New eBook – Athena Unbound : Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free for All

Athena Unbound explores the open access movement: The past history, current conflicts and controversies, and future possibilities. The author provides analysis of the debates, and explores issues such as copyright and the economics of paying for “free” knowledge.

Topics covered include the arguments in terms of disseminating scientific research, the history of intellectual property and copyright, and the development of the university and research establishment. The author “proposes a new system that would shift costs from consumers to producers and free scholarly knowledge from the paywalls and institutional barriers that keep it from much of the world.” 

New eBook: Drain’s PeriAnesthesia Nursing, A Critical Care Approach

The 7th edition of Drain’s PeriAnesthesia Nursing, A Critical Care Approach is now available electronically via the MSK Library. This comprehensive clinical text has five distinct sections ― covering the PACU, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, nursing care, and special considerations.

Updated content in this edition includes the latest standards, policies and issues affecting perianesthesia nursing practice such as patient safety, infection control, managed care implications, pain management, bioterrorism, new sedation and pain guidelines, new information on older patients, implications of new surgical techniques, and more bariatric implications.

New Core Curriculum eBook Set from the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society

The MSK Library has recently added 3 new titles from the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society Core Curriculum series. They are the 2nd editions of Wound Management, Ostomy Management, and Continence Management.

These texts are a main source for expert guidance, training and wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) certification exam preparation. This is essential content for those seeking WOC certification, including nursing students in WOC programs; nurses involved in wound care, ostomy management, or continence management; nurses in gastroenterology, urology, and surgical nursing; and graduate nursing students and nursing faculty.

Chapter features include: Objectives at the start of each chapter, Key Points that expand on important concepts, Tables that offer clinical guidelines and care strategies, Case Studies that optimize clinical decision-making, and End-of-Chapter Review Q&A’s — multiple choice questions followed by answers and rationales.