EDUCATION
Elsevier Clinical Skills

By Roberta Musgrove, MSN, NPD-BC

4 MIN READ
One of the ways you can ensure you remain at the forefront of delivering optimal patient care is with Elsevier Clinical Skills. There are more than 900 evidence-based skills and procedures you have access to through MARS MyLearning or the hospital’s library homepage.
The skills are authored, peer-reviewed, and updated at least annually by subject matter experts and clinicians currently in practice. The Quick Sheet provides a concise, step-by-step summary of the skill, while the Extended Text offers an in-depth look at all aspects of the skill. Demonstration videos and animations visually guide you through every necessary step involved in the skill. The lessons can help you ensure your knowledge and skills are current, align your performance with best practices and the latest clinical guidelines, and allow you to deliver high-quality patient care with confidence. They are a trusted training resource for new nurses and an excellent reference when looking up skills you don’t perform regularly or are not familiar with. Professional skills directly correlate to enhanced patient satisfaction, quality outcomes, and safety. It’s impossible for you to know everything, so it’s extremely important you have reliable resources at your fingertips.  Please make Elsevier Clinical Skills one of them!  When everyone works from the same place, using the same steps or processes, it reduces variability, improves the patient’s experience, and enhances the care provided. And you can earn contact hours too. That’s always a WIN!
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