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Key Nursing & Health Resources
- A Quick Guide to Research Strategies at RDPThis document outlines tools, tips and tricks for conducting more effective research here at RDP. It outlines boolean operators, phrase searching, and even more advanced tools like an "auto-complete" function that will allow you to search multiple iterations of a word at a time!
- CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive full-text coverage for nursing and allied health research.
- Lexidrug This link opens in a new window
A collection of clinical tools that provides users with robust clinical drug information.
- Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials This link opens in a new window
A bibliographic database of definitive controlled trials that have been identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration.
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews This link opens in a new window
This database contains full text articles, as well as protocols focusing on the effects of healthcare.
- Cochrane Clinical Answers
This database provides a clinically-focused entry point to rigorous research from Cochrane Reviews.
- Merck ManualsOnline access to Merck manuals.
- MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
This bibliographic database contains references to articles in the life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine.
- PubMedPubMed comprises more than 34 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
- Scopus This link opens in a new window
This database combines comprehensive abstracts and citations with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines.
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar searches for academic literature, and is especially useful for tracking down articles from citations. On-campus, articles available through RDP Library will show a Request this item @ RDP link. Off-campus, set this functionality by going to Scholar's Settings --> Library Links and searching for Red Deer Polytechnic.
- Stedman's Online This link opens in a new window
A complete resource of medical terms, definitions, abbreviations, and symbols.
Databases
- Lexidrug This link opens in a new window
A collection of clinical tools that provides users with robust clinical drug information.
- CPS Full Access This link opens in a new window
e-Therapeutics+ Complete, including eCPS. Offers comparative and evaluative information on treatment options for common medical conditions, easy-to-use decision algorithms, and tables of drug choices. Formerly known as RxTx.
- Stedman's Online This link opens in a new window
A complete resource of medical terms, definitions, abbreviations, and symbols.
- Facts and Comparisons eAnswers This link opens in a new window
This resource provides information on drug efficacy, composition, and identification. Focus is on herbal medications, supplements, and other medical care products.
- Drug Product Database – Health CanadaProduct-specific information on drugs approved for use in Canada.
Calculation Skills
Introduction to pharmaceutical calculations by Call Number: RS 57 R44 2011"Topics include: rational numbers; systems of units; concentrations, dilutions and formulations; calculation of doses; density, displacement volumes and displacement values; calculations involving molecular weights; parenteral solutions and isotonicity; and accuracy of measurement."
Calculation Skills for Nurses by Filled with examples and questions based on real life nursing and healthcare situations.
Online resource.
Drug Guides
Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (18th ed.)
Call Number: RM 125 D44 2023 (on Reserve at Library Desk)2023 Lippincott Pocket Drug Guide for Nurses
Call Number: RM 125 L57 2023 (on Reserve at Library Desk)Nursing 2024 Drug Handbook
Call Number: RM 125 D78 2024 (on Reserve at the Library Desk)Pearson Nurse's Drug Guide 2022
Call Number: RM 125 N78 2022 (on Reserve at Library Desk)
Adult drug information handbook: Clinically relevant resource for all healthcare professionalsCall Number: RM 301.12 A385 2021 (on Reserve at Library Desk)
- DSM® Library [on PsychiatryOnline] This link opens in a new window
Includes DSM-5, DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, DSM-5 Clinical Cases, and DSM Legacy editions. Also links out to other Psychiatry Online resources.
- APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Full-text, peer-reviewed articles published by the American Psychological Association and affiliated journals.
- PsychiatryOnline This link opens in a new window
Books and journals from American Psychiatric Publishing (American Psychiatric Association), including the DSM-5 library.
- APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Covers the international literature in psychology, including journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports.
- Facts and Comparisons eAnswers This link opens in a new window
This resource provides information on drug efficacy, composition, and identification. Focus is on herbal medications, supplements, and other medical care products.
- Alt HealthWatch This link opens in a new window
A full-text alternative health database, focusing on complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
- HerbMed®An electronic database providing access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. Provided by the Alternative Medicine Foundation and the American Botanical Council.
- Mosby's Nursing Video Skills, Basic This link opens in a new window
This online video series provides up-to-date, step-by-step instructions for the most important nursing skills at the Basic level.
- Mosby's Nursing Video Skills, Intermediate This link opens in a new window
This online video series provides up-to-date, step-by-step instructions for the most important nursing skills at the Intermediate level.
- Mosby's Nursing Video Skills, Advanced This link opens in a new window
This online video series provides up-to-date, step-by-step instructions for the most important nursing skills at the Advanced level.
- Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
Information on consumer health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health.
- FamilyDoctor.orgInformation from a family medicine perspective provided by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
- Mayo ClinicEasy to understand medical information reviewed for accuracy by Mayo Clinic experts.
- Health CanadaThe Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.
