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Nursing Diagnosis Manual Just Joined the Collection!

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The fifth edition of Nursing Diagnosis Manual from @FADavisCompany is new to the MSK Library’s R2 Digital Library. This latest, streamlined edition is a reference to plan, individualize, and document care for more than 850 diseases and disorders.  For each diagnosis, the manual presents

    • defining characteristics presented subjectively and objectively,
    • sample clinical applications,
    • prioritized action/interventions, and
    • a documentation section.

Nursing Diagnosis Manual may be found by searching Summon or in our eBook A-Z listing.

“Smoke Alarm”, Cancer’s Financial Burden and More…

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Here are a few newsworthy items in the world of cancer research

  • Reuters reports that British scientists hope that in the near future a simple blood test can serve as a “smoke alarm” for the early detection of cancer.
  • In a new paper published in ecancermedicalscience, researchers from the King’s College London show that men of color, primarily black men, are consistently underrepresented in prostate cancer research studies. The study illustrates that healthcare research conducted in one demographic often doesn’t translate to results for other demographics, and recruitment of ethnic minorities often fails to meet a balance.
  • A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins published in JAMA Oncology indicates that a cancer diagnosis can present a serious financial challenge for elderly and the disabled who receive Medicare. Out of pocket costs can range between $2000-8000 annually.

 

Try the Cancer Subject Subset in PubMed!

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PubMed offers the option of limiting a search to a specific subject by using built-in subsets. Cancer is one of the subsets available and the strategy used to create it is regularly revised and updated to maximize relevant retrieval. Here is the description of the Cancer Subset: “This strategy uses terms from the Neoplasms and related branches of MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), cancer-related text words, and MEDLINE journal titles. It was created jointly by NLM (National Library of Medicine) and the National Cancer Institute to facilitate searching for subjects in all areas of cancer, ranging from clinical care to basic research.”

This subset can be used in a PubMed search as cancer[sb].  Example: “health care disparities” AND cancer[sb]

You can also search for a concept (“health care disparities”) and then limit the results to the cancer subset using the filter options in the left sidebar of the database. Both of these methods achieve the same results.