By Lynn Warner
Our newest Nursing Resource is Dynamic Health – CDS + Skills. This resource not only replaces Nursing Reference Center Plus subscription; it includes many of the same great features and more. Dynamic Health combines everything you need–skills checklists, clinical answers, and evidence-based guidance–all in one simple tool designed for nurses and allied health professionals. All of the content is reviewed and edited by experts in the field and thoroughly cited using credible references. Users can even claim continuing education credits by using the resource. There is also an option to download the Dynamic Health app, so you can always have the resource handy.
Dynamic Health can be accessed through the Nursing Resource Guide, as well as through the UC Libraries A-Z Database list.
Resources contained in Dynamic Health include:
- Cultural Overviews – focuses on caring for patients from various faiths and heritages
- Diseases/Conditions – detailed overviews of diseases and conditions
- Signs/Symptoms – guidance on possible medical conditions
- Tests/Labs – information on imaging tests, lab tests, assessments, and diagnostic procedures
- Interventions – guides to treatments and actions
- Skills – contains nursing, health profession, clinical assistant, cultural care, and patient instruction skills
- Drug Monographs – with information from Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses
- Patient Handouts – patient-friendly information on diseases & conditions, procedures & tests, health & wellness, and discharge instructions. All can be printed in PDF format, many in a variety of languages.
- Leadership – topics related to leader development, human resources, professional development, case management, and more
To learn more about using Dynamic Health, you can sign up for live trainings offered through Ebsco.
Questions? Reach out to the Health Sciences Library!
