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Make the most of your digital skills – tips and tricks 16-20

 We’ve been sharing tips and tricks on twitter/X to help you to develop and demonstrate your digital skills and use them to deliver best patient care. It is a reminder of the many ways that the Health Library can support you. Here are tips 16 to 20: 16. Read the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants Keep up-to-date with good practice by regularly reading ejournals. Nursing and healthcare assistants can sign-up to regular updates from the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants. Instructions for signing up to updates 17. Watch Health Library videos on Youtube The Health Library YouTube channel is an excellent resource; packed with informative and engaging videos that cover health library services and resources as well as support to help you to develop your information skills. Go to the Health Library Youtube channel 18. Install the Ebsco App NHS staff can use their #DigitalSkills to get quick access to articles from your NHS resources via the Ebsco mobile app. This

Hot Topic! series ending

 The Hot Topic! series of blog posts has ended now.  This series promoted high level resources for a range of "in the news" conditions.  I hope you have enjoyed them and learnt something new about library resources. You can read all the blog posts on the Hot Topics! label . If you would like to learn more about resources for a particular condition or disease, please contact the Health Library.

Register for your NHS OpenAthens username for access to key online resources

 NHS staff can access a wide range of online resources to support best practice, professional development and patient care. These include healthcare specialist ebooks, journals , databases, search engines and clinical information tools. You will need an NHS OpenAthens username and password to log in to these resources. All NHS staff are eligible for an NHS OpenAthens account. To get your NHS OpenAthens account follow these step-by-step instructions to completing the online registration form . Are you not sure if an NHS OpenAthens account is for you? Take our short quiz - NHS OpenAthens: what's fact or fake? - to find out why you should register. For a quick overview of NHS OpenAthens watch our short video If you need any help please contact the Health Library .

Nursing Standard - Journal of the week

Nursing Standard The Nursing Standard is an RCN title that is published weekly. It reports peer-reviewed articles, research and best practice as well as the latest news and career support on nursing issues. This title is of benefit to all nursing staff. View this journal now: On Browzine [UHNM users] On Library Search [Keele users] The journals available to our different user groups may vary. Please check your journals collection for access. If you like that, you might like this… Nurse Researcher Nursing Management Nursing Times For more journals see our Journal of the Week blog posts . Stay uptodate with the latest articles from this journal Sign-up to the eToCs – electronic table of contents – to get the table of contents for the latest issue sent to your inbox. Read our blog posts about etocs for more information. If you receive KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates ask whether the etoc for a journal you want can be added to your update. Finding Journals Ch

Hot Topic! Rheumatoid Arthritis

 The Guardian reports on a trial looking at a drug that could prevent the development of rheumatoid arthritis in targeted patients - Trial offers hope for millions that jab could prevent rheumatoid arthritis . What do you know about rheumatoid arthritis and how to support patients? Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more. [You will need your NHS OpenAthens username to access these resources] Oxford Medicine Online – Chapter 90 Rheumatoid arthritis in Oxford Clinical Guidelines: newly qualified doctor BMJ Best Practice – Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Knowledge Summaries – Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Information Rheumatoid arthritis [BMJ Best Practice] Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis [Clinical Key] Rheumatoid Arthritis – easy-to-read [Clinical Key] Calculators ACR/EULAR Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnostic Criteria (2010) Diagnostic criteri

Stay in touch with the Health Library

If you need any help from us or want to provide some feedback; if you want to learn what were doing or stay up-to-date with any changes; then there are a number of ways to stay in touch with the Health Library: Contact us by phone or letter Complete our online query form Suggest a new addition to our collections Follow our Health Library News blog Follow our Information Skills for Health blog Follow us on Twitter  

Make the most of your digital skills – tips and tricks 11-15

 We’ve been sharing tips and tricks on twitter/X to help you to develop and demonstrate your digital skills and use them to deliver best patient care. It is a reminder of the many ways that the Health Library can support you. Here are tips 11 to 15: 11. Explore NHS eBooks eBooks offer you a wealth of information. NHS staff can access ebooks conveniently and easily via the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub. Learn how to search for ebooks and read them online by following these instructions Finding eBooks on the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub – step-by-step instructions 12. Install the Clinical Key App Get information quickly to support day-to-day clinical decisions. UHNM staff can install the Clinical Key app for articles, overviews, guidelines and much more... Clinical Key mobile app - new instructions 13. Explore NHS resources via the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub Avoid the hit and miss of searching google. Up your #DigitalSkills and search the NHS Knowledge and Libra