Susanne Phillips, FNP Assistant Program Director & Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing Science Program, spoke at Governor Schwarzenegger's Press Conference to Discuss Health Care Reform. Below is the text of Professor Phillips' speech (taken from Governor Schwarzenegger's page). Click here to see the video of all the speakers (Professor Phillips' remarks begin at 20:05). It is amazing to see the great work being done by the remarkable people in the UCI Nursing Community!!
Good morning. Susanne Phillips with the California Association for Nurse Practitioners. Governor and Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the California Association for Nurse Practitioners I stand here to thank you for your leadership. Nurse practitioners are excited to be here today to celebrate the progress towards reform that expands access to the highest quality health care, regardless of geographic, ethnic, or socioeconomic standing. This is an important step for nurse practitioners and their patients. Every day in communities throughout the Golden State we're on the front line, providing care to all Californians, especially those in the most underserved communities. We see the effects of our broken health care system every day, from the uninsured day laborers to the children facing obesity-related health issues.
Nurse practitioners will play the biggest role in transforming public policy reforms into positive patient outcomes. California's health care debate has centered on how to best provide preventive and basic health care services for California's diverse populations. The vast majority of the services in question fall within the purview and expertise of nurse practitioners working with physician partners.
California commends the Governor and the Speaker for providing that bipartisan cooperation that can result in landmark health care reform. We're hopeful that the spirit of bipartisan cooperation continues with all groups involved so that these important health care reforms can be enacted. Nurse practitioners proudly stand ready to collaborate with policy makers, physicians, and all health care providers to ensure passage of this historic health care reform proposal.
(click here to see photos of the event)
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Copyright Fun
Somehow I missed this in The Chronicle in May. Fun and informative! Hope everyone has a good break!
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Finals Week 24-Hour Study Areas
Here are the two 24-hour study areas on campus. I know I must have missed some good study spaces, so feel free to post those to the comments! Good luck everybody!!
Library Gateway Study Center
24 hours
Student Center
Study Areas Open 24 hours (Sun. Dec 9 - Fri. Dec. 14)
StudentCenter
24 hours
Student Center
Study Areas Open 24 hours (Sun. Dec 9 - Fri. Dec. 14)
Student
"Filters" for Searching CINAHL
I've posted some search filters on the EEE Wiki that will allow you to limit your search to these types of clinical questions: Diagnosis, Etiology, Prognosis, Therapy, Meta-analysis, and Qualitative Research.
These evidence-based filters for CINAHL were developed by librarians at the University of Rochester, and Ann McKibbon and Cindy Walker-Dilks of McMaster University.
To use the filters, copy the search terms, paste them into CINAHL, and then "AND" them with your search terms (e.g. gestational diabetes). Of course, these filters are broad and you will get some information that isn't relevant, but they should help focus your results. Happy searching!
https://eee.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Nursing_Science/EBP
These evidence-based filters for CINAHL were developed by librarians at the University of Rochester, and Ann McKibbon and Cindy Walker-Dilks of McMaster University.
To use the filters, copy the search terms, paste them into CINAHL, and then "AND" them with your search terms (e.g. gestational diabetes). Of course, these filters are broad and you will get some information that isn't relevant, but they should help focus your results. Happy searching!
https://eee.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Nursing_Science/EBP
Friday, November 30, 2007
Healthcare-Related Events Around Campus in December
UC Irvine Healthcare Community Education. Newborn Care. For expectant mothers in the last trimester of pregnancy and their birth partners.
UC Irvine Healthcare Community Education. Diabetic Diet. Discusses nutrition as a major factor of diabetes management.
Medical Scientist Lecture Series. Barriers to the Translation of Scientific Discoveries into Medical Practice: The NIH Roadmap and You. With Dr. Sheldon Greenfield, Donald Bren Professor of Medicine.
UC Irvine Healthcare Community Education. Heart-Healthy Diet (Cholesterol Awareness).
-- 5 Wednesday --
Alcohol Education, Student Health. Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings.
-- 6 Thursday --
UC Irvine Healthcare Education. Stop Smoking Series (4 classes). Topics include nicotine replacement, available medications, stress management, exercise and nutrition.
-- 7 Friday --
Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality. Toward a Neurophilosophy of Virtue: An Exemplar-Based Approach. With Michael Spezio, Caltech Emotion and Social Cognition Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
UC Irvine Healthcare Community Education. Asthma and Adults.
