New Titles, New Edition and Supplemental Updates: August 2009

New Titles:

The Official Guide for Foreign-Educated Nurses: What You Need to Know about Nursing and Health Care in the United States

©2009 Springer Publishing Company

This title is the only guide to the United States health care system for nurses immigrating to this country as well as foreign-educated nurses who are already here.

 

Comprehensive Nursing Care for Parkinson's Disease

©2007 Springer Publishing Company

The incidence of Parkinson's is growing as the number of older adults making up the general population increases. The demand for nurses who specialize in the care of patients with movement disorders is also increasing and it is crucial that they have a comprehensive manual for patient care.

 

New Edition:

Clinical Neuroanatomy 26th Ed.

©2010 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Learn the essential aspects of neuroanatomy and its clinical relevance with the field's most concise, trusted and effective title.

 

 

Supplemental Updates:

ACP Journal Club

©2009 by the American College of Physicians

ACP Journal Club, published by the American College of Physicians, is the quintessential EBM journal, and is often positioned near the top of the EBM pyramid.

ACP Medicine

©2009 BC Decker

ACP Medicine is the first comprehensive reference to carry the name of the American College of Physicians. Developed to help busy physicians keep up with changing guidelines in primary care, ACP Medicine is a continually updated, evidence-based reference of internal medicine.

ACP PIER, Journal Club & AHFS DI® Essentials™

©2009 by the American College of Physicians

A pre-appraised, evidence-based clinical tool that defines the standard of care, including value-added abstracts of original journal articles and drug treatment information.

•PIER (Physicians' Information and Education Resource) Integrated and authoritative EBM resources for the point-of-care and background reference.

•ACP Journal Club is the quintessential EBM journal that summarizes original research applicable to clinical cases.

•AHFS® DI Essentials™ distills the essential information from the larger AHFS Drug Information database.

ACP PIER & AHFS DI® Essentials™

©2009 ACP PIER: American College of Physicians

©2009 AHFS DI® Essentials™

PIER© is a collection of over 400 evidence summaries published by the American College of Physicians. Each module provides authoritative guidance to improve the quality of care.

ACP PIER®: Physicians' Information and Education Resource

©2009 ACP PIER: American College of Physicians

PIER© is a collection of over 400 evidence summaries published by the American College of Physicians. Each module provides authoritative guidance to improve the quality of care.

ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice

©2009 B.C. Decker

Published by B.C. Decker in collaboration with the American College of Surgeons (ACS), this continually updated reference, noted for its problem solving approach and numerous illustrations, is geared to the surgeon in practice. Master surgeons outline their preferred core general surgical procedure techniques.

AHFS Drug Information®

©2009 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

With the 2009 edition, the American Hospital Formulary Service® (AHFS™) marks over 50 years of continuous publication by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Each year, an average of over 60% of AHFS content is revised to help you provide the most accurate recommendations for your patients’ drug therapy.

AHFS DI® Essentials™

©2009 by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc.

AHFS DI® Essentials™ offers healthcare professionals easy access to knowledge that is critical at the point of care. Essentials™ monographs draw on the meticulously evidence-based guidelines in the full AHFS DI® database, distilling essential information on prescription and key over-the-counter (OTC) drugs in an easy-to-use and highly structured outline format

 

INFECTIOUS DISEASES: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

©2007 WebMD Inc.

This resource, derived from ACP Medicine, provides practical guidance on a wide range of infectious diseases such as upper respiratory infections, STDs and meningitis as well as viral, bacterial and fungal infections. It includes more than 4,000 focused, practical and current recommendations in addition to halftone and color illustrations.

Medical Letter® On Drugs and Therapeutics, The

©2009-1995 The Medical Letter, Inc.

The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics is an independent, nonprofit publication that offers unbiased critical evaluations of drugs for physicians and other members of the health professions. This resource evaluates virtually all new drugs and also reviews older drugs when important new information becomes available on their usefulness or adverse effects. It is only available to single users online and covers the period from 1995-2008.*

MedCalc3000

MedCalc 3000 is a unique computerized medical reference and tool set. MedCalc 3000 encompasses a wide array of pertinent medical formulae, clinical criteria sets and decision tree analysis tools used everyday by clinicians, medical educators, nurses and health care students of all types. With the growing emphasis and application of Evidence Based Medicine, there has never been a greater need for a system such as MedCalc 3000. Medical error detection and elimination are also hot topics in the new millennium. MedCalc 3000 can help in these areas as well.
 
