LibGuides: Nursing: Patient Education Information

Patient Education Materials

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
Use the Patient Ed link
Updated regularly. A collection of over 80 leading medical textbooks plus an extensive multimedia library, Diagnosaurus differential diagnosis tool, patient education materials, practice guidelines, diagnostic tests and an integrated drug database. AccessMedicine also features self-assessment tools, Lange Case Files series, and online learning tools for medical education and board exams review. Featured textbooks include: Harrison’s Online, Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, and Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery.
Create a free My Access account while logged in to access content without additional logins required. My Access also enables creation and saving of practice tests, saving and downloading images.
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health) Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Try using this keyword search (patient education OR patient information) or the CINAHL Subject Heading "Patient Education" in combination with your search terms.
Updated monthly. The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL) database provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health disciplines. Includes indexing for more than 5,100 journals with coverage as far back as 1937 and full text coverage for more than 700 journals. In addition to journals, includes healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, and educational software.
Clinical Pharmacology This link opens in a new window
Use the Patient Education drop-down menu.
Updated daily. A drug information application that provides peer reviewed, clinically-relevant information on drugs available in the United States, including off-label uses and dosages, herbal supplements, nutritional products, and new and investigational drugs. Features include drug interaction reports and drug identification searching.
Access to this resource is funded by the College of Pharmacy.
ClinicalKey for Nursing This link opens in a new window
Use the Patient Education link.
Updated regularly. Brings the leading nursing resources together in one service to help nurses efficiently find answers to clinical questions. Offers a single destination for the clinical nurse, the nurse administrators and the nurse faculty.
It includes:
- Latest Drug Information
- Patient Education
- Professional Journals
- Reference Books
- Current News
- Clinical Practice
- Evidence-based Content
- Care Planning Tools
ClinicalKey for Nursing allows users to "Create an Account". With the Personal Account, you can do things like add contact information or customize patient handouts, access My Folder where bookmarks and searches may be saved, customize News, and receive email alerts and announcements about ClinicalKey for Nursing.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Good source for background information!
Updated regularly. A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources. Fully searchable across all files.

For more information on ebooks see the Ebook Guide
Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
Dates of coverage vary. Unlimited users.
Updated daily. Features searchable full text for nearly 190 journals as well as abstracts and indexing for over 200 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Contains information on health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Also includes many health research books, including books published by the People's Medical Society. Other features include thousands of essays from Clinical Reference Systems.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Dates of coverage vary. Unlimited users.
Updated daily. Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975.
UpToDate Lexidrug This link opens in a new window
Use the Patient Education link.
Updated daily. Provides full text access to point-of-care information from 13 clinical databases and 4 clinical applications. Databases include Lexi-Drugs, Pediatric Lexi-Drugs, and Geriatric Lexi-Drugs as well as Clinician's Guides to Diagnosis, Internal Medicine and Laboratory Medicine. Clinical Applications include drug interactions, tablet & capsule identification, medical calculations and patient advisory leaflets.

Mayo Clinic | Patient Care & Health Information
Information on diseases and conditions, symptoms, tests and procedures, and drugs and supplements
MedlinePlus | Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
"MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free."

NATMED PRO This link opens in a new window
Most current edition. Unlimited users.
Provides high quality, evidence-based information on dietary supplements (including herbs, vitamins, and minerals), functional foods, diets, complementary practices (modalities), exercises, and medical conditions.
Salud en Espanol This link opens in a new window
Dates of coverage vary. Unlimited users.
Salud en Español provee reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar. Reportes específicos por tema que cubren todos los aspectos de la salud, dan información general importante en relación a enfermedades, afecciones y procedimientos de diversos tratamientos.
Spanish Health provides evidence-based comprehensive reports and data sheets related to all aspects of health and wellbeing. Topic-specific reports covering all aspects of health give important general information regarding diseases, conditions, and procedures of various treatments.
Stat!Ref This link opens in a new window
See especially these titles: DETAILED DRUG INFORMATION FOR THE CONSUMER, GUIDE TO CULTURALLY COMPETENT HEALTH CARE, OXFORD DESK REFERENCE: CLINICAL GENETICS AND GENOMICS
Updated regularly. Provides full text access to key medical reference sources and textbook and includes Board Vitals. Stat!Ref is now part of TDS Health.