UC Irvine Healthcare Community Education. Diabetes Management Overview. Topics include defining diabetes and methods to control blood sugar levels through diet, exercise, medication and lifestyle changes in order to prevent long-term complications.
UC Irvine Healthcare Community Education. Living Well With Heart Failure. Overview of heart failure, symptoms, basic lifestyle changes to manage the condition.
Physiology & Biophysics. Irwin A. Rose Lectureship: Cell Signaling, and the Interplay Between Phosphorylation and Ubiquitination. With Tony Hunter, Salk Institute for Biological Science.
Alcohol Education, Student Health. Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting.
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Pathology Research Seminar Series: Structural and Proteomic Approaches in Discovering Molecular Assemblies to Aid Anti-Drug Discovery. With Celia W. Goulding, molecular biology & biochemistry assistant professor.
Alcohol Education, Student Health. Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
NLM California Wildfires Resources
From a National Library of Medicine press release, 10/26/07
"The National Library of Medicine has released a new resource focused on the health effects from wildfires http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/californiafires.html . The California Wildfires web page includes information on the health effects from fires and exposure to smoke; links to air quality resources, environmental clean-up following fires, and animals in disasters.
"The National Library of Medicine has released a new resource focused on the health effects from wildfires http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/californiafires.html . The California Wildfires web page includes information on the health effects from fires and exposure to smoke; links to air quality resources, environmental clean-up following fires, and animals in disasters.
In addition, resources for emergency responders and information in Spanish are also included. Searches of NLM databases, such as MedlinePlus, PubMed,TOXLINE, Tox Town, and Haz-Map (occupational health) are provided for additional health information. It also provides the locations of facilities reporting to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory and Superfund sites in and around San Diego (TOXMAP).
This web page is designed to help emergency responders, health care providers, public health workers, and the general public find authoritative and timely information about key health concerns from wildfires. Links to other federal government web sites, including USA.gov, FEMA, and the Department of Health and Human Services are included."
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
UCI Nursing Resource: StatRef Nursing
StatRef Nursing has full-text of more than 30 books, including Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process, and Practice,
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Healthcare-Related Events Around Campus in Late November
These events are all in late November, and have been pulled from the "Today@UCI: Calendar." I hope you find something you'll enjoy!
-- 19 Monday --
-- 21 Wednesday --
UC Irvine Healthcare Community Education. Early Pregnancy. For expectant mothers and their birth partners in the first three to four months of pregnancy, but can be attended later in the pregnancy if necessary. 6-8 p.m., UCI Manchester Pavilion Orange, 200 S. Manchester Ave., Suite 840, Orange. $20. Free to patients, UCI employees and volunteers. Registration required. More: 877.824.3627. Web link...
-- 27 Tuesday --
-- 19 Monday --
Medical Scientist Lecture Series. Chemical Approaches to Sorting out Histone Modifications. With Dr. Philip Cole, pharmacology professor,
UC Irvine Healthcare Community Education. Diabetes Management Overview. Topics include defining diabetes and methods to control blood sugar levels through diet, exercise, medication and lifestyle changes in order to prevent long-term complications.
UC Irvine Healthcare Community Education. Meditation Special Topic: Body Scan.
-- 21 Wednesday --
UC Irvine Healthcare Community Education. Early Pregnancy. For expectant mothers and their birth partners in the first three to four months of pregnancy, but can be attended later in the pregnancy if necessary. 6-8 p.m., UCI Manchester Pavilion Orange, 200 S. Manchester Ave., Suite 840, Orange. $20. Free to patients, UCI employees and volunteers. Registration required. More: 877.824.3627. Web link...
-- 27 Tuesday --
Biological Sciences. Cancer and Aging: How Our Bodies Are Designed to Be Reliable and Why They Fail. With Steven A. Frank, ecology & evolutionary biology professor. Part of the Allergan Foundation Lecture Series in Modern Biology.
-- 28 Wednesday --
ARCS Foundation. Chemoprevention of Colon Cancer: How Close Are We? 6-9 p.m., University Club. With Dr. Frank L. Meyskens, associate vice chancellor of health sciences and Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center director. Wine reception, dinner and lecture. $40. More: merylsawyer@sbcglobal.net or francecampbell@zotnet.net. Web link...
