Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills

LNPS Designed by clinical nurses for clinical nurses, Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills helps improve and standardize patient care.

Nurses use reference tools most often at the bedside. We give you access at the point of care, when and where it's needed.
All content comes directly from our clinical nurse experts and is overseen by our top-notch editorial staff.
Procedures cover all the key specialty areas needed in a hospital setting.
Material is updated regularly with the most recent clinical evidence
and standards.
We put all the relevant information at the appropriate steps, so there's no searching for additional graphics or video.

It's the leading-edge tool in every way: content, functionality, expertise and timeliness. Just a few of the many ways we keep your staff ahead:

Ensure a consistent standard of care with institution-wide online access.

Nurses can get to the information they need quickly and intuitively.
Access more than 900 evidence-based procedures and skills online—no log-in required!
Step-by-step procedures provide highly-detailed instruction.
Quick Lists offer a high-level overview.
“Custom select” boxes allow nurses to customize the procedure view or quickly jump to the section they need. Sections include:
- Introduction
- Equipment
- Preparation of Equipment
- Implementation
- Special Considerations
- Patient Teaching
- Complications
- Documentation

Evidence-based-references show the evidence on which the procedure is based.
NEW! Starting in March 2010, the evidence level of references will be rated using the Melnyk’s Rating System for the Hierarchy of Evidence.
Skills checklists help you evaluate staff.
Question and answer competency tests provide administrators, managers, and educators with an additional competency measurement tool.
Compelling color visuals—including hundreds of video clips—make learning clearer.

Edit content to match your policies and standards.
Create an unlimited number of customized checklists, procedures, and nursing and clinical categories.
Track revisions with unique Audit Trail feature.
Delete and reinstate procedures as needed.
Manage and track users as well as skills checklist results.
Add your institution's logo.

Print and e-mail options let users send or print out for later review.
Notes feature lets you annotate procedures for users.
Immediate keyword search and hypertext links help users locate any information in a flash.
Browse by nursing specialty, clinical category, or A-Z list.
Maintain compliance with current institutional guidelines—including those from The Joint Commission and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
Available integration with Healthstream smoothes training administration.