Top Ten Reasons to Use Your Library (whether or not you are involved in direct patient care)

Number Ten: You will get valuable information to help you make decisions

Michele Matucheski (at MMC) and Margo Lambert (at SEH) can gather information from a wealth of online and print sources to help you decide on a course of action, whatever your function in the organization.

Please contact Michele (223-0340) or Margo (738-2325) for additional information or help with your project.

Stay tuned for Reason Number Nine in a future edition of this Blog.

Source: Special Libraries Association (www.sla.org)

NCLEX-RN Success Podcasts

You have access to Davis’s NCLEX-RN® Success podcasts! Nursing students can connect with Sally Lagerquist, who has helped more than 200,000 candidates pass the NCLEX-RN nursing licensure exam since 1976! She has partnered with STAT!Ref to provide a series of podcasts aimed at assisting students with their preparation for the NCLEX-RN® exam. Students can find the podcasts on the STAT!Ref homepage and listen to them or download them for mp3 players. Then, they can learn more about each section in the title in STAT!Ref.

NCLEX-RN Success Podcasts

How to get there :
Affinity Intranet > Library > StatRef > StatRef Logo

Sally Lagerquist, RN, MS, is president and course coordinator of Review for Nurses, Inc. and has been helping nursing students pass licensure exams for more than 30 years. The author and editor of seven books and 28 editions, she is also a faculty member at the University of California at San Francisco, School of Nursing. Containing 2,500 practice questions and test-taking tips based on the latest official NCLEX-RN® test plan, Davis’s NCLEX-RN® Success concentrates on nursing concerns for every Client Needs category. More >>

Old AudioDigest CDs Free to a Good Home

Once again, the MMC and STE Libraries have 1 year's worth of old AudioDigest CDs available for FREE. Although these programs are too old to apply for CE credits, they do still offer a lot of good information for Physicians, PAs, Nurses, and other health professionals.

Subject areas include the following :

Urology

Psychiatry

Pediatrics

Otolaryngology

Orthopedics

Ophthalmology

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Internal Medicine

General Surgery

Gastroenterology

Family Practice

Emergency Medicine

Anesthesiology.

Look for them on the book sale tables at each library this month.

Why are we giving them away?

--limited shelving space for audiovisuals

--CE credits are available only for 3 years since date of publication

--Our libraries emphasize the most up-to-date info, so we want to make room for more recent issues.

-- Newer editions are available on AudioCD and MP3 files that can be downloaded to your computer or MP3 player. Contact Michele Matucheski for more details on accessing recent AudioDigest MP3 files.

First-come, First-served. These are hot items! We expect them to go fast!

SEH Library (8-2324)

MMC Library (3-0340)

Patient Education in Hmong

Patient Education materials in Hmong are more readily available than just a year ago. Below are some collections you may find helpful in caring for Hmong patients and their families.

MEDLINEPlus : Health Information in Hmong - from The National Library of Medicine. Provides handouts in both English and Hmong, so you know what you are giving our Hmong patients. BEST BET!

Asian Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials - Hmong

From The American Cancer Society and The Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training (AANCART)Provides links for education materials that have been screened for medical accuracy and cultural relevance.

Emergency and Community Health Outreach (ECHO) – Hmong

Provides videos (viewable online) on emergency and community health topics.

Hmong Health Website Provides access to health information for Hmong people and those who provide health, education and social services to the Hmong community. Categories of topics include family health, healthy living, traditional healing, talking with health providers, and more. Based in Wausau, WI.

Pediatric Health Information : Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.

Links to bilingual articles in Hmong and other languages.

Refugee Health Information Network (RHIN) - Hmong

SPIRAL – Selected Patient Information in Asian Languages – Hmong - From Tufts University

Seven Simple Rules for using the Library Color MFDs (Multi-Function Devices)

1 – Limit printouts to fewer than 50 copies. (The Affinity Print Shop is equipped to handle larger print jobs.)

2 – Pick up printouts promptly, especially those containing personal names or other confidential information.

3 – Consider scanning documents and emailing them to yourself (or others) rather than using paper if this would work for you and your colleagues. (See library staff for help.)

4 – Use black and white unless color is absolutely necessary for your print job.

5 – Print on both sides of the page if appropriate (again, library staff can help).

6 – If you use the MFD for a print job and then need to print something to your usual printer afterwards, please make sure that your computer is set to print to your usual printer. (This will ensure one printout for you instead of ten orphaned printouts going into the recycling bin.)

7 – If you access the computer room after hours, please turn off lights and lock the door when you leave.

Contact Library Staff or I.S. Staff if you need help using the computers and/or MFD in the library computer rooms.

Thank you!