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What is Mosby’s 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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Mosby’s 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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Mosby’s Nursing Skills Home PageYour 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

My Skills

Tasks

Announcements

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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 SheetProvides 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.

Detail Print

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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 Mosby’s 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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