Information Skills for Health

 Nurses working in the NHS can get support from specialist nursing resources and the Health Library to help them deliver the best patient care. Make sure you 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 Visit the Health Library The Health Library offers you a quiet study environment where you can catch-up with paperwork, meet colleagues and complete training. You can use NHS-networked computers, accessible via your NHS login. Or borrow an NHS-based laptop to use within the Clinical Education Centre. Library staff are on-hand to help and support your access to resources. Run quick searches on the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub You don’t have to run searches on Google and waste time weeding out irrelevant results and searching for full-text options. Instead use the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub [UHNM]. You can run simple searches ...

 As a foundation year doctor there are moments when you probably feel overwhelmed with all the new information you have to process. Take advantage of these key resources to develop your clinical knowledge, enhance your professional development, stay up-to-date with the latest developments and improve your patient care. Register for NHS OpenAthens If you haven’t already done so, start by registering for your NHS OpenAthens username for fast, easy access to a wealth of online NHS-based resources. BMJ Best Practice Use BMJ Best Practice to quickly access easy-to-read key information on hundreds of diseases and conditions, either online or via the mobile app. Make confident, informed decisions about patient care with up-to-date, evidence-based information on diagnosis, treatment options, management strategies, differential diagnoses, comorbidities, drug interactions and much more. Oxford Medicine Online When you’re ready to rotate to your next placement refresh your knowl...

   Are you a foundation year doctor, starting work at UHNM (University Hospitals of North Midlands)? Make sure you get off to a good start by using key resources to support your clinical decisions and help you to practice evidence-based medicine. Key resources for foundation year doctors include: NHS OpenAthens  – register for your NHS OpenAthens username. This gives you access to NHS-based online resources such as ebooks, journals and databases. Complete the online form to register –  follow these instructions . Oxford Medicine Online  – Follow best practice by using Oxford Medicine reference texts. You can access a wide range of handbooks for easy to read information across a range of specialties. For more information about the collection  read our blog post . BMJ Best Practice  – a wealth of information to help you, including epidemiolgy, history and exam, treatement, patient discussions, complications, patient leaflets and so much more for conditio...

  You need to develop background knowledge in the subject area you are studying, working in or researching. Access to established information provides you with standards and proven content helping you to identify existing practices, recommendations and gaps in the knowledge-base. Books (and ebooks) are an excellent source of background knowledge! Resources to help you to find background information: Library Search    This is the library catalogue. You can search for books across our 3 libraries (Health Library, Campus Library and Health Library at County). You can request a title be saved for you to collect later. You can request to pick up a title from a different library to its host library. You can also access ebooks via Library Search. Most titles are available to Keele users; titles available to NHS users are more restricted. Access Library Search To request print books: All users can search Library Search for books (within our collections) and ebooks...

 The Oxford Medicine Online Collection has been migrated to the new Oxford Academic platform. However, problems have arisen resulting in lack of access to the NHS Oxford Medicine Online collection of ebooks from our links on Library Search. The problems are currently under investigation. You should be able to access books direct from the Oxford Academic platform . You'll need to log in here with your NHS OpenAthens username / password. Apologies for any inconvenience.

  Nurses working in the NHS can get support from specialist nursing resources to help them deliver the best care. Make sure you 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   Register with KnowledgeShare to stay up-to-date with key evidence for your specialist topics   For lin...

  Make confident decisions with support from best practice and guidelines in children's and young people’s nursing. Access key titles from the Oxford Handbook ebook collection, using your OpenAthens username. Oxford Handbooks supporting children’s nurses Emergencies in Children’s and Young People’s Nursing A one-stop quick reference for children's and young people's nurses providing emergency care in the acute hospital setting. Oxford Handbook of Children’s and Young People’s Nursing This title gives concise, practical, and expert advice on all aspects of the role of the nurse who works with children. It is a comprehensive and reliable guide to the care of children and young people in a family context. This edition includes the most up-to-date legislation, policy, and practice including the latest NICE guidelines on child healthcare. Oxford Handbook of Clinical Skills for Children’s and Young People’s Nursing A concise, current, and evidence-based practical gu...