Library Services has several new ebooks on our virtual shelves. A selection of these ebooks have been added thanks to the generosity of the Dr. Chauhan Memorial Trust Fund (Cape Breton, Guysborough, Antigonish Strait region).
Dr. Chauhan Memorial Trust Fund purchases
With funding from the Dr. Chauhan Memorial Trust Fund, Library Services has added the following titles to support the practice of physicians, nurses, and allied health providers. Many of the titles are highly recommended by Doody's Review Service.
Click on a title below to view the item's record in our catalogue, then simply click 'View ebook' to open.
- Clinical Consult to Psychiatric Mental Health: Management for Nurse Practitioners (2021)
- Damage Control Resuscitation: Identification and Treatment of Life-Threatening Hemorrhage (2020)
- Emergency Medicine: Diagnosis and Management (2021)
- Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice: A Systems Approach (2020)
- Health Equity and Nursing: Achieving Equity Through Policy, Population Health, and Interprofessional Collaboration (2021)
- New Techniques for Brand Management in the Healthcare Sector (2021)
- Paramedic: A Quick Study Digital Reference Guide (2020)
- Telemedicine, Telehealth and Telepresence: Principles, Strategies, Applications and New Directions (2021)
- Translation of Evidence into Nursing and Healthcare (2021)
Additional ebooks added to the collection
- Acute Nursing Care: Recognising and Responding to Medical Emergencies (2021)
- Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Emergency Medicine (2021)
- Fast Facts for the ER Nurse: Guide to a Successful Emergency Department Orientation (2022)
- Innovative Strategies in Teaching Nursing: Exemplars of Optimal Learning Outcomes (2021)
- An Introduction to Indigenous Health and Healthcare in Canada: Bridging Health and Healing (2022)
- Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and Community Nursing (2021)
Looking for more ebooks like the ones we've selected? Try finding related titles using the Subject (MeSH) (Medical Subject Headings) links in each record:
- Click on the ebook's title or the blue arrow to the left of the title to show the full catalogue record.
- Click on one of the Subjects (MeSH) for more items on the same topic.
As Nova Scotia Health staff and physicians, you have access to more than 11,000 ebooks! If there is an ebook or other resource that you think Library Services should add to the collection, please let us know. On your computer, click on the 'Request' drop-down arrow at the top of this web page, then click on 'Suggestions for Library Purchase' and complete and submit the electronic form. On your mobile device simply click on the grey button in the upper right corner of your screen to find the 'Request' drop-down menu.
Thanks again to the generosity of the Dr. Chauhan Memorial Trust Fund. As always, if you have any questions, please connect with Library Services.
Amanda Andrews
Librarian Educator
Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Eastern Zone
A recent study, based on data from the 2015-16 Canadian Community Health Survey, found that about 33% of Canadians over the age of 12 have two or more chronic diseases. That statistic increases to more than 66% for Canadians over the age of 65 (Geda, Janzen, & Pahwa, 2021).
Treating patients with multiple chronic conditions can be challenging. When making clinical decisions, health care professionals must understand how multiple conditions and their treatments interact. BMJ Best Practice’s new Comorbidities tool can help!
Introduced in September 2020, the Comorbidities tool supports you in “treat[ing] the whole patient” (BMJ Best Practice, 2020) and enables hospitals to:
(BMJ Best Practice, 2020)
Using the Comorbidities tool
Let’s look at how you could use the Comorbidities tool in the following scenario:
A 70-year-old woman presents at the ED with acute heart failure. You learn from her family that she also has hypertension and COPD. You need to decide quickly how to treat her acute condition while considering her pre-existing conditions.
Using the desktop or mobile version of BMJ Best Practice, search for ‘acute heart failure’ by typing it in the search bar (1) or selecting it from a list in the Comorbidities tab (2).
The Comorbidities tool may be found on the right-hand side of the Summary page (3) or appear in a pop-up window. Check the boxes for each of the patient’s comorbidities (4), then click on Show treatment algorithm (5).
You can expand each section of the treatment algorithm to view treatment options (6). Options that are affected or added as a result of the patient’s comorbidities, will be indicated by the Comorbidities icon
(7). Click on each treatment option for further details (8).
BMJ Best Practice, including the Comorbidities tool, is available 24/7 to support you in making informed clinical decisions.
For more information about the BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities tool, or any of Nova Scotia Health Library Services’ point-of-care tools, book a consultation with a library staff member, or email us at AskLibrary@nshealth.ca.
References
BMJ Best Practice.(2020, September 9). Introducing the Comorbidities tool from BMJ Best Practice. https://bestpractice.bmj.com/info/introducing-the-comorbidities-tool-from-bmj-best-practice/
Geda, N.R., Janzen, B. & Pahwa, P.(2021). Chronic disease multimorbidity among the Canadian population: prevalence and associated lifestyle factors. Archives of Public Health, 79(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00583-7
Roxanne MacMillan
Librarian Educator
Dickson Building, Central Zone