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ANSWERING CLINICAL QUESTIONS IN REAL TIME for NURSING
A Quick Guide to navigating Library resources by TIME and TYPE OF QUESTION for Background Questions.

Library Resources by Type of Question & Time Available Searching Background Questions - generally ask who, what, when, why, where, or how about a single disease, drug, intervention, or concept.
Type of Question	Time available for Search
	10 minutes or less	More than 10 minutes
1. Alternative or Complementary Treatment	· Natural Standard	· MedlinePlus Alternative Medicine · Review of Natural Products (Ovid Ebook)
2. Nursing Procedures, Lab Results, Calculators	· MedCalc 3000 in StatRef! · Nurses Guide to Clinical Procedures	· Micromedex · NursingConsult
3. Disease Information – Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment	· Ebsco Quick Lesson About... · Diseases: a Nursing Process Approach · Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms	· Mosby’s Nursing Index – use the Disease Tab · NursingConsult Ebooks
4. Drug Information	· Lexi-Comp Online · Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Guide · Micromedex	· Mosby’s Nursing Index – use the Drug Tab
5. Evidence Based Practice	· Ebsco Evidence Based Care Sheets · NursingConsult Evidence Based Monographs	· AHRQ · Cochrane Library · National Guidelines Clearinghouse
6. Nursing and Nursing  Diagnosis	· Nursing Consult · Nursing Diagnosis: Application to Clinical Practice	· Ebsco’s CINAHL Plus · Mosby’s Nursing Index
7. Patient Education	· MD Consult · Micromedex · Lexi-Comp Online	· Patient Education Tutorials · MedlinePlus

This information is based on a handout by the Health Sciences Library of University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center and is used with permission.