RDP Library: Nursing & Health: Finding Sources

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Red Deer Polytechnic Library recognizes that our catalogue and resource descriptions contain language that reflects the biases, norms, and perspectives of the time in which they were created. In particular, for resources about persons and groups, this language is often outdated and harmful. These descriptions also incorporate controlled vocabularies, such as the Library of Congress Subject Headings, which include some headings (e.g., Indians of North America), that are offensive or inappropriate. We use international standards for description, but support and actively participate in efforts to update and change these practices as we strive for descriptions that are inclusive, respectful, and do not cause harm. We acknowledge the critical importance of community consultation in these efforts, and as residents on Treaty 7 and Treaty 6 territories and Métis Region 3 we commit to working together with our local communities to make these changes.

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Key Nursing & Health Resources

Research Strategies at RDP Cheat Sheet
This 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
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Comprehensive full-text coverage for nursing and allied health research.
Indexes journals from the nursing and allied health fields and provides full text in topics such as legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, and clinical trials. Contains information on author affiliations, research instruments, and has searchable cited references, Evidence-Based care sheets, as well as quick lessons & search strategies. Some full text content dating back to 1937.
Lexidrug This link opens in a new window
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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
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A bibliographic database of definitive controlled trials that have been identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration.
Part of an effort to create an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews This link opens in a new window
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This database contains full text articles, as well as protocols focusing on the effects of healthcare.
Data is evidence-based medicine.

Merck Manuals
Online access to Merck manuals.

MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
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This bibliographic database contains references to articles in the life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine.

PubMed
PubMed 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
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This database combines comprehensive abstracts and citations with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines.

Google Scholar
Google 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
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A complete resource of medical terms, definitions, abbreviations, and symbols.
Contains Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, Stedman’s Health Professions & Nursing Dictionary, Stedman’s Dental Dictionary,
Stedman’s Pocket Medical Dictionary, Stedman’s Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols, as well as Anatomical plates, videos , and many additional references.

Databases

Lexidrug This link opens in a new window
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A collection of clinical tools that provides users with robust clinical drug information.
CPS Full Access This link opens in a new window
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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
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A complete resource of medical terms, definitions, abbreviations, and symbols.
Contains Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, Stedman’s Health Professions & Nursing Dictionary, Stedman’s Dental Dictionary,
Stedman’s Pocket Medical Dictionary, Stedman’s Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols, as well as Anatomical plates, videos , and many additional references.
Facts and Comparisons eAnswers This link opens in a new window
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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 Canada
Product-specific information on drugs approved for use in Canada.

Calculation Skills

Introduction to pharmaceutical calculations by Judith A Rees, Ian Smith, and Brian Smith
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 Claire Boyd
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)
Lippincott Nursing Drug Guide
Publication Date: 2016
Online resource.
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 professionals
Call Number: RM 301.12 A385 2021 (on Reserve at Library Desk)

DSM® Library [on PsychiatryOnline] This link opens in a new window
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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
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Full-text, peer-reviewed articles published by the American Psychological Association and affiliated journals.
Articles published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.
PsychiatryOnline This link opens in a new window
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Books and journals from American Psychiatric Publishing (American Psychiatric Association), including the DSM-5 library.
Includes textbooks, practice guidelines, self-assessment tools, and medication information handouts.
APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Covers the international literature in psychology, including journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports.
Includes medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, and linguistics.

Facts and Comparisons eAnswers This link opens in a new window
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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
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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
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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
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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
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This online video series provides up-to-date, step-by-step instructions for the most important nursing skills at the Advanced level.

Anatomy Video and Imagery Diversity Project from the University of Calgary
The 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 Anatomy
The 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 Library
Images of cells, cell function, cellular structure and abnormalities in a variety of organisms.
DermNet: All About the Skin
The 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.
MedPix
Open access database of medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics.
National Cancer Institute Visuals Online
The 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 Library
Explore 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 Images
Explore images from the National Institute of Health (NIH) including NIH Funded Research Images, cancer research images, and COVID-19 images.
NLM Digital Collections
Explore numerous document collections including: Images from the History of Medicine, Medicine in the Americas 1610-1920, World War 1, and many more.
Open-i
Open-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 Library
Pathology 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 Prevention
Explore 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 & Graphics
Explore 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 Gallery
International health / public health images.
The Visible Human Project
Publicly available three-dimensional representations of a male and a female human body. The images include cross-sectional cryosections, CT, and MRI images.

Canadian Nurses Association
The national professional voice of registered nurses in Canada.
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 Alberta
The regulatory and licensing organization for Alberta's LPNs.
CARE Magazine
Published quarterly by the CLPNA.
Canadian Nursing Students Association
"The national voice of Canadian nursing students."
Alberta College of Pharmacy
"The governing and regulatory body for the pharmacy profession in Alberta."
Pharmacy Technician Society of Alberta
"The provincial member-focused organization for pharmacy technicians."

Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
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Information on consumer health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health.

FamilyDoctor.org
Information from a family medicine perspective provided by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Mayo Clinic
Easy to understand medical information reviewed for accuracy by Mayo Clinic experts.
Health Canada
The Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.

Indigenous Resources

Indigenous Resources Guide
This guide will help you find information relevant to Indigenous topics in Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Métis ancestral lands.

COVID-19 Research

AHS Covid-19
Alberta 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 Health
Government of Canada updates regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada
Outbreak Tracker Map: Global Cases
Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
NICE (U.K.) guidelines and evidence reviews
National Institute for Health and Care Exellence (NICE) updates regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, including rapid guidelines and evidence summaries
CDC (U.S.) guidance and updates
Centers 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

LitCovid
LitCovid 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 Database
The 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 Database
ProQuest'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 Center
Elsevier'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 Services
This 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 University
McMaster University's structured guide to COVID-19 evidence sources and resources to support decision-makers

Find Streaming Videos

Academic Video Online
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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
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Access to educationally relevant feature films, including classics, documentaries, animated titles, independent films, and foreign films.
Curio This link opens in a new window
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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
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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
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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
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This collection includes documentaries, animations, experimental films, and alternative dramas. Public performance rights for classroom use included.
Flash player required for NFB/Interactive and manage chapters by CAMPUS subscribers.
Videatives Streaming Service This link opens in a new window
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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 Collections
Access 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 Databases
A 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 Title
Find out if the Library has access to a specific journal.

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