These videos are downstairs in the Health Sciences Library for viewing now in the Digital Media Resources Center:

Nurse: If Florence Could See Us Now

and

WIT

The third video is forthcoming.  They will show up on the Course Reserve listing Friday, May 17.  The system will switch from Spring to Summer course listings then.  Apologies for the inconvenience!

The Evidence-Based Nursing journal offers several succinct articles on several key research concepts in their Research Made Simple series.

Find there:

• Hypothesis testing and p values: how to interpret results and reach the right conclusions
• What is meta-analysis?
• What is a qualitative synthesis?
• What is a p value and what does it mean?
• Qualitative data analysis
• What is a randomised controlled trial?
• What is a systematic review?

    The electronic resource MD Consult has been upgraded to a new product called ClinicalKey.   Although this search engine and database of peer-reviewed and evidence-based clinical information resources is designed to support physician patient care decisions, nurses, especially advanced practice nurses will find it useful.

Unlike UpToDate, remote access is available.  Remote access requires a UBIT Name and Password.

Find Clinical Key on HUBNET from HSL’s website and UB’s Teaching Hospitals.

The best way to see if it is something you can use for yor research or teaching is to TRY IT.

Two concise guides aimed at nurses are offered here – one for evaluating quantitative research, the other qualitative research.  Take a look.

The 2012 NAHRS Selected List of Nursing Journals is now available.

It was prepared by the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section Research Committee of the Medical Library Association.  Easily find titles with links, indexing, and selected information from nursing editors that includes acceptance rates and average time from acceptance to publication.  See what it can do for you.

Read the important short introduction chock-full of information here.
Find the list of 212 titles here.

I am delighted to be a contributor to this publication.

The UB School of Nursing now offers a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP).  Read more about this excellent program here.

Visit the Nursing school’s website for additional information.

I receive regular alerts from the Nurse Author & Editor website.  It is pithy, concise, and on-target and might be useful for you and your colleagues or for the students you teach and guide.

It is free but you must register.

To give you a flavor, the current issue’s Table of Contents is listed below and also at:

http://www.nurseauthoreditor.com/tocs.asp?yr=2012&num=1

My pick is the item by Patricia Yoder-Wise…

Issue 1, Volume 22 – March 2012

Articles

Emerging and Recurring Themes in Writing for Publication
Charon Pierson

Making Publication Ethics Work
Geraldine S. Pearson

Responding to Feedback:  Making Clear the Changes Made
Patricia Yoder-Wise

Journal News

Journal of Child and Adolescent Nursing – Editor Required

Responsible research publication: international standards for editors
Sabine Kleinhert and Elizabeth Wager

Responsible research publication: international standards for authors
Elizabeth Wager and Sabine Kleinert

Great new item in our elibrary!

Hannes, K., & Lockwood, C. (2012). Synthesizing Qualitative Research: Choosing the Right Approach  (2nd ed.). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.

I have created a summary of several useful databases with links for UB users.

NursingDatabasesSummaryHandoutLiveLinks

The University at Buffalo School of Nursing (SON) is now offering a newly revised RN-BS degree program effective summer 2012. This is in addition to the newly developed online PhD program and the BS-PhD.  The SON is excited to announce the availability of BS-DNP programs in adult, family, and psychiatric mental health as well as Post-MS DNP programs for current clinical nurse specialists, nursem practitioners, and nurse anesthetists. Note that applications for summer 2012 will be available after March 1, 2012.

The UB School of Nursing has designed the RN-BS program for the working professional nurse. The curriculum is delivered in an on-line/distant/asynchronous format that can be completed in 1 year.

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