YSN Library October 31 - November 4

These are the hours that I will be in the Nursing Library this week.
Questions, comments, concerns, please email me: janene.batten@yale.edu

Monday 10/31
8:30 - 5:00

Tuesday 11/1
Call Medical Library for assistance - 737-4065

Wednesday 11/2
Call Medical Library for assistance - 737-4065
Class: 7:00-8:00pm PowerPoint Basics (TCC Medical Library)

Thursday 11/3
Call Medical Library for assistance - 737-4065
Class: 11:30-12:30pm RefWorks (TCC Medical Library)

Friday 11/4
8:30 - 5:00

Other Library Classes

Guideline Synthesis: Obesity in Children

This synthesis entitled Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: Assessment, prevention, and management took the guidelines proposed by:

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Heart Association
• Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
• Singapore Ministry of Health, and
  
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

and directly compared each of them for:

• objectives and scope
• target population
• guideline's intended users
• interventions and practices considered

The report then goes on the compare recommendations for:

• assessment and classification of overweight/obesity
• assessment of other risk factors
• strategies for prevention of obesity
• Management of Overweight and Obesity

The third table compares the benefits and harms from each guideline, and the last table explains the levels of evidence used for each guideline.

The National Guideline Clearinghouse regularly performs and posts Guideline Syntheses to its website. Other topics that might be of interest include Screening for Breast Cancer; Tobacco Use Cessation and Prevention; and Pharyngitis/Sore Throat.
The site also allow you to do your own guideline comparison.

YSN Library October 24 - October 28

These are the hours that I will be in the Nursing Library this week.
Questions, comments, concerns, please email me: janene.batten@yale.edu

Monday 10/24
8:30 - 5:00
Class: 4:00-5:00pm EndNote Advanced (TCC Medical Library)

Tuesday 10/25
Call Medical Library for assistance - 737-4065

Wednesday 10/26
Call Medical Library for assistance - 737-4065
Class: 7:00-8:00pm PowerPoint Basics (TCC Medical Library)

Thursday 10/27
Call Medical Library for assistance - 737-4065

Friday 10/28
8:30 - 5:00
Class: 12:00-1:00pm RSS and Blogs (TCC Medical Library)

Other Library Classes

Summary of policy recommendations for periodic health examinations

Link to these summaries of policy recommendations for periodic health examinations (by the American Academy of Family Physicians) listed on the National Guidelines Clearinghouse website. Included are summaries for:

• Breast Cancer
• Breastfeeding
• Cardiac Disease
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Depression
• Diabetes, Type 2
• Family Violence and Intimate Partner Violence
• Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
• Healthy Diet
• HIV Infection
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Idiopathic Scoliosis in Adolescents
• Lead Poisoning
• Neural Tube Defects
• Obesity
• Pneumococcal Disease
• Second Hand Smoke
• Tobacco Use

Each of these recommendations, and many others listed at the website give a brief statement about the strengths of recommendation about screening for each condition.

Role of nurse administrators in the clinical setting

This article discusses the role of the nurse administrator in the clinical setting.

• Maintenance of professional standards
• Evaluation of nursing practice
• Selection of courses of action that promote professional growth and yet still ensure accountability to patients and the community.

"Nurse administrators are in ideal positions to address [the questions of professional standards, self-regulation, and self-discipline] and to create a moral climate that will affect positively the actual practice of the profession, its future, and its ethics."

Curtin, L.L., Arnold, L. (2005) A framework for analysis, part II. Nurs Adm Q. 2005 Jul-Sep;29(3):288-91.