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Now until the 15^th of December – you can download two free articles from any of The Lancet.com specialty collections.

The Lancet.com editors have selected 2 articles from each of their 15 specialty collections which can be downloaded for free until the 15th of December.  The specialty collections include Cardiology, Oncology, Endocrinology and Public Health. Take a look for yourself.

The Lancet.com also offers The Core Clinical Collection -  a collection of the top 125 diseases of global importance, clinical significance, and research interest selected by editors of The Lancet. This collection is fully updated and now includes over 100 clinical topics and 13 major medical subject areas.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck eastern Turkey Wednesday evening, less than three weeks after a massive quake demolished hundreds of buildings and buried numerous victims under the rubble in the same area.  In the city center of Van, at least 100 people were confirmed dead, and 970 buildings collapsed in and around the city.  One of the affected buildings was Van Yuzuncu Yil University – the library suffered extensive damage and cannot be used for months.

To support patient care and ensure continued access to our products for students and Faculty Elsevier will waive subscription fees for MDConsult, First Consult and Clinics of North America.

Our sympathies are with the victims and their families.

One of the ways Elsevier gives back the communities we serve is by funding a nurse faculty retention program through the Elsevier Foundation. This program is led by Sigma Theta Tau International, and pairs experienced nurse faculty with new nurse faculty to teach leadership skills that help them overcome the most difficult early years after transitioning from practice to faculty.

We recently concluded our first New Nurse Faculty Leadership Development Program, and just launched our second, expanded program; the Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy (NFLA). Applications are open until November 18^th.

I was in Dallas last week for NFLA planning meetings and the first day of the STTI Biennial Convention, one of my favorite events. I had the honor to provide some remarks to a dinner hosted in honor of the STTI Leadership Institute funders, including Elsevier, The John A. Hartford Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Corporate Contributions, Hill-Rom Company and The Northwest Health Foundation.  I thought I’d share my comments below that speak to our commitment to nursing, our partnership with Sigma and our successful first class of graduating faculty scholars:

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Good Evening. I’m very pleased to be here tonight on behalf of the Elsevier Foundation.  It’s an honor for us to be a part of the International Leadership Institute. As a global medical publisher supporting health care professionals around the world, were aware of the need for improvement in health care quality.  But we believe that improving quality means more attention and resources are needed at front lines of patient care, with nurses.  READ MORE >>