-- 29 Thursday --
-- 30 Friday --
UC
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Antimicrobial Peptides: Redefining the Skin's Barrier Against Infection. With Richard L. Gallo, dermatology chief and medicine & pediatrics professor, UC San Diego.
Public Health and Food & Drug Administration. Nutritional Sciences Symposium.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Connect from Off Campus
One of the questions I am asked most often is, "How can I access this material from my office/home/laptop?" At UCI, we allow you access through something called a VPN. VPN stands for Virtual Private Network, and the Wikipedia entry can describe what that is better than I can! But it allows you to access almost all of our online resources from off campus.
There are several ways to use a VPN, but what seems to be the most stable is using the Software VPN. This requires a little extra effort on the front end, but then affords you stability, so it is worth the effort. To download this, follow these instructions (this is for Windows) :
Here is an installation guide for Windows
Here is an installation guide for Mac OS X
Here is an installation guide for Linux
I hope this helps with connecting from off campus!
There are several ways to use a VPN, but what seems to be the most stable is using the Software VPN. This requires a little extra effort on the front end, but then affords you stability, so it is worth the effort. To download this, follow these instructions (this is for Windows) :
- Make sure you're not blocking pop-ups
- Go to the UCI Libraries' "Connect from Off-Campus" link
- Scroll to "Software VPN" (or click the link in this post!)
- Log in with your UCInetID username and password (If you haven't activated this or have forgotten your password, click here and activate it)
- Once you've logged in, scroll to the line that says, "UCI only information: There is additional information available only to authenticated UCI users. Please login..." and click "Please login..."
- Select your Operating System from the list and click "Download My Choice"
- A) An icon will appear on your computer, open it and follow the installation instructions. The installation instructions can also be found here.
B) Once the software is installed, you'll have to choose a "tunnel" to use. ALWAYS use the "UCI FULL" tunnel. - You'll be prompted for your UCInetID/Password
- Click "Continue" in the next pop-up, and you're ready to go!
Here is an installation guide for Windows
Here is an installation guide for Mac OS X
Here is an installation guide for Linux
I hope this helps with connecting from off campus!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Congratulations to the UCI Medical Center!
"UC Irvine Medical Center has been selected as a top hospital by registered nurses who participated in a survey in ADVANCE for Nurses magazine. In its first “Readers’ Choice Survey for Southern California,” ADVANCE asked readers to rank 75 Southern California hospitals in five categories that matter most to the nursing profession: quality of care, organizational culture, professional development, communications and retention efforts. UC Irvine Medical Center and four other hospitals received the highest scores across all five categories and are highlighted in the magazine’s Oct. 29 issue."
Read more: http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1690
Read more: http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1690
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Nursing 112 Reserve Item Available in ILC
The resource Mosby's Nursing Skills has been made available in the computers in the ILC for the Nursing Science 112 class (Foundations of Professional Nursing). It can be used by any of the PCs in the ILC. You must bring your activated library card so the ILC can assure that you are UCI students and have a right to access the material.
Some Online Resources: AllNurses.com, NurseLinkUp
I've found a few online resources recently and thought I'd share them (though I am definitely late to this party).
First is AllNurses.com. This is a free online community (though you will need to register to see all the content provided) built to encourage discussion and information sharing of all things nursing. There is career information, forums, global and local (by state) sections, and news (including this unpleasant piece of local news). While AllNurses.com is a good place to get a feel for the profession, it is important to remember that much of what you read in the forums are opinions, and while they may be well-informed opinions, they might not be fact!
Another online resource is NurseLinkUp.com. This resource is also an online community, with more of an emphasis on networking with other professionals and keeping up to date in your career. NurseLinkUp.com has been called "MySpace for nurses." If you join, you'll create your own personal profile and be given space to start a blog, view profiles of other nursing professionals from across the country and be able to contact them, receive syndicated news stories and articles written by NurseLinkUp staff, and more. As with any social networking site, it is important to be careful what information you post online. If you don't want a complete stranger calling your cell phone, don't put that information in your profile. And if you decide to keep a blog, keep in mind the image you'd like to project not just to your current group of friends but also to future employers and colleagues. Don't let this happen to you!
