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 NHS nurses have access to a wealth of online information resources . Make sure you make the most of those resources . Check our training options to help you to find the best evidence to keep up-to-date and maintain best practice. Improve your information skills - complete our online tutorials to learn more about the information skills you need and how to can improve them Book on a library training course - attend one of our scheduled training courses to learn more about how to search for the best evidence Arrange a one-to-one session - contact our training team to arrange a personalised one-to-one training session to discuss your information needs

  Nurses working in the NHS can access a range of resources to help them find the most up-to-date evidence. Get the best evidence to: Support confident decisions Promote good practice Reflect on for your revalidation Promote your professional development Contribute to good patient care Key Resources for Nurses Oxford Medicine Online for Nurses : Get essential texts to support nursing practice across a wide range of specialties Royal Marsden Manual Online for Nurses : use this easy to read format for advice and support about nursing procedures Journals for Nurses : find out what key nursing journals you can access Stay up-to-date with the latest nursing journals published by the RCN : register for updates on research and professional development sent straight to your inbox For links to more resources please see our NHS Resources web page . How to log in to get full-text access You will need to log in using your NHS OpenAthens username to access full-text. You can: ...

 Nurses working for UHNM and North Staffs Combined Healthcare can now access a range of key nursing-specialist journal titles from the RCN. Journals include: Cancer nursing practice Emergency nurse Learning Disability Practice Mental Health Practice Nurse Researcher Nursing Children and Young People Nursing Management Nursing Older People Nursing standard Primary Health Care You can find the titles on our browzine list of journals . Just log in with your NHS OpenAthens username when prompted to access the full-text. Because of the way RCN have configured their website, a few articles may not be accessible but you can request them free of charge.

Nurses and midwives working for our NHS organisations can access resources and services at the Health Library. We are here to support your work, professional development and patient care. We support NHS staff working at UHNM, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare and all the CCGs and GP practices in Staffordshire. Nurse browsing the shelves at the library We are currently operating under covid-19 restrictions but you’ll still find some of the following resources and services accessible: Join the Library – complete our application form to join the library. You’ll then be able to borrow books and access our services. For more details of what we can offer you, take a look at our Using the Health Library online tutorial. Register for NHS OpenAthens – complete the online form to register for your OpenAthens username and password. This will give you access to our NHS-subscribed online resources such as ebooks, journals and databases. Learn more about NHS OpenAthens from our tutor...

All the Keele online resources most suitable to help our nursing students are available from one web page – the Nursing Databases page . You’ll find easy access routes to searchable databases and our online collections. Screen-shot of the Nursing Databases page Here you will find links to: Core Nursing Databases – the essential databases to support nursing topics Social Science Databases – additional databases if you are looking at wider topics Other Healthcare Resources – useful freely available online resources Books / eBooks – links to Library Search and major medications references Journals / eJournals – A-Z journals list to help you to check whether you have full-text access to the articles you find Mobile Essentials for Keele – mobile friendly websites and apps that help you to access specialist resources on the go Training & Tools – links to training opportunities and online learning Help & Guidance – find out more about how we can help you

As part of your NMC Revalidation you may be asked to provide evidence of reflection on practice and professional reading, as well as keeping up-to-date. The Health Library is here to support you. Bookshelves at the Health Library At the Library Joining the Library allows you to use our facilities, services and resources. Complete our application form and bring it, along with your NHS ID badge, to the counter so that we can set you up as a member. You can use our comfortable study areas and IT suite if you need somewhere quiet to work on your revalidation. Using Resources You can access a wealth of resources, either in print at the library or online via your NHS OpenAthens username . You’ll be able to find good quality, healthcare-specific information to provide evidence for your practice and support your professional reading. Attending Training You can improve your information skills and literature searching skills by attending our training sessions ...

The web page listing available resources for our Keelenursing students has been updated. Resources have been split up into new sections: Screen-shot of the new Nursing Databases page Core Databases – here you’ll find all the important nursing-specific links to the databases you’ll need when searching for articles Social Science Databases – use resources in this section if you are looking for topics on the social sciences and education Other Healthcare Resources – here are some important freely available Internet resources Books / eBooks – use Library Search to find books and ebooks Journals / eJournals – go straight to the Keele Journals A-Z list to check whether you can access the full-text articles you find Mobile Essentials for Keele – here you’ll find links to some important healthcare-related apps and websites Training & Tools – in this section you’ll find links to the Health Library training courses and online etutorials as well as a link to the eL...

The Health Library is here to support nurses completing their revalidation – whether it’s a quiet spot to gather your thoughts or help finding online articles, there is lots that we can do for you. You can find  help on our support page . We are also promoting help that we find elsewhere on  our Information Skills for Health blog . Try our new etutorial –  Supporting NHS Staff  – to learn about all the different ways the library can help you.

You can find all our recommended resources for nursing students on the Nursing Databases page . Resources include books / ebooks, journals, databases and evidence-based resources. Resources may be freely available on the Internet or purchased for you by the Library. How can it help you? You will need to find information for your course work. Resources listed here are good quality, healthcare-focused, academic sources of evidence-based information.

The Health Library is here to support nurses completing their revalidation – whether it’s a quiet spot to gather your thoughts or help finding online articles, there is lots that we can do for you. You can find help on our support page . We are also promoting help that we find elsewhere on our Information Skills for Health blog . Try our new etutorial – Supporting NHS Staff – to learn about all the different ways the library can help you.

The Health Library is here to support nurses completing their revalidation – whether it’s a quiet spot to gather your thoughts or help finding online articles, there is lots that we can do for you. You can find help on our support page . We are also promoting help that we find elsewhere on our Information Skills for Health blog . Try our new etutorial – Supporting NHS Staff – to learn about all the different ways the library can help.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council is the regulator for nurses and midwives in the UK. The NMC has many regulatory and administrative roles and responsibilities which I will not go into here. It also has a range of material to support and guide nurses, midwives and students; including: The Code Standards  Guidelines and best practice  

Nurses and nursing students can sign-up to receive the latest article updates from a range of ejournals, including: American Journal of Nursing British Journal of Nursing Evidence-based Nursing Journal of Research in Nursing Nursing Research Nursing Standard Nursing Times As well as: Nursing and Midwifery Council news Royal College of Nursing news You can sign-up to receive updates in your inbox. This is delivered via the Health Library’s Current Awareness Service   You can find out more about our Current Awareness Service here:  

The Royal College of Nursing is a professional union for nurses. There are a range of benefits for members (which I'm sure you are familiar with) but I am going to point you in the direction of their freely available resources such as guidelines and information about best practice. NursingPractice Issues : for a range of documents covering a number topics and conditions such as Clinical Governance, Diabetes, Pain in Children, Social Inclusion and many more. ClinicalGuidelines : The RCN supports and have helped to develop a range of guidelines – you can find a list of them here. Publications : There are also a number of publications which are freely available to download. These relate to professional as well as clinical issues, including competences. The RCN also produce the This is Nursing website. This website hopes to promote nursing and educate people about what is involved. Here you can find out the latest news about the profession, articles about issu...