical therapy. Each entry provides complete instructions, including equipment needed, preparation guidelines, implementation steps, special considerations, patient teaching information, documentation, images, and references (levels of evidence). Users can scroll through an alphabetical list, browse by discipline, category/subcategory, or search to identify a particular procedure. Managers can use this program to assess and track staff competency (account login required) as each procedure is linked with at least one skills checklist and procedure test. Content can be simultaneously searched with Lippincott Advisor. Click here for search tips.
This clinical tool is designed to visually represent variations of diseases, enhance diagnostic accuracy, aid in therapeutic decisions, and improve patient care. It contains thousands of images, including those for variations in skin color. You can search the database by disease across general medicine, infectious disease, dermatology, STDs, travel medicine, and more. Mobile device access is available once you Create a Personal Account (located below the graphical tiles). Click here for search tips.
Provides current, evidence-based information including overviews, recommendations, expert reviews, Micromedex drug content, images, and more. Click here for search tips.
Evidence-based point of care resource. Free mobile app is available for iPhones, iPads, Androids, and Windows 8 devices. Note: To accrue CME/CE/CPD credit for reading UpToDate topic reviews, login with your own individual UpToDate username and password. Click here for search tips.
Antibiotic resource featuring frequently updated, authoritative, evidenced-based information on the treatment of infectious diseases. Use it to choose correct drugs and dosages, review risks of potential adverse reactions or interactions, discover or confirm diagnoses with details on pathogens and clinical considerations, and access medical literature with reference links. Click here for search tips.
Requires VPN. Provides access to drug information: products, comparisons, toxicology, identification, MSDS, and calculators. Access to a mobile version (mobileMicromedex) is also available. For instructions from the main Micromedex page, click on "Download Mobile Apps" on the bottom right of the page.
Provides institution-specific, accessible, easily customizable information about the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Tabs along the top allow you to switch between Duke University, Duke Raleigh and Duke Regional.
Evidence-based health education platform written in plain language. Includes information about specific conditions and drugs, decision aids, instructions, procedures, videos, and more, in English and Spanish. Please Note: This system replaces ExitCare Patient Education.
Evidence-based health education platform written in plain language. Includes information about specific conditions and drugs, decision aids, instructions, procedures, videos, and more, in English and Spanish. Please Note: This system replaces ExitCare Patient Education.
Consumer health database includes information on health topics and generic and brand name drugs; dictionaries of medical terms; directories of doctors, dentists, and hospitals; interactive health tutorials; and more.
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