Celebrate The Freedom To Read During Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week is Sept. 22 - 28

Banned Books Week is an annual event that highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community - librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types - in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

For more information about Banned Books Week, visit  http://www.bannedbooksweek.org.

Resources for Spanish Speaking Patients

Jameson Portal

Patient Education
Patient education sheets from Nursing Reference Center can be printed in English or Spanish. To print in Spanish, simply click on the Spanish hyperlink next to "Languages Available" at the upper left corner of the page.

Drug Information
Patient leaflets can be printed in Spanish through Pharmacy OneSource. Log in and search for a drug as usual. To print the information in Spanish, click on "View Spanish Leaflet" in the upper right corner of the page.

On the Web

Consumer Health InformationMany of the consumer health information links listed on the Jameson Library Portal are also available in Spanish. Here are some examples:

MedlinePlus: A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus provides trusted health information. You can switch between English and Spanish by clicking on the "English" or "Spanish" button at the top left corner. Many of the handouts available in the English site say "also available in Spanish." Simply click on the "Spanish" hyperlink next to the information.

Click here to access en español: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/ 

HealthFinder en español:  http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol/

Cultural Competence and Health Literacy
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/

HRSA Free Online Health Literacy Course:  http://www.hrsa.gov/publichealth/healthliteracy/

Vocabulary
StudySpanish Medical Vocabulary:  http://www.studyspanish.com/travel/medical.htm

Study Tools: Flashcard Exchange

The start of another school year is right around the corner. Now is a good time to brush up on your study skills and get organized. Here is a free tool to help:

Flashcard Exchange
Flashcard Exchange is an Internet application where you can create, study, print and download flashcards. It currently has more than 31 million flashcards and supports all languages with many subcategories of words including science and medicine.

The flashcards are created by the Internet community, which means it is interactive. You can create your own flashcards and share them with others. There are sections that require payment to access, but much of the site is a free service.

Stay tuned for more study and organization tips and tools!

New Hospital Engagement Guide

A new online resource from HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) gives hospitals four evidence-based strategies to engage patients and families in their care. The field-tested strategies outlined in AHRQ's new Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Safety and Quality can help hospitals make care better and safer by bridging the communication gaps among patients and families and their health care providers.

Click here to read the press release about the guide.

The Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Safety and Quality is available at 
http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/patfamilyengageguide/index.html

Read the Pennsylvania Code and Pennsylvania Bulletin Online

The Pennsylvania Code is an official publication of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It contains regulations and other documents filed with the Legislative Reference Bureau under the act of July 31, 1968 (P. L. 769, No. 240) (45 P. S. §§ 1102, 1201—1208 and 1602) and 45 Pa.C.S. Chapters 5, 7 and 9, known as the Commonwealth Documents Law (CDL). It consists of 55 titles.

The Pennsylvania Code and Pennsylvania Bulletin are available at no cost online.

To read the Pennsylvania Code, go to http://www.pacode.com. 

The Pennsylvania Bulletin Online includes the following: Statewide and local court rules; the Governor's Proclamations and Executive Orders; Actions by the General Assembly; Rulemakings by State agencies; Proposed Rulemakings by State agencies; and State agency notices.

To read the Pennsylvania Bulletin, go to http://www.pabulletin.com.

DSM-5 Is Now Available in the Library

The most recent addition to the library's reference collection is the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). This book is for library use only to ensure it is available in the library when you want to read it.





To learn about has changed from the Fourth to Fifth edition, visit http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx.

Access The Library's Resources On The Go With Mobile Apps

Did you know that STAT! Ref, Nursing Resource Center, and Dynamed offer mobile apps that you can download for free as part of Jameson Health System's subscription?


Other popular free apps include:
Epocrates Rx
Free drug reference with brand, generic, and OTC medicines, drug interaction check and pill ID.

modalityBODY
The modalityBODY App for iPad enables you to create interactive image libraries of the human body for professional reference, training, and patient education. Compile images from renowned medical texts or from your own photos to create custom collections.

National Library of Medicine Mobile Apps
A variety of apps, including LactMed, PubMed, MedlinePlus and TOXNET.


Eponyms
This app for students gives a short description of more than 1,700 common and obscure medical eponyms (e.g., Rovsing's sign, Virchow's node).

IDdx
Users can find lists of matching infectious diseases by using the disease search criteria (99 signs & symptoms, 39 epidemiological factors, and 16 regions of the world). The user can see all the symptoms associated with a disease or see all the diseases associated with a symptom.

Medscape

Contact the librarian today to get started.

World Blood Donor Day

Today is World Blood Donor Day. Roll up your sleeve and save a life!

Did you know?
A single unit of donated blood can save up to three lives.

Every year 107 million blood donations are collected worldwide. Approximately half of these are collected in high-income countries, home to only 15% of the world’s population.

Approximately 37 percent of the population is eligible to donate blood, but in Pittsburgh, less than 3 percent do.