To practice, teach and learn medicine based on solid, literature based data, practitioners are easily overwhelmed by the breadth of information that they must master. MedCalc 3000 helps simplify this task by assembling easy to use, interactive tools used to learn Evidence Based Medicine.

To learn more about MedCalc 3000, check out our tutorial: MedCalc 3000 Tutorial

Anatomy.tv User Interface Updates

Founded in 1991 and edited by some of the worlds leading medical specialists, Anatomy.tv creates high end digital anatomy content for patient and student education. A recently updated user interface to the dentistry module makes it easier to learn and use. Other modules will be updated in a similar fashion in the future.

Some of the new user interface features include:

• Tabs for menus
• VCR style controls and other standard controls
• Can do all functions visually
• Built in help and tutorial Consistent from product to product
• Faculty and Student support material links on same page

Check out the Anatomy.tv dental tutorial to view the new user interface:

Anatomy.tv Dentistry Tutorial

STAT!Ref: New Titles, New Editions and Supplemental Updates

Good News!!! STAT!Ref has several new titles, new editions and supplemental updates to announce for the week of August 10th, 2009

New Titles:

Sports Medicine in the Pediatric Office

©2008 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Grand Award Winner! Now in STAT!Ref a single pediatric sports medicine resource that teams a practical skills-focused resource with full-motion video clips that show you exactly "how it’s done."

 

 Labor and Delivery Nursing: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice

©2009 Springer Publishing Company

Murray and Heulsmann present a clinically oriented, practical guidebook that will maximize maternal and fetal outcomes. The title features 12 sections covering important issues such as the labor curve and protraction disorders, rupture of the membranes and uterine activity patterns.

Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines & Policies

9th Ed. ©2009 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

The latest pediatric clinical practice guidelines and policy statements issued and endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. More than 30 clinical practice guidelines and more than 400 policy statements, clinical reports and technical reports have been combined into this 9th edition giving you even easier access to important clinical and policy information.

First Aid™ for the USMLE Step 1 2009

©2009 McGraw Hill Publishers, Inc.

Trust the world's #1 selling medical title to help you excel on the USMLE Step 1! This annually updated collection of the most frequently tested high-yield facts and mnemonics delivers everything you need to pass the most anxiety-provoking exam of your career. Written by students who just passed the boards, this is the undisputed “bible” of USMLE Step 1 preparation--used by more than half-a-million students.

New Editions:

Adult and Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination: Review Questions and Strategies

3rd Ed. ©2009 F.A. Davis

Ensure success on the ANP or FNP certification exam with this resource! 2,750 questions, updated and revised to reflect practice today, encompass all of the content you'll encounter on the exam. It's also the perfect study tool for your clinical management courses.

Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry

28th Ed. ©2009 McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

The biochemistry title that every medical student must own -- now in full color! Comprehensive, concise and current, Harper's is unrivaled in its ability to clarify the link between biochemistry and the molecular basis of health and disease.

 

Supplemental Updates:

 

ACP Journal Club

©2009 by the American College of Physicians

ACP Journal Club, published by the American College of Physicians, is the quintessential EBM journal, and is often positioned near the top of the EBM pyramid.

Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer™

©2009 Thomson Healthcare, Inc.

Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer is a trusted resource for easy-to-understand, in-depth materials that provide education about medications.

 

DrugPoints® System

©2009 Thomson Healthcare, Inc.

Rather than giving you too little or too much information, DrugPoints® System gives you direct access to the exact level of drug information you need to do your job. This evidence-based resource helps healthcare professionals prescribe, administer and monitor drugs safely and efficiently. Contains more than 1,400 concise, unbiased, synopses on drugs.

Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices

©2009 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)

When you need the most trusted resource for perioperative practice, look no further than AORN's classic reference, Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices, 2009 Edition, which brings together all of the Association's official positions and recommendations for perioperative nursing ranging from professional practice standards to laser safety, patient positioning to environmental cleaning, clinical pathways to patient safety.

Medical Letter® On Drugs and Therapeutics - What's New July 27th, 2009

 

Medical Letter® On Drugs and Therapeutics, The

©2009-1995 The Medical Letter, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Mark Arbramwicz, MD et. al.

The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics is an independent, nonprofit publication that offers unbiased critical evaluations of drugs for physicians and other members of the health professions. This resource evaluates virtually all new drugs and also reviews older drugs when important new information becomes available on their usefulness or adverse effects. It is only available to single users online and covers the period from 1995-2008.

What's New: July 27, 2009 (Issue 1317)

• Propylthiouracil for Hyperthyroidism

• Benzyl Alcohol Lotion for Head Lice

• When a Statin Fails