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Nursing Assessment in Video

Resource features training videos from Medcom Trainex. Each title features leading industry experts providing hands-on demonstrations and step-by-step instructions in fourteen assessment areas. All content was produced from 2012 to 2013.

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Nursing Education in Video: Third Edition

Nursing Education in Video: Third Edition is an up-to-date collection of demonstration and training videos designed to help students improve their clinical skills. This resource provides access to Medcom's complete collection of 300+ full-length training videos allowing for anytime, anywhere access to the latest resources available for nurse training. The third edition includes the videos available in the prior 2nd edition.

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Visible Body Human Anatomy Atlas

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Visible Body: Physiology and Pathology

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Sources for Statistics and Data

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Data & Statistics

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CDC - National Center for Health Statistics

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics

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State Health Facts

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Evidence-Based Medicine Resources

Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library (ISSN 1465-1858) is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. The Cochrane Library includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and Cochrane Clinical Answers, and a federated search feature that incorporates results from external databases.

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TRIP Database

Trip is a free clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care. Also includes images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news.

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HealthEvidence.org

Offers access to quality-rated systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public health interventions, including cost data.

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Campbell Systematic Reviews

An open access journal prepared under the editorial control of the Campbell Collaboration. The journal publishes systematic reviews, evidence and gap maps, and methods research papers.

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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guidance

Based in the United Kingdom, NICE's Guidance includes evidence-based advice, standards, and guidelines for social care and public health services.

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AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines

From the American Association for Respiratory Care, this resource includes evidence-based clinical practice and expert panel reference-based guidelines, as well as guidelines from other organizations relevant to respiratory care.

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Open Access Repositories

The resources below are freely available databases that may include a variety of material: preprint (draft or preliminary) versions of articles, conference papers and/or posters, book chapters, white papers, and more. These repositories help speed up dissemination and enhance discoverability and access to early-stage scholarship across disciplines.

It is important to note that these materials have likely not been edited or benefited from the pivotal role of peer-review, which validates and improves the quality of final published journal articles.

Medical Research Network (MedRN)

Repository for preprints in medicine; medical education; research on infectious diseases, illnesses, and health conditions; clinical practice, diagnostic assessments, diagnoses, treatments, and health outcomes.

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PubMED

Developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), PubMed is the most comprehensive biomedical research database, and a key resource used by scientists. Please see the PubMed Overview Sheet for Quick Tours.

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CINAHL Plus with Full Text

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Ovid Emcare

Ovid Emcare includes nearly 5 million records of scholarly and peer-reviewed literature in nursing and allied health dating back to 1995, including abstracts. Subject coverage in clinical medicine, health professions, nursing, pharmacology and public health.

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Health & Medical Collection

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Nursing and Allied Health Collection (Gale OneFile)

Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health includes full-text titles cited in CINAHL to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management. Nursing and Allied Health helps nursing professionals working in the field as well as students studying a nursing-focused curriculum.

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Cochrane Library

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Web of Science

This collection of databases offers an integrated, versatile research platform, it delivers easy access to high quality, diversified scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as search and analysis tools that enhance this content. Includes Web of Science Core Collection, which consists of multidisciplinary content covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide.

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ScienceDirect

Elsevier Journal collection covering the sciences, business, child development, computer science, clinical research, economics, history, hospitality, industrial technology, library and information science, physical education and health, psychology, social work, sociology, and tourism.

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HaPI

Provides access to information on measurement instruments (i.e. questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, coding schemes, rating scales, etc.) in the fields of medicine, nursing, public health, psychology, social work, communication, sociology, and organizational behavior/ human resources. Content in HaPI is based on published studies from peer-reviewed scholarly journals, books, technical reports, and test publishers' catalogs.

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Writing a Literature Review?

SAGE Research Methods: Reviewing the Literature

The literature review is an important part of every research project. This guide takes you through the literature review process, explaining the reasons for reviewing the literature and differentiation between the types of literature available.

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Literature Review: Raul Pacheco-Vega, PhD

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Literature Reviews (UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center)

Digital handout on writing literature reviews from the UNC Writing Center.

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Writing the Literature Review: A Practical Guide
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Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review

The Oxford guide to Library Research
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Respiratory Therapy Journals

These journals are key resources for scholarly and peer-reviewed material in the field of respiratory therapy. Skip the databases and browse or search the journals directly using the links below.

Respiratory Care

Provides information about respiratory disease, research, clinical and laboratory practice, education, and patient care science.

Chest

Official publication of the American College of Chest Physicians. Focus is on advancing patient care served by clinicians across pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine through the publication of clinical research, reviews, and commentaries.

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

An international peer-reviewed general medical journal published continuously since 1883.

The New England Journal of Medicine

NEJM delivers high-quality, peer-reviewed research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators, researchers, and the global medical community.

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Publishes high-quality original papers, reviews, and clinical trials in respiratory, critical care, and sleep medicine to foster advances in translational research and clinical practice.

RT: The Journal for Respiratory Care Practitioners

Provides clinical information, updates on trends, practical insights, business tips, and news on the latest product and services.

Professional Resources

National Board for Respiratory Care

The national organization that promotes competencies and credentialing for respiratory therapists, NBRC offers resources for licensing, candidates, and education programs.

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American Association for Respiratory Care

The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) is the leading national and international professional association for respiratory care. The AARC encourages and promotes professional excellence, advances the science and practice of respiratory care, and serves as an advocate for patients and their families, the public, the profession and the respiratory therapist.

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Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Internationally peer-reviewed, open-access, scholarly, online journal dedicated to the global exploration of allied health professional practice, research, and education.

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American Respiratory Care Foundation

Grants, research, and conference information for respiratory care professionals

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North Carolina Society for Respiratory Care

A non-profit organization that supports and benefits respiratory care practitioners of North Carolina as a chartered affiliate of the American Association for Respiratory Care.

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