- Anatomy Video and Imagery Diversity Project from the University of CalgaryThe Anatomy Video and Imagery Diversity (AVID) is a database of freely available original images and videos that properly showcase the range of human diversity and that are of sufficient detail and quality to support excellent anatomical teaching across multiple disciplines and levels of learner expertise. We aim to better represent the diversity of people in the population by reflecting different genders, people of different skin tones, body sizes, and compositions, and to provide access to resources that are currently severely lacking in higher education.
- Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human AnatomyThe images in this collection are all licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
For more information about this collection, please contact Dr. Drew Bourn at https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrew_Bourn - The Cell: An Image LibraryImages of cells, cell function, cellular structure and abnormalities in a variety of organisms.
- DermNet: All About the SkinThe images in this collection are all watermarked and are free to use for education, teaching, and other purposes, providing they abide by the image license. Please check the page for more details.
- Flickr: Specimens (Pathology)Gross and microscopic images of pathology specimens taken by Ed Uthman, a practicing pathologist in Houston, TX. Contains over 1,000 images, all licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.
- MedPixOpen access database of medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics.
- National Cancer Institute Visuals OnlineThe National Cancer Institute offers a collection of featured medical images in several collections: science and technology, childhood cancer, Spanish-language images and diagrams, anatomy, historical images, and B-roll videos. The full collection is also searchable.
- National Eye Institute Media LibraryExplore images and other media from categories such as eye exams and medical care, infographics, anatomy, laboratory, eye disease simulations and more.
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)A searchable collection of scientific photos, illustrations, and videos. The images and videos in this gallery are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike 3.0. This license allows you to remix, tweak, and build upon this work non-commercially, as long as you credit and license your new creations under identical terms.
- National Institute of Health ImagesExplore images from the National Institute of Health (NIH) including NIH Funded Research Images, cancer research images, and COVID-19 images.
- NLM Digital CollectionsExplore numerous document collections including: Images from the History of Medicine, Medicine in the Americas 1610-1920, World War 1, and many more.
- Open-iOpen-i is an open access biomedical image search engine that searches images from PubMed Central articles as well as several special image collections. Search the catalogue with filters such as specialties, license type, image type, etc.
- Pathology Education Informational Resource (PEIR) Digital LibraryPathology Education Informational Resource (PEIR) Digital Library is a multidisciplinary public access image database for use in medical education. Collections include PEIR Pathology, PEIR Radiology, and PEIR Slice which are images from the Slice database of teaching images.
- Public Health Image Library (PHIL) by the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionExplore topical image collections including influenza, lab science, bioterrorism, and more. There are also image subsets for particular audiences such as health care providers, teachers and trainers, librarians and researchers, students, consumers, and more.
- U.S. Government Photos & GraphicsExplore photos from multiple government agencies, including the National Cancer Institute, CDC, and National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
- United States Agency for International Development GalleryInternational health / public health images.
- The Visible Human ProjectPublicly available three-dimensional representations of a male and a female human body. The images include cross-sectional cryosections, CT, and MRI images.
Websites/Databases & Journals
- Health Education Assets LibraryThe Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education. The collection is now housed at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Digital Library.
- e-VIPe-VIP is a database of over 300 electronic virtual patients developed by nine universities and MedBiquitous Europe and co-funded by the European Commission. The e-VIPs are available under Creative Commons licenses.
- Operating Room Nurses Association of CanadaThe ORNAC Journal is the official peer-reviewed publication of the Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC).
The ORNAC Journal is Canada’s leading publication which engages, empowers and supports Perioperative Practitioners.
ORNAC Journal connects Canada’s Perioperative Practitioners and is the best source of information and news that is relevant to their practice.
Videos
- Anatomy and Physiology for Health Care Professional LecturesSeries of 21 video lectures for BIO 160, Anatomy & Physiology for Health Care Professions class at St. Clair County Community College.
- Anatomy and Physiology Video SetA set of anatomy videos illustrating parts of the human body
- Anatomy and Physiology YouTube ChannelShort, animated videos on many anatomy and physiology topics. Videos used in college courses and cover the content presented in the first two semesters of anatomy and physiology for Nursing/Allied Health students.
- Chandra's Essential Anatomy SeriesUsing plastinated specimens, Dr. Chandra created 25 educational videos on anatomy. The videos are in high definition and vary in length from 10 – 45 minutes
- Open RN YouTube ChannelThis YouTube channel has over 120 simulation-related videos, including simulated patients, nurse handoff reports, and interdisciplinary reports that can be used by faculty to create their own online simulations and learning activities. Based on these videos, twelve OER H5P branching scenarios were created that promote the development of safe clinical judgement.
Games & Simulations
- Virtual Healthcare ExperienceThis portal provides healthcare students with an experiential learning opportunity for practicing client care in a safe virtual environment. Areas include emergency, pediatrics, gerontology, medical-surgical, maternal & child, mental health, library, and faculty resources.
The following list has been adapted from MacEwan University's Nursing Guide that is licensed under a CC-BY-NC license.
- Alberta College of Pharmacy"The governing and regulatory body for the pharmacy profession in Alberta."
- Canadian Nurses AssociationThe national professional voice of registered nurses in Canada.
