BoardVitals which contains sample questions to prepare for the CCRN, AANP Family NP, ANCC Family NP, Adult Gerontology Primary and Acute Care NP, Pediatric Primary Care NP, and Psych-Mental Health NP licensing exams. Follow the instructions to register using your @SLU.edu email address.
APRN Legislative Update (Published annually in The Nurse Practitioner January issue). Go to the PubMed or CINAHL database and type into the search box “APRN Legislative Update.” Locate the current year’s update and use the Find It@SLU button to get the full text article.
SLU “Point of Care” Resources: DynaMed Plus and Clinical Overviews (in ClinicalKey) have concise summaries of patient care information about etiology, pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatment of medical conditions. Find under Quick Links on the Medical Library home page. DynaMed Plus has a mobile app—you will need to create a personal account using the Sign In icon and then click on the Mobile link. These are are NOT journal articles!
Contains clinically-oriented, evidence-based summaries written by medical experts for point-of-care use by physicians, medical students, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists and other health care professionals. This new "Plus" version has greater scope and functionality with specialty topics, drug information, graphics & images, direct links to article references in full text, and mobile access. It is updated multiple times daily to insure currency.
Includes Elsevier's medical and surgical reference books, journals, point-of-care clinical monographs, drug monographs, and clinical trials, and practice guidelines. Individual ClinicalKey account required for e-book PDF downloads.