Friday, November 04, 2005

YSN Library November 7 - November 11

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 11/7
8:30 - 2:00

Tuesday 11/8
Call Medical Library for assistance - 737-4065

Wednesday 11/9
10:00 - 2:00
Class: 2:00-3:00pm Refworks Basics (TCC Medical Library)

Thursday 11/10
Call Medical Library for assistance - 737-4065

Friday 11/11
12:00 - 5:00

Other Library Classes

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Cancer Patients - Complementary and Alternative Therapies

A recent edition of Seminars in Oncology Nursing (Vol21, Issue3) devoted it's content to complementary and alternative therapies for cancer patients.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has developed a framework entitled “Major Domains of CAM” (complementary and alternative medicine*) which assists clinician and consumers in finding information. The NCCAM groups complementary and alternative medicine into four domains: biologically based practices, mind-body medicine, energy medicine, and manipulative and body-based practices. This issue of Seminars in Oncology Nursing includes information on each of these as well as articles focusing on education of nurses, future research, and resources for patients and clinicians including centers of excellence funded by NCCAM.
NCCAM is one of the centers that make up the National Institute of Health. It is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training complementary and alternative (CAM) researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals.


*A complementary therapy is an adjunct and support to a conventional medical intervention, and an alternative therapies is a replacement.

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Disaster Planning

The September issue of Nursing Clinics of North America is devoted to disaster planning. This timely issue addresses concerns that are confronting us in our day to day lives. Topics discussed include:
This issue provides a variety of articles that discuss many aspects of disaster health care. As the editor says " the professional nurse needs to be a driving force in better preparing the nation, one patient, organization, and community at a time."