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Lippincott’s Advisor
Mosby’s Nursing Consult
Points of Distinction
Primary Purpose
Point of Care Quick Reference
General Online Nursing Reference
LA was designed as a Point of Care workflow tool: it’s
easy to access and to find information quickly.
MNC supplies too much content and information to be
used effectively as a daily workflow tool.
Content Source
Built on a monograph- based
approach which focuses on the
specific areas of content
A compilation of books and journals that
users can search
Because Mosby content comes from different book and
journal sources, nurses have to essentially do a book
search and then scan through the results to see
whether the answer has relevance.
LA allows them to:
Ability to access more than 2000 monographs (the
majority of the information nurses need at the point of
care) without reviewing an extended list of various
books and articles that contain information on the
topic searched.
Areas covered
Drugs, Diseases, Diagnostic
Tests, Signs & Symptoms,
treatments, Patient teaching,
Care Plans,
Practice Guidelines, Access to
Ovid books/journals with Ovid
subscription
Drugs, 47 Diseases, Patient Teaching,
News, Journals, Books, Practice Guidelines
LA: Core nursing topics needed in daily workflow are
available quickly for point of care needs. They can get
to the information they need quickly.
MNC- nurses need to make a decision which journal or
book would have the information they need and then
navigate there and then determine what information is
relevant.
Number of
Monographs
More than 2000:
439 Diseases
~475 Diagnostic tests
195 Treatments
279 Signs and Symptoms
800+ Drugs
~179 Nursing Care Plans
47 disease monographs. Monographs are
long and wordy.
Of the 47, 4 are actually Signs and
Symptoms, not Diseases.
All core topics are available as monographs with LA.
Mosby information requires book or journal search
primarily.
Evidence Based
Evidence based references
support all the disease,
diagnostic test, and treatment
monographs.
Mosby’s Nursing Consult is a compilation
of older books plus journals. Only 47
Evidence-based monographs are in the
program. Some journal articles are
evidence-based.
LA is thoroughly evidence-based. MNC only skims the
surface.
Lippincott Advisor
