U.S. Traveler with Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)
May 31, 2007
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with a number of international, state, and local partners on an investigation involving a U.S. citizen recently diagnosed with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB). XDR TB has been recently defined as a subtype of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) with additional resistance to the two most important second-line antibiotics (i.e., a fluoroquinolone and an injectable agent [amikacin, kanamycin, or capreomycin]) in addition to the two most important first-line drugs (i.e., isoniazid and rifampin).
See the CDC Health Advisory: May 29, 2007
More Information on Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)
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Report - Frontline Workers
May 31, 2007
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has just released Workers Who Care: A Graphical Profile of the Frontline Health and Health Care Workforce. This hefty 248-page resource showcases data on health care professions. It is the first comprehensive source of state and national data on the occupational growth outlook, per capita employment, demographic information, and wage outlook and trends for 32 frontline occupations, including nurses.
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Looking for measurement instruments or tools?
May 29, 2007
This wiki guide may help!
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International Nursing Students & Faculty
May 25, 2007
M. Patricia Donahue, an American Nurses Association member, is working on the third edition of Nursing: The Finest Art; An Illustrated History that depicts nursing history through the ages. This book will incorporate various forms of art to depict the particular shifts and changes in the roles and functions of the nurse. There will be a chapter in the book dedicated to "global nursing" and artwork from as many countries as possible will be featured throughout the book. She is seeking artwork that represents the nursing profession care in different countries.
For more information...
The Health Sciences Library has a copy of the first edition if you would like to see it:
Location HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | History of Medicine Reference | WY 11.1 D674n 1985
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Academic Integrity
May 24, 2007
Here are three items you should know about:
The UB Academic Community website, includes a 10 minute video
Citing Sources Guide
Plagiarism Guide
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An International Update on the Comparative Performance of American Health Care
May 24, 2007
Compared with five other nations - Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom - the U.S. health care system ranks last or next-to-last on five dimensions of a high performance health system: quality, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives. The U.S. is the only country in the study without universal health insurance coverage, partly accounting for its poor performance on access, equity, and health outcomes. The inclusion of physician survey data also shows the U.S. lagging in adoption of information technology and use of nurses to improve care coordination for the chronically ill.
View the The Commonwealth Fund report dated May 2007.
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Copyright - a mashup look
May 24, 2007
This 10 minute mashup on YouTube looks at copyright and fair use using Disney characters. The data is accurate. Take a look!
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Welcome ABS Students!
May 11, 2007
Best wishes to you as you start the program. I am looking forward to getting to know you.
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Top Nursing Resources
May 10, 2007
This list gives you one place to look for top nursing resources when you are new to UB.
As always, I am happy to advise!
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APA Formatting Style
May 10, 2007
Nursing students always have questions about using APA.
Here are some good links to bookmark for when you need it:
Citing Sources - concise clear examples.
APA Formatting and Style Guide from Purdue
Online! Citation Styles
Dr. Sue Lombardo at the School of Nursing has created a nice concise guide that she has given me permission to share with you. You can request a copy from me or Dr. Lombardo.
The library also has a copy of the APA Manual (5th) on reserve at the Circulation Desk. You can use it in-house for 2 hours when you have in-depth formatting questions.
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Kimball Consultation Hours
May 09, 2007
I will resume office hours in Kimball Tower on Mondays with the Fall Semester. You can reach me at the library during the summer. Enjoy the break!
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UB Libraries and BioMed Central
May 08, 2007
Dear Nursing Faculty.
For the past two years, a SUNY-wide membership to BioMed Central (BMC), a thriving, open access publisher, was provided via a UUP grant and a SUNY University & Health Sciences Center Libraries subsidy. This membership waived publication charges for all articles submitted to BMC journals by SUNY faculty and staff. At least 45 articles were published under this membership, which expired on March 31, 2007. All articles that were submitted by that date and are eventually accepted for publication will be covered by this expired membership.
Unfortunately, due to the significant growth of their journals, BMC could no longer cover their costs with flat-rate memberships that provided unlimited publication rights. BMC also significantly increased their publication charges, though they are still reasonable compared to some other publishers.
With the UUP grant expiring and the higher cost of the new membership models, the SUNY Council on Access and Collections (SCAC) did not have the funding to renew any form of a SUNY-wide BMC membership.
After discussions within the UB Libraries, we have elected to commit $18,000 towards what BMC terms a "pre-pay membership". Basically, we are setting up a deposit account from which publication charges for UB authors will be subtracted when articles are accepted for publication. The other benefits of this pre-pay membership are:
10% discount for each article publication charge,
A 15-20% discount on our subscriptions to non-open access BMC journals and their Faculty of 1000 services,
A web page highlighting UB publications at http://www.biomedcentral.com/inst/36431.
Note this is not a "blank check". We estimate that the $18,000 will fund the publication of approximately 13 articles submitted after March 31, 2007 over the next 12 months. The UB Libraries currently have no funding to extend this membership to cover additional articles this year, or perhaps even to renew the membership in future years.
We want to be clear that the University Libraries remains very supportive of new, more affordable models of scholarly publishing such as BioMed Central. However, until these new models make deeper inroads in the marketplace, the Libraries must continue to maintain essentially all of our subscriptions to traditional, and often expensive, journals. This makes it difficult to find funding to support open access publishers.
We will continue to discuss this matter within the Libraries and with the appropriate University administrators. We would welcome any comments or questions you have about BioMed Central or open access publishers in general. Please let us know of your level of interest in BMC by contacting, Renee Bush or me.
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Nurses' Essay Winners
May 07, 2007
The New York State Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Statewide System celebrates Nurses Week by releasing the winning essays for its statewide Nursing Essay Contest.
Visit their site to read the essays.
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Consider signing the Nightingale Declaration
May 03, 2007
To sign and learn more ...
Yes, we have this book mentioned on the website: HSL WZ 100 N688f 2005
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