Elsevier Clinical Skills combines over 1,400 evidence-based skills and procedures with competency management features to create a powerful resource for nurses, therapists and other clinicians. It helps address the need for both care consistency and competency validation, while positioning you in alignment with key standards of care.
Why Clinical Skills
Streamlines skills and procedures development and competency management, allowing you to focus more on patient care
References The Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals in applicable skills and ensures that procedures are aligned with the latest professional guidelines
Reviewed and updated annually, with more frequent updates when regulatory or professional practice standards change
Integrates with your EHR to provide clinicians access to information they need at the point of care
Works with other Elsevier solutions, such as Performance Manager (EPM), Clinical eLearning, ClinicalKey for Nursing and Care Planning
Enjoy an engaging online learning experience that validates competency in over 1,400 evidence-based skills and procedures. Use Clinical Skills to refresh knowledge and learn new skills anytime.
24/7With content available 24/7, you can access skills when and where they’re needed.
With Clinical Skills nurses and other clinicians can:
Ensure that performance is aligned with the latest professional guidelines and clinical evidence
Reduce practice errors
Master concepts through interactive tests
Increase overall competency
Stay informed of policy changes
Decrease time spent retrieving information
For Clinical Educators and Administrators
Clinical Skills makes it easier to standardize, measure and document knowledge, and enables you to provide resources that improve clinician satisfaction and empower them to achieve clinical excellence.
1,300+Includes over 1,300 evidence-based skills, plus robust competency management.
With Clinical Skills educators and administrators can:
Provide nurses and other clinicians with targeted education
Electronically assess and document clinical competence, and assign remediation if necessary
Customize content
Seamlessly integrate Clinical eLearning courses and virtually any type of document, such as presentations, PDF files and journal articles
Assign and follow discussions
Archive lessons and learning tasks
Create detailed reports that document and track learner behavior
For Healthcare Organizations
Consolidate resources and reduce costs by integrating Clinical Skills into your organizational workflow and supplementing your Policy & Procedure manuals. With Clinical Skills, you can spread education across all shifts to balance education with unit coverage and hospital benefits.
EHRLink your EHR to relevant clinical content in Clinical Skills with the Elsevier Infobutton.
With Clinical Skills healthcare organizations can:
Manage how skills are taught and performed throughout the organization
Ensure patient safety by utilizing content reflective of the latest clinical evidence and practice guidelines
Facilitate online access to skills and procedures across the organization
Reduce recruitment and retention costs by investing in the development and satisfaction of existing clinicians
Document knowledge for compliance and accreditation