New eBook: Lippincott Nursing Procedures, 9th Edition

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The MSK Library now has the 2023 updated version of Lippincott Nursing Procedures. This reference guide contains more than 400 entries with detailed, evidence-based guidance on procedures ranging from the most basic patient care to assisting with intricate surgeries. The alphabetical organization allows you to quickly lookup any procedure by name, and benefit from the clear, concise, step-by-step direction of nursing experts. 

Lippincott Nursing Procedures provides full-color photos and diagrams that illustrate procedure steps, practices based on clinical evidence, and procedures presented in a structured how-to format.

 

New Database: ClinicalKey

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The MSK Library has added a new database resource, Elsevier’s ClinicalKey. 

ClinicalKey provides streamlined access to evidence-based information for clinicians, nurses, and healthcare professionals including quick answers at the point of care. It includes more than 1,000 medical books published by Elsevier including key texts used in medical education such as Gray’s Anatomy, Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology, Gunderson & Tepper’s Clinical Radiation Oncology, and Goldman’s Cecil Medicine. ClinicalKey also includes more than 650 journals (~100 being oncology-related), 3,000 drug monographs, 4,500 practice guidelines, and patient education information. Search and filter through these resources by source type, study type, specialty disciplines, and date.

Please note: Ebooks are readable online; in order to download a PDF you will need to create a personal account with Elsevier/ClinicalKey. To register for a new account on ClinicalKey, click the “Register” link in the top right while on the ClinicalKey platform. Enter your name and MSKCC email on the registration form.

If you have any questions about ClinicalKey, don’t hesitate to Ask Us!

MSK Faculty Elected to National Academy of Medicine

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An October 10, 2023, MSK press release shared the news that two of MSK’s faculty, Dr. Luis Diaz Jr., MD and Dr. Kojo S.J. Elenitoba-Johnson, MD were elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Recognition by the NAM “is considered one of the highest honors in the field of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.”  In celebration of this news, we would like to highlight the Synapse* profiles of both Dr. Diaz and Dr. Elenitoba-Johnson, bringing attention to their influential research publications.

Dr. Diaz, a medical oncologist and expert in applied cancer genetics and immuno-oncology has been with MSK since 2016. In that time, he has authored over 50 articles, including the landmark New England Journal of Medicine paper highlighted in the press release. Looking at our Altmetric and Citation Count trackers, you can see this paper has been cited over 450 times, and has an extremely high Altmetric Score, showing the paper’s popularity in both social media and news outlets.image from Synape showing Dimensions and Altmetric scores.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Elenitoba-Johnson, a physician-scientist and leader in the fields of hematopathology and molecular genomic pathology, as well as translational research utilizing genomics and mass spectrometry-driven proteomics, joined MSK in 2022. His Synapse profile reflects his publications authored with MSK since 2022, but using the “dashboard” tab of his profile, you can follow the link next to “Scopus Author ID” to link out to his full publication list captured by Scopus, showing 191 papers that have been cited over 10,000 times. image of Dr. Elenitoba-Johnson profile in Scopus.

We join the MSK community in congratulating both Dr. Diaz and Dr. Elenitoba-Johnson on their achievements. 

*Synapse is the authoritative database of MSK authors and their publications, managed by the Medical Library. 

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