NurseONE…The Knowledge Beacon

Deborah Wild RN, BScN, Master e-CommerceProgram Manager NurseONECanadian Nurses Association

November 24, 2009

As one of Canada’s time-pressured nurses you understand the necessity of: • remaining at the forefront of your practice• finding current, credible, reliable information 24/7 regardless of

geographical location • making the time to manage your career and connect with your colleagues

NurseONE assists you in:• decision-making at the point of care• managing your career any time - any where • remaining current in your practice• connecting you with colleagues from across Canada or around the globe

NurseONE.ca …

your trusted source for reliable information

NurseONE Origins and Evolution• a primary bilingual information gateway for Canadian nurses

• conceived originally by FNIHB as a tool for nurses in remote areas

• quickly became evident that NurseONE would be advantageous to all nurses in all environments

• partners: CNA, Health Canada and FNIHB

NurseONE Approach …

• To ensure that NurseONE meets the “real – world” needs of nurses o nursing leads the program not ICT o built to reflect the way nurses think and the way they

access, synthesize and apply knowledge• Based on compiled nurse profiles:

o clinician, administrator, educator, researcher, and policy maker

o in various contexts of practice: urban, rural, remote, community, etc.

o the strongest emphasis is placed on clinicians and their practical, front-line nursing needs

The NurseONE Technology

• Provides 24 / 7 / access to:

• evidence-based health information for nurses in all domains of practice regardless of geographic location

• scholarly Health Information at the point of need

• access to the health literature / information for all stages of a nurses career from novice to expert & new grad to retiree

The NurseONE Interface

• A unique initiative offering:o intuitive navigationo ease of use - regardless of computer experience

• Single - secure - authenticated sign-on provides access to: o all resources

Who can access NurseONE ?

• Any Canadian nurseo through their professional association membership - CNA &CNSA o or by paying an annual fee

• Quebec nurses have two ways to access NurseONEo NANB & YRNA allow Quebec nurses to join their professional associationo or individual nurses can pay an annual fee to access NurseONE

• Ontario Nurseso nurses in Ontario who are non-RNAO members must pay an annual fee

Access is easy...

• Go to NurseONE.ca

• Complete the one-time registration process

• Accept the terms and conditions

Sign in and choose a section…

Or simply click on desired tab…

ONE connection to essential professional and clinical resources…

Nursing Practice Tab

• access to resources from across the world

• specifically selected URL’s to enrich nursing knowledge through evidence-based information

• URLs to: o clinical references, o disease specific information, o nursing policy statementso QPPE & patient safety resourceso information on public health/infectious diseases

and emergency preparedness

ONE focal point for managing your practice and your career…

Professional Development Tab…

Continuing Competence • Self assessment • Learning plans• Portfolio development

• Career Developmento Access to a variety of resources to assists in planning /

development of individual career paths o Tips on Resume Writingo Tips on Interviewing

• Continuing Education. o Pursue lifelong learning at your pace, on your schedule

ONE point of access to a wealth of evidence-based tools and information…

The Helen K. Mussallem (HKM) e-Library Tab• Is the first and most extensive e-library designed specifically

to serve Canadian nurses

• Provides o a variety of current, relevant, reliable resources including

evidence-based information

• Promotes o utilization of best practiceso professional development & lifelong learning at all career stages

• Assist nurses to fulfill their mandate to o enhance patient outcomeso provide safe, competent, ethical nursing care

HKM offers access to …

The World’s most detailed 3D Model of Human Anatomy

Natural & Alternative Treatments

CINAHL Plus with Full Text MEDLINE with Full Text

The Cochrane CollectionGreenFILE

Health Policy Reference Center

Your gateway to 411 full text e-books

EB point of care tool

offers access to:

Sharing insights on economic trends, public policy and

organizational performance

The Patient Safety Resource Guide…

• Created for nurses to support efforts to improve patient safety practices

• A web-based fully searchable database• Contains references related to all aspects of patient safety• Focus is on Canadian literature• Updated 3 times per year

Discover how guidelines are developedLearn the difference between guidelines, best practice guidelines, standards and protocols and more

New in the HKM e-library…

Webliographies

• a full text resource

• created to provide nurses in all domains of practice with relevant information on a variety of “hot topics”, “trends”, or “issues”

• produced 10 times per year

Essential Reads…

• A collection of grey literature o credible reliable

information sources o not indexed in formal

bibliographic databases

• Provides full text access to a variety of national & international reports on a variety of Nursing Issues

NurseConnect Tab…

• Communities of Practice (CoP) o online private spaces where members can meet, share

information and collaborate. • FNIH nurses

o host the first CoP on NurseONE. • Interested in developing a CoP

o take a look at the CoP Framework • Social networking tools

o will be tailored to meet the needs of nurses across the country.

CNA’s E-Nursing Strategy

States that the three keys to successful integration of ICT in nursing are to increase:• nurses’ access• nurses’ competence• nurses’ participation

Jan 1 – May 1 2009 = 19,000 downloads

NurseONE The Knowledge Beacon…

• B Best resources

• E Evidence based

• A Access 24/7/365

• C Canadian context

• O One stop shop

• N Nurses of Canada

http://www.nurseone.ca

Questions/CommentsContact:

dwild@cna-aiic.caor

mjaworski@cna-aiic.ca