- Canadian Nursing Students Association"The national voice of Canadian nursing students."
- CARE NewsletterPublished monthly by the CLPNA.
- College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA)"The professional and regulatory body for Alberta's more than 33,000 registered nurses."
- College of Licensed Practical Nurses of AlbertaThe regulatory and licensing organization for Alberta's LPNs.
- Pharmacy Technician Society of Alberta"The provincial member-focused organization for pharmacy technicians."
Emergency Nursing Association
Nursing Informatics and Technology
Occupational Health Nursing Associations
Wound Care Nursing
The following list has been adapted from MacEwan University's Nursing Guide that is licensed under a CC-BY-NC license.
Government Resources
Legislation
Health Promotion
- Public Health Agency of CanadaThe main Government of Canada agency responsible for public health in Canada.
Health Information Websites
Patient Education
Evaluation Criteria and Reliable Sources
Associations and Organizations for Health Promotion
Vaccination & Immunization
Patient Safety
Mental Health & Psychiatric Nursing
Pain Management
Palliative Care
Transcultural, Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Health
Indigenous Resources
- Indigenous Resources GuideThis guide will help you find information relevant to Indigenous topics in Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Métis ancestral lands.
COVID-19 Research
- AHS Covid-19Alberta Health Services (AHS) updates regarding the COVID-19 outbreak
- COVID-19 Stats (Government of Alberta)Interactive data and statistics regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in Alberta
- Government of Canada Public HealthGovernment of Canada updates regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada
- Outbreak Tracker Map: Global CasesCoronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
- NICE (U.K.) guidelines and evidence reviewsNational Institute for Health and Care Exellence (NICE) updates regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, including rapid guidelines and evidence summaries
- CDC (U.S.) guidance and updatesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updates and guidance regarding the COVID-19 pandemic
- Merck Manuals COVID-19 Information and Resources (Consumer Version)Merck Manuals (Consumer Version) offers curated news and current, reliable information regarding coronaviruses and the COVID-19 pandemic
- LitCovidLitCovid is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to relevant articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics (e.g. transmission) and geographic locations.
- WHO DatabaseThe World Health Organization (WHO) is gathering the latest international multilingual scientific findings and knowledge on COVID-19. The global literature cited in the WHO COVID-19 Research Database is updated daily (Monday through Friday) from searches of bibliographic databases, hand searching, and the addition of other expert-referred scientific articles.
- ProQuest Coronavirus Research DatabaseProQuest's free health and medical research database for openly available content related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other coronaviruses.
- Elsevier Novel Coronavirus Information CenterElsevier's free health and medical research on the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19. Includes information for researchers, clinicians, and patients.
- COVID-19: Knowledge Resource Service, Alberta Health ServicesThis guide was created to support the information needs and research activities of AHS staff and health professionals. It highlights key resources on the topic. Please note that this guide is a living document and will change as the evidence and resources available continue to evolve.
- COVID-END: McMaster UniversityMcMaster University's structured guide to COVID-19 evidence sources and resources to support decision-makers
Find Streaming Videos
- Academic Video Online
This video collection of documentaries, films, demonstrations and more, spans subject areas like anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, etc.
- Criterion-On-Demand This link opens in a new window
Access to educationally relevant feature films, including classics, documentaries, animated titles, independent films, and foreign films.
- Curio This link opens in a new window
This streaming video collection features programs and teacher resource guides supporting K-12 and post-secondary courses. Includes News in Review, a current-events series. Contains English and French primary sources.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Instructional and educational streaming videos in a wide range of subject areas. Includes performance rights for classroom use.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window
A film collection which includes documentaries, indie and foreign films, classics, and blockbuster movies. A small selection has been purchased for use by RDP students, faculty, and staff. Faculty can request films by contacting their Subject Librarian.
- National Film Board of Canada This link opens in a new window
This collection includes documentaries, animations, experimental films, and alternative dramas. Public performance rights for classroom use included.
- Videatives Streaming Service This link opens in a new window
This streaming video collection includes text and video clips demonstrating children in action by capturing the details of what children know and how teachers can build from children's knowledge.
- A-Z List of Streaming Video CollectionsAccess to all RDP Library Streaming Video Collections (including Curio.ca, Films on Demand, NFB, Kanopy, Videatives)
Find Databases & Journals by Title
- A-Z List of DatabasesA complete listing of databases, electronic resources, and streaming video collections licensed for use by Red Deer Polytechnic students, faculty, and staff.
- Find a Journal by TitleFind out if the Library has access to a specific journal.
Interlibrary Loans & Other Libraries
RDP Library can bring in items from libraries across North America for you.
- Interlibrary Loan RequestsRequest articles, books, and other items not owned by RDP Library.
- Red Deer Public LibraryStudents, use your iCard at Red Deer Public Library (RDPL).
Off-Campus Access
Use your RDP email and password to access databases and e-resources off-campus. Learn about your RDP email and password.
Note that your RDP email requires multi-factor authentication (MFA). Learn about MFA.
