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PEN (Practice Based Evidence for Nutrition) This link opens in a new window Practice-Based Evidence in Nutrition (PEN) provides point-of-care guidance and up-to-date best evidence in food and nutrition. The database contains summaries of recommendations and evidence, answers to practice questions, practice guidance toolkits, guidelines, calculators, and more.

Nutrition Care Manual by Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

UHN & CAP Resources

UHN - Clinical Nutrition SharePoint
CAP - Clinical Nutrition Intranet Page
eNCPT (Electronic Nutrition Care Process Terminology)
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Featured Books

Nutrition Care Manual

The ASPEN Adult Nutrition Support Core Curriculum, Third Edition

ASPEN Parenteral Nutrition Handbook, Third Edition

ASPEN Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Disorders Handbook, Second Edition

Krause and Mahan's Food and the Nutrition Care Process

Oncology Nutrition for Clinical Practice

Essentials of Clinical Nutrition in Healthcare

Essentials of nutrition in medicine and healthcare: a practical guide

Find Nutrition Evidence and Nutrition Information

PEN (Practice Based Evidence for Nutrition) This link opens in a new window
Practice-Based Evidence in Nutrition (PEN) provides point-of-care guidance and up-to-date best evidence in food and nutrition. The database contains summaries of recommendations and evidence, answers to practice questions, practice guidance toolkits, guidelines, calculators, and more.

Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review The Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review (NESR) has food- and nutrition-related systematic reviews, rapid reviews, and evidence scans that answer important public health-related questions.
e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA) An online library of evidence-informed guidelines for nutrition interventions and single point of reference for the latest nutrition guidelines, recommendations and related information.
Canadian Nutrient File The Canadian Nutrient File (CNF) is a bilingual food composition database containing average values for nutrients in foods available in Canada. Searchable by food or by nutrient.
FoodData Central USDA’s comprehensive source of data on nutrients and other foods components as well as links to sources of related agricultural, food, dietary supplement, and other information.

Natural Medicines This link opens in a new window Evidence-based resource on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary alternative and integrative therapies. Features professional monographs, patient handouts, and nutrient depletion ratings for prescription and over-the-counter medications.

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PEN (Practice Based Evidence for Nutrition) This link opens in a new window PEN has many resources including practice guidance toolkits, answers to practice questions, Canadian and international guidelines, calculators, and more.

ASPEN Clinical Practice Library Contains clinical guidelines, consensus recommendations, position papers, standards, etc. from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
ESPEN Guidelines Practical guidelines, scientific guidelines, position papers and endorsed recommendations from the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN)
e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA) An online library of evidence-informed guidelines for nutrition interventions and single point of reference for the latest nutrition guidelines, recommendations and related information.
UHN Libraries' Practice Guidelines Page
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PubMed This link opens in a new window PubMed is the public interface for Medline, which is a good starting point to find answers to clinical questions and to do a quick search. Click Find It @ UHN to access full-text articles (if available) and other related supporting resources available from the UHN Libraries.
CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window CINAHL Ultimate is a key database for finding nursing and allied health literature. It includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU modules and research instruments.
MEDLINE (OVID) This link opens in a new window The premier source for index and abstract coverage of biomedical literature, MEDLINE indexes more than 3,900 journals. Emphasis is put on North American literature; for European coverage EMBASE is more comprehensive. Database supplied by OVID Technologies. Click Find It @ UHN to access full-text articles (if available) and other related supporting resources available from the UHN Libraries.
EMBASE This link opens in a new window "The Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE) produced by Elsevier, is a major biomedical and pharmaceutical database indexing over 3,500 international journals in the following fields: drug research, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, toxicology, clinical and experimental human medicine, health policy and management, public health, occupational health, environmental health, drug dependence and abuse, psychiatry, forensic medicine, and biomedical engineering/instrumentation. There is selective coverage for nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, psychology, and alternative medicine. EMBASE is one of the most widely used biomedical and pharmaceutical databases because of its currency and in-depth indexing. Frequent updates allow access to the latest medical and pharmacological trends. Approximately 375,000 records are added yearly."

Find Patient Education Resources

PEN (Practice Based Evidence for Nutrition) This link opens in a new window
- Search your topic and filter to “Handouts” or browse the PEN Handout Collections

UnlockFood.ca
- Includes information on nutrition, food and healthy eating, recipes, videos, and online tools
UHN Patient Education's Resources
- Under “General Topics” > “Food & Nutrition”

ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
- To browse their patient education resources: Under "Inform your clinical decisions" > Select “Patient Education” > Filter by “Nutrition”
- To search for resources on a specific topic: Type your topic/keywords in the search bar, and filter by “Patient Education”
To access Clinical Key on your mobile device:
1. Visit www.clinicalkey.com while connected to the UHN network.
2. Click on the "Register" link.
3. Enter required data--your email address will be your username.
4. From your device download the app from Google Play or iTunes App Store. When prompted, login using your newly created personal login.