School of Nursing: Key Tools

Lexidrug (formerly Lexicomp)

is URMC's drug database. As a point-of-care resource, users can access evidence-based content quickly via desktop or mobile device.

Information includes:

• INTERACTIONS Analyze a patient’s entire drug and natural product profile, identify potential interactions, and obtain patient management options.

• DRUG ID - Identify loose or unlabeled medications by searching based on imprint(s), dosage form, color(s), and/or shape. Database includes images of more than 22,000 drug products.
• CALCULATORS - Access more than 130 medical calculators designed to assist you with drug dosing, conversions, drip rate, organ function and more in both adult and pediatric patients.

• TRISSEL’S IV COMPATIBILITY -Determine the compatibility and stability of IV drugs in a wide variety of solutions and combinations with this tool that incorporates content from Trissel’s™ 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database by Lawrence A. Trissel.

Lexidrug is available to use in your browser or you can download the app. Learn more about how to download the app here. Find tutorial videos on using Lexidrug here. 

• Center for Evidence-Based Practice Worksheets

• JBI Critical Appraisal Tools

• Essential Evidence Plus: Decision Support Tools

• Essential Evidence Plus: Diagnostic Test Calculators

• EBMcalc

• Navigate to Google Scholar and click on the 3 lines at the top left. 

• Click on Settings 

• Select Library Links 

• Search for University of Rochester and save 

• You can now see links to full text in your Google Scholar search results!

There are number of information resources available at Miner library for your use, however below are what we might consider our Core Databases to search for information.