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Time is a valuable commodity for all nurses. Now, you can save time with Nursing Reference Center Plus!

Nursing Reference Center Plus (NRC Plus) is an excellent evidence-based information resource. Developed by nurses for nurses, NRC Plus is unmatched in scope and helps to meet nurses’ practice, education, and research needs (EBSCO, 2022).

It is easy to access care plans in NRC Plus. Problem-based care plans help to address patient issues and support patients in reaching their goals. There are fifty different care plan topics available, including Risk for Injury, Fatigue and Nutritional Imbalance and more.

Access NRC Plus

You can access NRC Plus from Library Services’ Databases page. From the Library’s homepage:

• Click on the Databases tab. Click on the Select a Database… drop-down menu and select Nursing Reference Center Plus from the list.

OR

• From the top menu bar, click on the Search Sources drop-down menu and choose Databases. This brings you to the Databases A-Z list, where you can search alphabetically for Nursing Reference Center Plus.

Once you’ve accessed NRC Plus:

• Click on Care Plans on the home page.

OR

• Select the Diseases tab in the top menu bar. You can then enter search terms for a specific care plan in the search box.

Search for care plans

For example, let's search for ‘risk for injury’:

1. In the Diseases tab (A), enter ‘risk for injury’ in the search box and click on the Search button.
2. On the results page, under Material Types, select the checkbox next to Care Plans (B). 3. From the filtered results, select the “Injury: Risk for” care plan (C).

Once you have selected a care plan, you will find a list of Tools (D) along the right-hand side of your screen. These include:

• E-mail Alert (E): You can save your searches as alerts and have NRC Plus email you any new results. Simply enter your email address and use the drop-down menu to choose how often you would like to receive alerts.
• Print (F): Click on the Print button to display the care plan in your browser window. To print, simply click on the Print button in the dialog box.

For further assistance with care plan tools and how to use them, please visit the Nursing Reference Center Plus Help section.

Access care plans on the go

NRC Plus offers mobile access for iOS (iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch) and Android devices. You can utilize care plans and all of NRC Plus’ other great content on the go. Follow the detailed mobile app instructions in the Mobile Apps and Resources subject guide to download the NRC Plus app.

NRC Plus will save you time by enhancing your access to evidence-based, nursing-related content. Whether you are interested in care plans, quick lessons, competency checklists, or skills with videos, NRC Plus is an excellent tool to incorporate into your daily work.

For more information on Nursing Reference Center Plus or other nursing-related resources, please reach out to Library Services at asklibrary@nshealth.ca. We are here to help!

References

1. EBSCO (2022). Nursing Reference Center Plus. https://support-ebsco-com.libraryproxy.nshealth.ca/help/?int=nup&lang=en&feature_id=&TOC_ID=Always&SI=1&BU=0&GU=0&PS=0&ver=&dbs=nup.

Amanda Andrews

Librarian Educator, Education & Training Lead
Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Eastern Zone

All Nova Scotia Health Library Services sites will be unstaffed for the holidays on:

• Friday December 23 as of 12pm through Tuesday December 27
• Monday January 2

To see our site hours for your area, please visit our Locations page.

Want to get in touch but not sure who to contact? Email us at AskLibrary@nshealth.ca. Our general inbox will be monitored Monday to Friday over the holiday season, with the exception of December 26 and 27, and January 2.

All of us in Library Services wish you a healthy and peaceful holiday season.

Library Staff

Nova Scotia Health Library Services

Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs is a must-have resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and other mental health professionals. It provides a comprehensive summary of need-to-know information about psychotropic drugs, including:

• Product availability
• Indications/contraindications
• Dosing
• Interactions
• Switching and augmentation strategies
• Pediatric, geriatric and pregnancy considerations
• Lab tests/monitoring

Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs helps you find what you need quickly and easily. Information is presented in an easy-to-read format using:

• Bullet points
• Comparison charts
• Icons
• Colour-coding

Library Services offers Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs in 2 formats:

Print (24th edition, 2021), available at most hospital library sites

Ebook (23rd edition, 2019), including printable patient information sheets for most drug categories

TIP From the Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs ebook, you can create a ProQuest Ebook Central™ user account. In the upper right corner of the ebook header, click on Sign In (A). Once you have created an account, you can highlight text, bookmark pages, and insert notes (B). Click the star icon (C) in the left-hand tool bar to view the annotations you've made and to jump to those sections of the ebook.

If you have any questions about Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs, or any other books or ebooks in our collection, please reach out to AskLibrary@nshealth.ca, or book a one-on-one consultation with a Library Services team member.

Lana MacEachern

Library Technician
Aberdeen Hospital, Northern Zone

Writing in plain language matters. In Canada, it’s reported that nine million people have limited literacy skills, with over half of Canadians reading below a high school level. This is just one of the reasons why it is important to offer additional support to patients and families with easy-to-read, straightforward patient pamphlets. For more information about creating or updating patient pamphlets, please visit the Content Creator Toolkit. Please contact pamphlets@nshealth.ca with any questions. You can search for pamphlets by title, keyword, or four-digit pamphlet number in the library catalogue, or view the complete listing of active titles in our Print Code Index.

The following pamphlets were updated or created in November 2022. 

Cardiovascular System 
WG85-2315 NEW 24-hour Cardiology Transfer Service
WG85-0290 After Varicose Vein Surgery

Endocrine System 
WK85-1904 Diabetic Foot Ulcer (En français: 1951)

Gynecology & Reproductive Health
WP85-1931 Your Baby's Second Night (En français: 1965)

Hospitals
WX85-2060 Welcome to the Integrated Chronic Care Service (ICCS)
WX85-1933 Integrated Chronic Care Service (ICCS) Scent-free Information
WX85-1943 Approved Scent-free Products: Integrated Chronic Care Service (ICCS)

Mental Health & Addictions
WM85-1849 Circle of Support and Circle of Care: Sharing Information and Working Together (En français: 1950)

Nephrology
WQ85-1889 Prevnar 13 (Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine) and Kidney Disease
WQ85-1890 Pneumovax 23 (Pneumococcal Vaccine Polyvalent) and Kidney Disease

Nervous System
WL85-1156 Subdural Hematoma

Nutrition & Food
LC85-2035 Need Help Filling Your Belly or Cupboards? Yarmouth Food Supports

Ophthalmology
WW85-0515 Endophthalmitis
WW85-0463 After Your Retina Surgery (En français: 1114)
WW85-2316 NEW Retinal Detachment (RD)

Kendell Fitzgerald

Librarian Educator
Central Zone