Mosby's Nursing Skills (MNS), the online nursing skills and procedures reference and competency management system from STM publisher Elsevier, has announced the launch of its Maternal-Newborn Collection for healthcare institutions seeking to improve the quality of their nurses who work with adult, pediatric, and maternal-newborn populations. The 72 web-based skills in the Maternal-Newborn Collection are the latest addition to Mosby's electronic evidence-based Nursing Skills collection, designed to help healthcare institutions provide easy-to-access, evidence-based skills and procedures materials that can help improve the quality of nursing care.
Launched in May 2006, Mosby's Nursing Skills is designed with the help of nurses, nurse managers, and nurse educators to meet the training needs of today's healthcare institutions. Created from leading, peer-reviewed Mosby reference texts and other evidence-based practice guidelines with input from clinical nurse specialists, these online skills and procedures provide thorough coverage of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care of women and newborns; present step-by-step skills and procedures for all aspects of maternal and newborn care; include patient-family teaching tips; outline important physical changes that occur during labor; and provide step-by-step guidance for assessing and caring for pregnant woman, new mothers, newborns, and families.
For learners, Mosby's Nursing Skills features clear rationales for all steps, checklists, online testing, more than 3,150 illustrations, and step-by-step video demonstrations or animations with voiceover and close captioning. Also included are references to evidence-based information. The testing process provides instant feedback and concept review to help learners master the skills and procedures and develop clinical reasoning skills.
In the first quarter of 2009, 40 High Risk Obstetric Skills will be added at no additional charge as part of the MNS Core Collection. These new skills, in combination with more than 530 adult skills and procedures and 321 pediatric skills, will bring the total collection to nearly 1,000 comprehensive skills.
Mosby's Nursing Skills is built using learning management system (LMS) functionality allowing nurse managers and educators to assign, track and manage skills and test hospital staff. It also includes supplementary material such as searchable database of patient education handouts. The Nursing Skills system also enhances a healthcare institution's recruitment and retention efforts.
