Welcome ABS Students!
May 08, 2008
We're glad you're here.
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Happy Nurses Week!
May 07, 2008
"Nursing is an art, and, if it is to be made an art, requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or cold marble, compared with having to do with the living body - the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the fine Arts; I had almost said, the finest of the Fine Arts."
Florence Nightingale (1868)
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Full-Text Journals
May 07, 2008
When searching the library's databases, we know that ultimately you want to get the full-text of the article.Often the database will provide, or lead you to, a full-text link. Unfortunately, we are not 100% totally there yet! Sometimes no full-text link is provided, but the library may still have an electronic copy of the article you are looking for.
Try looking in the following locations for the journal articles you are having problems with. Search by the name of the journal.
Keep in mind that most journals started providing electronic access around the mid-1990's. Use the catalog to find out if the library has a print copy so you can make a photocopy.
So what happens if you still can't find the journal or date you need?
Request a copy through Interlibrary Loan, using ILLIAD. This service is fast, easy, and there is no cost to you.
Remember, if you located on the South Campus, you can request journal articles and books located on the North Campus to be delivered to the South Campus to save you a trip. Use Document Express, for this service.
Information-wise, we are still in an electronic transition period. So while the systems are working to make it more seamless for you, we still have a bit to go. If you can't find what you need, give a call to the reference desk (829-3900 x 102) or email us and we can help.
Sharon
hslscm@buffalo.edu
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Communicating with Patients - Free online course
May 02, 2008
From the Health Resources and Services Administration:Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency is a free on-line learning opportunity.
It is designed to:
- improve your patient communication skills
- increase your awareness and knowledge of the three main factors that affect your communication with patients: health literacy, cultural competency and low English proficiency
- implement patient-centered communication practices that demonstrate cultural competency and appropriately address patients with limited health literacy and low English proficiency
The 5 modules take about 5 hours to complete and you can move at your own pace.
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Check this out!
April 30, 2008
100 Really, REALLY Useful Web Sites for Nurses from RNCentral.com
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New and Improved!
April 28, 2008
Wireless coverage in the library has been completely upgraded. You'll like the stronger wireless range!
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HSL YouTube channel
April 25, 2008
The Health Sciences Library has recently started a YouTube channel with a variety of tutorials and answers to FAQs. If you want Dean to answer your question in video format, let Dean know. he'd be happy to do it.Right now 5 videos have been posted:
Using EndNote's Online Search with PubMed
Using EndNote with Ovid Medline
Configuring Google Scholar to Work with EndNote
Document Express: Intercampus Delivery Service
ILLiad: Interlibrary Loan for UB Faculty, Staff & Students
There will be more to come! Stay tuned.
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Doctorate of Nursing Practice Information
April 25, 2008
AACN position paper - The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing PracticeMore AACN Doctor of Nursing Practice links
Competencies of a Clinical Nursing Doctorate (2006)
Council for the Advancement of Comprehensive Care
OJIN: Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 2005 theme issue: The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): Need for More Dialogue
Perhaps of interest to you, some related information - University of Washington DNP students are just beginning to get to their capstone projects. See UW's Capstone Project FAQ.
Also, Kathy Rabenstein (Kathy.Rabenstein@ana.org) sent along this information:
Survey on DNP
Dear Colleague,
We value your opinion and would like to request you take a few minutes to share your perspective and thoughts with us on a contemporary nursing issue. Please feel free forward this message.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) has been taking on increasing prominence in discussions among nurses on the future of education and credentialing.
ANCC is using an evidence-based approach to explore and create the future of its DNP credentialing. While no definitive or authoritative vision of that future has yet been elaborated, ANCC supports an open and inclusive dialogue to develop answers that meet the needs of nurses.
The survey is posted here now so that those who feel a stake in advanced practice and higher nursing education can play a role in this evolutionary process. This survey will be available for completion until Close of Business on Friday, May 9, 2008.
The survey link.
Katherine I. Rabenstein
Senior Credentialing Specialist
American Nurses Credentialing Center
8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 400
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-628-5254
Facsimile: 301-628-5206
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