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 Support workers and nursing and healthcare assistants at UHNM can get the latest issues of the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants  sent straight to their inbox. This journal focuses on nursing and healthcare assistants as well as assistant practitioners. You'll find articles to help you in your work and support your career development. View the latest issue online here . Highlighted Articles Here's a flavour of the articles you can read. Type 2 diabetes in adults: an overview Healthcare assistants will routinely encounter patients living with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, and may be involved in the assessment and long-term management process as part of their day to day practice. Therefore, it is important for healthcare assistants to understand the pathophysiology and causative factors of the condition to enable better treatment and management plans, and provide safe and effective care. Men's health: an introduction This article, the first in the series on men'...

 We think libraries offer great support to nursing and healthcare assistants. Well, we would, wouldn’t we? But don’t just take our word for it. The British Journal of Healthcare Assistants published a series of articles explaining how you can use your library’s services and resources to support your course studies and work. Access British Journal of Healthcare Assistants Staff at UHNM have access to this journal. You’ll need to log in with an NHS OpenAthens username. Register for your username by completing this online form . For more help about NHS OpenAthens see our web page here . Reading Articles The links presented below will take you to an access page where you can choose which format to view the article in – PDF or online. You can also select to view all the articles in the same issue. See the image below for an example article. Using the Library: articles from the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants Read these short articles to learn more about how you use...

 The Health Library offers healthcare and nursing assistants a wealth of resources to help you develop your career and support the patient care you provide. Here are a few of the key resources to get you started: British Journal of Healthcare Assistants The British Journal of Healthcare Assistants journal is specially designed for healthcare / nursing assistants. It provides career advice, introduces new skills and constructively supports practice. This journal is available online. You will need an NHS OpenAthens username / password to log in. Follow these instructions to: Get an NHS OpenAthens username Log in to British Journal of Healthcare Assistants You can also sign-up to receive the latest articles published straight to your inbox. Follow these instructions to set that up . Books Here is a selection of books that can help to support you. Join the library and you will be able to borrow any books within the library. Clinical skills for healthcare assistants a...

 Staff working at UHNM have full-text access to the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants. This journal provides easy to read articles covering good practice in all areas of healthcare. Staff working in, or towards, roles as healthcare or nursing assistants and assistant practitioners will find good quality, evidence-based articles to support their training and work. This blog post will show you how to sign up for journal updates to get the latest articles. The email sent to you takes the form of an eToC – this is an electronic table of contents. It is basically a list of all the articles published in an issue, and includes links to the articles. Sign up for journal updates 1. Go to the journal page See our blog post How to log in to the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants to find out how to get to the journal page. 2. Set up your account to receive updates Click the alert icon on the journal home page – this looks like a bell. You will need to create a pers...

 Staff working at UHNM have full-text access to the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants . This journal provides easy to read articles covering good practice in all areas of healthcare. Staff working in, or towards, roles as healthcare or nursing assistants and assistant practitioners will find good quality, evidence-based articles to support their training and work. This blog post will show you how to log in to the journal to access full-text articles. First you will need an NHS OpenAthens account – this is a username / password that will give you access to many of the library’s NHS resources. Find out how to register for your NHS OpenAthens username from our blog post Register for your NHS OpenAthens username - step-by-step instructions . You can log in to the journal either by going via our library collections or by finding the journal on the publisher’s website. Log in via the Health Library collection 1. Start at the Health Library website Go to the Health Lib...

 Research is important to healthcare. It effects the care delivered and impacts on patient outcomes. Healthcare and nursing assistants, at UHNM, can read this fabulous article “ Why research is important to support workers ” in the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants to learn more about the research process and how it can change healthcare practice. This article is the first in a series of six. It covers: What is research? Why is research important? It’s all about the evidence Practical relevance And much more British Journal of Healthcare Assistants This excellent journal covers many topics of interest to healthcare and nursing assistants. It is available online to UHNM staff via NHS OpenAthens login. Get your NHS OpenAthens username Register online for your NHS OpenAthens username. You’ll find instructions on our blog or go straight to the online form . More from the Health Library The Health Library can help you in many ways. Please see our web pag...