Mosby's Nursing Skills(TM) Launches Maternal-Ne...

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

    - New Online Skills and Procedures, Aided by Multimedia Features, are 
Designed to Help Healthcare Institutions Improve the Quality of Nursing Care


ST. LOUIS, Missouri, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

    Mosby's Nursing Skills(TM) (MNS), the online nursing skills
and procedures reference and competency management system from Elsevier,
today 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.



    "From demonstrating procedures like applying a fetal monitor
to showing a new mother how to care for an infant, the Maternal-Newborn
Collection can help train nurses and provide 24/7 access to the most
up-to-date clinical reference material available," said Kathleen Cohen,
RN-BC, MPA Clinical Editor of, Mosby's Nursing Skills. "In addition, the
Maternal-Newborn Collection is a multimedia source, including step-by-step
text explanations, animations and/or video, which helps users read, view and
hear how procedures and practices are performed."


    
    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

    - Provide step-by-step guidance for assessing and caring for pregnant
      woman, new mothers, newborns, and families





    For learners, Mosby's Nursing Skills (http://www.MosbysNursingSkills.com)
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-a feature not available
elsewhere-provides instant feedback and concept review to help learners
master the skills and procedures and develop clinical reasoning 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.



    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.



About Mosby Nursing Skills

    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. Managers and educators can use the built-in learning
management functionality of Mosby's Nursing Skills to assign, track, and
manage skills competency completion and compare staff performance to
standards. Skills' instructional materials are customizable to incorporate
specific organizational policies and procedures. MNS can also be integrated
with an organization's existing learning management system and with Mosby's
Nursing Consult, the ultimate resource for clinical nurses, nurse
administrators, and nurse faculty.



    Mosby's Nursing Skills is endorsed by the AACN and is the only online
competency development tool with testing functionality that now offers more
than 530 adult skills, 321 pediatric-specific skills, and now over 70
maternal-newborn skills. For more information visit
http://www.MosbysNursingSkills.com.



About Elsevier

    Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical, and 
medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the 
global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70 
offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per 
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such 
as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult 
(http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/),
bibliographic databases, and online reference works.



    Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of
Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading
publisher, and information provider. Operating in the science and medical,
legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides
high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing
emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker
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