Nursing

Information Resources Pack

from Knowledge and Library Services

May 2011

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Introduction

This booklet contains a selection of nursing resources currently available to staff employed by Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The aim of this booklet is to highlight the variety of quality assured information which should regularly be consulted by nursing staff. It is vital that NHS Staff keep up to date with the latest research and guidelines on which to base decisions at work.

All resources mentioned in this booklet are free to access.*

Some of these resources may require Athens authentication. If you need an NHS Athens username and password, go to: register.athensams.net/nhs/nhseng/

For assistance in accessing any of these resources, please contact the library.

*As at May 2011. Please note that these resources are subject to change.

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Table of Contents

Introduction ...................................... ............................................. 2

Books and Journals ................................ ...................................... 4

Nursing Journals ................................................................................... 4 Nursing eBooks ..................................................................................... 5 Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing P rocedures ...... 9

Prescription Queries .............................. ..................................... 10

British National Formulary (BNF) ....................................................... 10

Keeping up to date ................................ ...................................... 11

BMJ Evidence Updates ....................................................................... 11 The CNO Bulletin (DH) ......................................................................... 12 Journal Article Updates (eToCs) ........................................................ 13

Looking for Evidence .............................. .................................... 14

NHS Evidence ...................................................................................... 14

Going Beyond Google ............................... .................................. 15

NHS Evidence Advanced Databases ................................................. 15

Rising to the QIPP Challenge ...................... ............................... 16

Map of Medicine ................................................................................... 16

Need some help navigating round these resources? .. ............. 18

How the Library staff can help ........................................................... 18

Library Contact Details ........................... .................................... 20

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Books and Journals

Nursing Journals Visit www.evidence.nhs.uk and log in with your NHS Athens for a more comprehensive list.

Advan ced Studies in Nursing 2008 – present

BMC Nursing 2002 – present

British Journal of Nursing 1992 – present

British Journal of Perioperative Nursing 2000 – 2005

Cancer Nursing Practice 2008 – present

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing 2000 – 12 months ago

Creative Nursing 1994 – present

Critical Care Nurse 1998 – present

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly 1999 – 2005

Dermatology Nursing 1999 – present

Emergency Nurse 1999 – present

European Diabetes Nursing 2004 – 12 months ago

Evidence -Based Nursing 1998 – present

Holistic Nursing Practice 1999 – 2005

International Journal of Nursing Practice 1997 – present

International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications 1998 – present

International Journal of Older People Nurs ing 2006 – present

International Journal of Palliative Nursing 2002 – present

International Nursing Review 1981 – present

Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice 2002 – present

Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing 1998 – 12 months ago

Journal of Advanced Nursing 1981 – present

Journal of Clinical Nursing 1992 – present

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 1997 – present

Journal of Gerontological Nursing 1998 – present

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Journal of Nursing 2007 – present

Journal of Nursing a nd Healthcare of Chronic Illnesses 2007 – 12 months ago

Journal of Nursing Management 1997 – present

Journal of Nursing Research 2001 – 2009

Journal of Practical Nursing 2004 – present

Nurse Practitioner 1999 – 2007

Nurse Prescribing 2005 – presen t

Nurse Researcher 1999 – present

Nursing 1981 – 2007

Nursing and Health Sciences 1999 – present

Nursing Economics 1983 – present

Nursing Education Perspectives 2001 – present

Nursing Ethics 1997 – present

Nursing Inquiry 1998 – present

Nursing Management (UK) 1998 – present

Nursing News 1995 – present

Nursing Standard 1998 – present

Nursing Times 1999 – present

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 2002 – present

Patient Care for the Nurse Practitioner 2000 – 2006

Reflections on N ursing Leadership 2005 – present

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice 1987 – present

Research in Nursing and Health 2005 – 12 months ago

Nursing eBooks Visit http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/nhs-evidence-content/journals-and-databases and the library catalogue on the Trust Intranet for a more exhaustive list.

AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing (McGraw-Hill: 2010)

Chulay, M; Burns, SM; AACN.

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ABC of Learning and Teaching in Medicine Cantillon, P; Wood, D.

Acute Medicine: A Handbook for Nurse Practitioners (Wiley: 2007) Carroll, L.

