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The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) has evidence-based resources
to help you in your work as a clinical nurse.
NLM has several resources for drug information.
Drug information is also available for your patients.
You can use these resources on your mobile devices and at the bedside.
You have many access points to NLM drug information.
You can access many of NLM’s drug information resources from our home page.
This video will highlight several of the resources.
To search PubMed for drugs and chemicals, go to the NLM Home Page.
Next, click on PubMed.
Click PubMed Tutorials.
Click Searching Drugs or Chemicals in PubMed.
Extensive drug information, including international drugs,
is in the Drug Information Subject Guide.
From any NLM page, type Subject Guide in the search box.
Click Subject Guides on Selected Topics, then select Drug Information.
Let’s search for a drug using the Drug Information Portal.
From the NLM Home Page, click Learn About Drugs.
Next, see the link, Drug Information from the National Library of Medicine.
Then click, Drug Information Portal.
The Drug Information Portal has more than 63,000 prescription
and non-prescription medicines, herbal medicines, and dietary supplements.
Resources are available for the clinician, patient, and researcher.
Read current news about drugs by clicking on the News and Features link.
Link to other NLM databases that have drug information,
including consumer health and toxicology drug information.
Find resources by Audience, such as Health Professionals.
Search for drugs by class, including over-the-counter and investigational.
Link to other federal government drug databases, such as the FDA and the National Guideline Clearinghouse.
Search by drug name or drug category.
Type in a drug name. It can be the generic or brand name.
I’ll type Pennsaid.
NLM’s Drug Portal provides access to more than ten consumer and clinical databases.
Let's look at four of them now – MedlinePlus, DailyMed, Clinical Trials, and PubMed.
MedlinePlus contains information for your patients and their families.
View prescription and non-prescription package inserts using DailyMed.
Find out if clinical trials for Pennsaid are in your area using ClinicalTrials.gov.
PubMed will show you what’s available in medical and nursing journals about Pennsaid.
You can filter the search using the filters on the left side of the PubMed screen,
or by typing more terms in the PubMed search box.
Access to all of the NLM links for drug information is available from the NLM Home Page,
or by typing the name of the database in the NLM search box.
Use NLM resources to help you improve clinical outcomes.
Available anytime, anywhere.