Point of Care Resources: Learn about Lippincott Advisor

Written by nurses for nurses, Lippincott Advisor is an expanding collection of thousands of evidence-based, clinical entries that continually updated by clinical nurses to reflect the most current evidence and practice standards. It covers:

• Diseases & Conditions

• Diagnostic Tests

• Treatments

• Signs & Symptoms

Want to learn a bit more about Lippincott Advisor? Register to join KRS in one of our regularly scheduled sessions.

• Training video to learn the basics [Time: 21:52]
• Lippincott Advisor Product Information [PDF]

KRS staff are able to troubleshoot issues and answer any questions you may have when setting up alerts. 

Contact your KRS site or email and we'll be happy to assist you!

What is the difference between Advisor and Procedures?

Access anytime, anywhere!

Lippincott Advisor can be accessed directly (krs.ahs.ca/advisor) or through the link on our homepage. For easy access, we encourage you to bookmark this site in your web browser, create a desktop shortcut, or download the free app. These links will work outside the AHS network (e.g. on your home computer, off-site), and you'll be prompted to login with your existing AHS/COV credentials. You'll also find it directly integrated into Connect Care.

Lippincott Advisor provides:

• Over 16,000 original, synthesized, evidence-based content entries, with on-the-spot answers to questions about diseases, diagnostic tests, treatments, signs and symptoms, and other clinical details,
• A health library (located in the link in menu) of over 30 clinician reference texts such as Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice (Nettina), Cardiac Nursing (Woods, et al), and Wallach’s Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests (Williamson & Snyder)

Hover over the hotspots below to learn more about how to use Lippincott Advisor:

Lippincott Advisor is an AHS & Covenant Health endorsed resource for evidence-based practice information. It should be used in consideration of your clinical experience, context-specific information & clinical data, organizational policies, and other organizational references.

If you have questions about using Lippincott Advisor in your practice please contact:

• For AHS staff, the Professional Practice Consultation Service at practice.consultation@albertahealthservices.ca
• For Covenant Health staff, Professional Practice at professional.practice@covenanthealth.ca