First is AllNurses.com. This is a free online community (though you will need to register to see all the content provided) built to encourage discussion and information sharing of all things nursing. There is career information, forums, global and local (by state) sections, and news (including this unpleasant piece of local news). While AllNurses.com is a good place to get a feel for the profession, it is important to remember that much of what you read in the forums are opinions, and while they may be well-informed opinions, they might not be fact!
Another online resource is NurseLinkUp.com. This resource is also an online community, with more of an emphasis on networking with other professionals and keeping up to date in your career. NurseLinkUp.com has been called "MySpace for nurses." If you join, you'll create your own personal profile and be given space to start a blog, view profiles of other nursing professionals from across the country and be able to contact them, receive syndicated news stories and articles written by NurseLinkUp staff, and more. As with any social networking site, it is important to be careful what information you post online. If you don't want a complete stranger calling your cell phone, don't put that information in your profile. And if you decide to keep a blog, keep in mind the image you'd like to project not just to your current group of friends but also to future employers and colleagues. Don't let this happen to you!
Friday, October 26, 2007
UCI Nursing Resource: NursingConsult
NursingConsult is a product that can help you can use whether you are a first year student or if you’ve worked in the field for 20 years. Students can access classic texts such as Goldman's Cecil Medicine or Ferri's Clinical Advisor, or use the “Drugs” and “Patient Education” sections to find good overviews of pharmaceutical products and disease states. Clinicians can customize patient handouts in English and Spanish, receive customized news stories and clinical updates, perform quick Medline literature searches, and access full-text of 27 journals and 30 books.
Coming in the fall of 2007, NursingConsult will feature new sections, including Practice Guidelines and an Evidence Based Nursing Collection, as well as more full-text book content. Images will also be incorporated into Patient Handouts.
UPDATE: These changes have been made and you can see them when you go to NursingConsult through the UCI Libraries.
Coming in the fall of 2007, NursingConsult will feature new sections, including Practice Guidelines and an Evidence Based Nursing Collection, as well as more full-text book content. Images will also be incorporated into Patient Handouts.
UPDATE: These changes have been made and you can see them when you go to NursingConsult through the UCI Libraries.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Look to the Right!
So, you may have noticed that I've packaged lots of stuff on the right hand side of this blog. Not only the typical stuff (archives, important links, etc.) but also some customized content such as CINAHL search on
CINAHL and PubMed, as you no doubt know, are databases. Both CINAHL and PubMed allow you to save a search as an RSS Feed (RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication). What this means is that rather than going to a database and rerunning a search, and rather than checking for email from the database, you can have the results appear on an aggregator (also called a reader). CommonCraft has a video called RSS In Plain English that describes this process much better than I can. You should watch it!
Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site. This is similar to using bookmarks or favorites in your browser, except instead of saving your bookmarks on a browser on a specific computer, you can access your bookmarks wherever you have internet access. Also, you can allow others to see your bookmarks, so your colleagues and peers can keep up with your research without you having to write updates! CommonCraft also has a video called Social Bookmarking in Plain English that explains this concept!
I'm putting these elements here partially because there is interesting information listed, but also because I want to show some ways to keep up to date with research/news/colleagues.
Friday, October 19, 2007
UCI Nursing Program Sites
There are many online places you can go for information about your program. One of the most important ones is the UCI Nursing site. From here, you can find information about the program, the faculty, scholarships, organizations (including the Nursing Science Students' Association at UCI), and more. On the more social side of things, you may wish to check out the Facebook group organized by UCI Nursing Science students. Another place that doesn't get promoted very much is the EEE Wiki. This could become an good communication tool for you.
Of course, I would be derelict in my nerdly duties if I didn't mention at least one library-related area, and today that will be the Nursing Subject Guide. This guide, while not an exhaustive list of all nursing-related materials, is a good place to start your search for information.
Of course, I would be derelict in my nerdly duties if I didn't mention at least one library-related area, and today that will be the Nursing Subject Guide. This guide, while not an exhaustive list of all nursing-related materials, is a good place to start your search for information.
CINAHL with Full Text
CINAHL is the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. This is the primary database covering literature specifically written for the nursing and allied health professions. CINAHL is updated weekly, indexes 2,931 journals, and provides full-text for 620 journals. “Indexes journals from the fields of nursing and allied health with indexing back to 1937. Offers complete coverage of English language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. Covers nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals, book chapters, Evidence Based Care Sheets, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments, and clinical trials.”
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