H1N1 Evidence-Based Health Information for Clinicians, Nurses and Patients

As published in DynaMed Weekly Update 36:

Concerns about Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and the upcoming flu season have healthcare providers and the public on alert, and the clinical editors from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) are responding by making the latest evidence-based flu-related information available for free.

The site (http://www.ebsconewsletter.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=dmweeklyupdate%2C389002%2Cbgj93TFR%2C3493893%2Cbg2Qrql) provides evidence-based clinical information from DynaMed™ and Nursing Reference Center™, EBSCO's clinical and nursing point-of-care databases, along with patient education information in 17 languages from Patient Education Reference Center™.

The information provided For Clinicians and For Nurses consolidates the best-available evidence from multiple sources along with the latest evidence-based content for healthcare providers to stay current with recommendations for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating patients with flu-like illnesses.

The For Patients section includes current, easy to understand articles written for non-medical professionals. The http://www.ebsconewsletter.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=dmweeklyupdate%2C389002%2Cbgj93TFR%2C3493893%2Cbg2Qrql site adds patient education information in 17 languages. The patient education information allows healthcare providers to have resources to provide to their diverse local communities and allows people to have access to the latest treatment and condition information about Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and Seasonal Influenza that is easy to understand.

The goal of the site is to be open to all and easy to share among medical colleagues, parents, students, faculty, employees, and co-workers so that preventative measures are well-known and symptoms and treatment options are understood. Medical institutions, organizations, universities, schools and public libraries will be able to easily add links to the EBSCO influenza portal to their own flu resources pages and websites.

The clinical editors responsible for EBSCO's point-of-care resources continually monitor current information and update the resources in order to ensure that the worldwide medical community has the best available medical evidence. The http://www.ebsconewsletter.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=dmweeklyupdate%2C389002%2Cbgj93TFR%2C3493893%2Cbg2Qrql site pulls together the information collected about the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak and other strains of the flu ensuring the best available medical evidence will be easy to find going into the 2009/2010 flu season.

FOCUS ON DIABETES from Lippincott Nursing Center

From Lisa M. Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP,Clinical Editor, NursingCenter.com:

As nurses, many of us come into contact with patients with diabetes on a daily basis. According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, in 2007, there were 23.6 million people with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes in the United States. That's about 8% of the population.
While compiling our Diabetic Resource Page, I discovered one treatment approach which really struck a chord with me. It involves using empowerment-based strategies. The strategies associated with this method are truly patient-centered, and since many diabetic patients provide 99% of their own care, I found it worth reading about!

I hope this resource proves helpful to you as well. Perhaps you're interested in learning new strategies for diabetic management or need to brush up on pathophysiology. Maybe you're a diabetic educator who'd like to read about successful programs, a critical care nurse who'd like more information about DKA, or a wound care specialist who manages diabetic foot ulcers. No matter your role, you're bound to find something of interest in this collection. Let us know what you think!

Thank you and enjoy your day!