Giving blood is fast. The entire life-saving process takes approximately 45 minutes. The actual donation time is only 5-10 minutes.


Requirements to Donate
To donate, you must be in generally good physical health and feeling well that day.

To donate whole blood, you must be at least 17 years old (16 years old with signed parental consent form*) and weigh at least 110 pounds.

There must be at least 56 days between whole blood donations.


Places to Donate
Central Blood Bank
Jameson Health System, South Campus
1000 South Mercer Street
New Castle, PA 16101-4672

Tuesday, 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Call 1-866-366-6771 to schedule an appointment.

American Red Cross Donor Center
125 North Jefferson Street
New Castle, PA 16101

2nd and 4th Wednesday, noon to 6 p.m. (Whole Blood)
To schedule a blood donation appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767).

Before You Go
You can do a few things before you give blood to make sure that you have a good experience:

• Make sure you feel well. Don't give blood if you feel ill.
• Eat a good breakfast or lunch. But avoid fatty foods. They can affect some of the tests done on donated blood to make sure it's safe.
• Drink plenty of fluids.
• Get plenty of sleep the night before.

Patient Safety Resources

Your librarian just started her second week of  five-week patient course titled "The Science of Safety in Healthcare" by Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, Peter J. Pronovost.

Here are a few recommended resources from the course:

The Joint Commission 2013 National Patient Safety Goals

Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century  (free PDF book)

The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
The Armstrong Institute’s goal is to eliminate preventable harm to patients and to achieve the best patient outcomes at the lowest cost possible, and then to share knowledge of how to achieve this goal with the world. Created with a $10 million gift from C. Michael Armstrong, former chairman of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Board of Trustees, the institute also provides an infrastructure that, for the first time, oversees, coordinates and supports patient safety and quality efforts across Johns Hopkins’ integrated health care system.

 Ask Me 3    
Ask Me 3 is a patient education program designed to improve communication between patients and health care providers, encourage patients to become active members of their health care team, and promote improved health outcomes.

TeamSTEPPS 
 TeamSTEPPS is an evidence-based teamwork system designed for health care professionals. TeamSTEPPS is presented in a multimedia format, with tools to help the health care organization plan, conduct, and evaluate its own team training program. All materials are available online and in printed copies at AHRQ Clearinghouse.

World Health Organization: Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide
Patient safety is not specific to one health profession; all health professional learning should include patient safety competencies. The 2011 WHO Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide was developed to satisfy this demand for a single coordinated approach, pulling individual strands of work from health-care professionals into a systems-based, team-dependent approach, to ensure patient safety learning is delivered in an integrated way.

For more information, please e-mail dthimons@jamesonhealth.org or call extension 4050.

Tackle Your Summer Reading List with Free eBooks

Whether you are reading poolside for pleasure or professional development, consider an eBook from one of the following sites:

·         PubMedBookshelf - Bookshelf provides free access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.

·         ProjectGutenberg - Project Gutenberg offers more than 42,000 free eBooks. Find classics such as Les Misererables, Frankenstein, and The Call of the Wild here.

·         TeachingPatients with Low Literacy Skills – This book is now considered a classic text in health literacy.

As a Jameson employee, you also have access to several eBooks through STAT!Ref and the Nursing Resource Center. Please see the librarian if you need help accessing these databases.

Two Databases Trials Available through the Library Portal

Test Drive These Databases
The Jameson Health System Library has access to the  R2 Digital Library and Natural Standard until mid-June. Please visit the Library's portal page and scroll down to "trials" to test drive these databases.

The R2 Digital Library from Rittenhouse Book Distributors offers a unique selection of health science eBooks. Thousands of eBooks are available from nearly 50 leading publishers.

Natural Standard offers quick access to comprehensive, evidence-based, peer-reviewed information on foods, herbs, supplements and natural therapies. Sections include interactions, adverse effects, allergies, efficacy, pregnancy/lactation data and mechanism of action. Includes patient handouts in English and Spanish, as well as CE/CME programs.

If you need any help using the R2 Digital Library or Natural Standard, or would like more information about either product, please contact the librarian.

Like It or Leave It
Please let the librarian know what you think about the databases.

New Books Added to the Library Collection

The following titles were recently added to the library collection:

How learning works: 7 research-based principles for smart teaching













Generation on a tightrope: A portrait of today's college student



















 
Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking














The courage to teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life



 










Visit the library today to borrow one of these or any of our many other books!

Don't Miss the Library Information Sessions

Come to one of the informative 30-minute sessions to hear what the library can do for you!

Learn about the Jameson Health System Medical Library and how to find books and articles on all topics. Discover which resources can save you time and lead to better information.

North Campus Dining Room 2 Thursday, May 16  noon – 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. Thursday, May 23 3 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

South Campus Meeting Room May 17 11:30 a.m. – noon

  

Who should attend?
Anyone who ever has a need for medical information will benefit from attending. This includes physicians, clinical and non-clinical staff, and volunteers. Everyone is welcome!

Refreshments will be provided. No registration is required.