What is Mosbys Nursing Skills

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What is Mosbys Nursing Skills?

• A comprehensive online skills and procedures
  reference system from Elsevier, publisher of
  Mosby and Saunders, the world leader in nursing
  information.

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Mosbys Nursing Skills Includes

• About 500 interactive skills from leading Mosby
  and Saunders references
• Step-by-step instructions with illustrations and
  multimedia demonstrations
• Supplementary material such as patient handouts -
  indexed and tied to specific skills
• interactive testing with instant feedback
• An announcement section so you can keep up with
  hospital news and alerts
• accessible 24 hours a day from any computer

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Benefits for Nurses

• Provides an easy-to-access and comprehensive
  resource for review of skills
• Increases confidence in interaction with patients
• Offers an interactive testing process to check
  for competency of skills
• Increases knowledge and competency which can lead
  to career advancement
• Communication feature keeps end users informed

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Mosbys Nursing Skills Home Page

• Your access to the communications, search, and
  user tools needed to master vital nursing skills
• Search for Skills
• Use the search box to type in a particular skill
• Browse using the alphabetical index
• Search for the skill within a specialty
• Search for the skill within a category
• My Skills in the Tools box makes it easy to find
  skills and manage assigned tasks
• Announcements alerts you to important information
• Tasks shows tasks assigned to you/your unit and
  helps you keep track of progress

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Home Page
Search
Announcements
My Skills
Tasks
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Skill Details

• Click on a Skill to find everything needed to
  master the Skill.

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Skill Details - Quick Sheet

• Provides a (printable) summary of step-by-step
  procedures for each skill.

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Skill Details Check List

• Printable for live competency testing to ensure
  skill is being done correctly.

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Skill Details - Supplies

• Ensure accuracy by referencing this printable
  list of supplies prior to performing the skill.

Print
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Skill Details - Test

• A multiple-choice competency Test is included
  with each skill. It may be taken and submitted
  online.

Detail
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Skill Details - Demonstrations

• Offers narrated and annotated animation and
  videos
• Presented through an easy-to-use player that
  allows for pause, replay, and skip to
  previous/next steps

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Skill Details - Illustrations

• Find relevant illustrations, images and tables
  selected from the source book of each skill.

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Skill Details Extended Text
Also of Interest Helpful resources related to
each skill.
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My Skills makes it easy to find skills and
manage tasks

• Skills History shows the competency tests taken
  and completed grade received.

Tasks shows assignments and due dates posted by
your Manager.
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My Skills
Saved Skills offers quick access to frequently
used skills
Recent Searches saves searches for quick access
later
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Help Link

• Click the Help link at the bottom of any page to
  get help using pages and features of Mosbys
  Nursing Skills.

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What is available in Help?
Browse on topics by site contents, index, or
glossary. Also search for topics by keyword.
FAQs help you quickly solve commonly encountered
problems
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