These evidence-based resources are intended to be used at the point-of-care to find answers quickly.
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. Can be simultaneously searched with Lippincott Procedures. NOTE: On-campus access is limited to the Duke Health network. The Duke Health VPN is required for off-campus access. Get tips for more effective searching.
Provides access to step-by-procedures in nursing, respiratory therapy and physical therapy. Provides complete instructions, including equipment needed, preparation guidelines, implementation steps, special considerations, patient teaching information, documentation, images, and references (levels of evidence). 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 procedure competency. Can be simultaneously searched with Lippincott Advisor. Click here for search tips.
NOTE: On-campus access is limited to Duke Health network. The Duke Health VPN is required for off-campus access.
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. Search the database by disease across general medicine, infectious disease, dermatology, STDs, travel medicine, and more. Get tips for more effective searching.
Provides current, evidence-based information including overviews, recommendations, expert reviews, Micromedex drug content, images, & more. Get tips for more effective searching.
Evidence-based point of care resource. Free mobile app is available for iPhones, iPads, Androids, and Windows 8 devices. Get tips for more effective searching. Note: To accrue CME/CE/CPD credit, login with your UpToDate username/password.
Offers drug information, including interaction checkers, a drug identifier, patient education, and toxicology information. Get tips for more effective searching.
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. Get tips for more effective searching.
Contains evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. Get tips for more effective searching.
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. Requires VPN.
Requires VPN. Provides pharmacy formulary tools and other resources for prescribing medications at the point of care.
Offers on-the-spot information about diverse ethno-cultural groups to assist in providing culturally competent care for your patients. Requires VPN.
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.