Advanced Practice in Nursing and the Allied Health Professions (Wiley: 2009)

McGee, P.

Advanced Practice Nursing: Emphasizing Common Roles (FA Davies: 2005)

Stanley, J.

Advanced Qualitative Research for Nursing (Blackwell: 2003) Latimer, J.

Assessment in Medical Education and Training: A Pra ctical Guide (Radcliffe: 2007)

Jackson, N; Jamieson, A; Khan, A.

Competency Based Nursing Education: Guide to Achiev ing Outstanding Learner Outcomes (Springer: 2009)

Anema, M; McCoy, J

Critical Care: Concepts, Role, and Practice for the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (Springer: 2009)

Wyckoff, MM.

Ethics in Nursing Practice (Blackwell: 2002) Fry, S; Johnstone, M.

Expertise in Nursing Practice: Caring, Clinical Jud gment and Ethics (Springer: 2009)

Benner, P; Tanner, C; Chesla, C.

Forensic Nursing (CRC: 2006) Pyrek, K.

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High Dependency Nursing Care: Observation, Interven tion and Support for Level 2 Patients (Taylor & Francis: 2009)

Moore, T.

How to Master Nursing Calculations (Kogan Page: 2010) Tyreman, CJ.

Intensive Care Nursing: A Framework for Practice (Taylor & Francis: 2003) Roe, J.

Law and Ethics: Foundations in Nursing and Health C are (Nelson Thornes: 2004)

Wigens, L.

Mixed Methods Research for Nursing and the Health Sciences (John Wiley: 2009)

Andrew, S; Halcomb, E.

Newly Qualified Nurse's Survival Guide, The (Radcliffe: 2004)

Hole, J.

Nurse Practitioners: The Evolution and Future of Ad vanced Practice, Fifth Edition (Springer: 2010)

Sullivan-Marx, E; McGivern, D.

Nursing and the Division of Labour in Healthcare (Palgrave Macmillan: 2002) Allen, D; Hughes, D.

Nursing Fundamentals DeMYSTiFieD: A Self-Teaching Guide (McGraw-Hill: 2010)

Vaughans, B.

Nursing Leadership for Patient-Centered Care: Authe nticity Presence Intuition Expertise (Springer: 2010)

Forman, H.

Nursing Theories & Nursing Practice (F.A. Davis: 2010) Parker, ME: Smith, MC

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Ophthalmic Nursing (John Wiley: 2008) Stollery, R; Shaw, M; Lee, A.

Oxford Handbook of Nurse Prescribing (OUP: 2006) Beckwith, S; Franklin, P.

Person-centred Nursing: Theory and Practice (John Wiley: 2010) McCormack, B.

Professional Learning In Nursing (Blackwell: 2002)

Spouse, J.

Reflective Practice in Nursing (Blackwell: 2004) Bulman, C; Schutz, S; Burns, S.

Research Methods for Nursing and Healthcare (Pearson: 2010)

Maltby, J.

Revealing Nursing Expertise Through Practitioner In quiry (John Wiley: 2009)

Hardy, S; Titchen, A; McCormack, B; Manley, K.

Study Skills For Nursing And Healthcare Students (Pearson: 2009) Maier, P.

Transforming Nursing Through Reflective Practice (Blackwell: 2005) Johns, C; Freshwater, D.

Please note that we have a subscription to the entire Oxford Handbook series online. Visit http://oxfordmedicine.com/. When you have selected the content you wish to view, you will be prompted to enter your NHS Athens login details.

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Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures

“The Manual includes over 350 evidence-based clinical procedures related to every aspect of care, from handwashing to cardiopulmonary resuscitation.” Access from Work To access the Manual, there is a link at the bottom of the Trust intranet (TiS) homepage:

Access from Home Go to

auth.athensams.net/my/ and log in with your Athens username and password. Scroll down the page to find Royal Marsden Manual Online.

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Prescription Queries

British National Formulary (BNF) http://bnf.org/bnf/index.htm It is vital to use the most recent edition of the BNF for making clinical decisions. The BNF is freely available to all NHS staff and includes key information on the selection, prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines.

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Keeping up to date

BMJ Evidence Updates plus.mcmaster.ca/EvidenceUpdates/

The BMJ Evidence Updates is another way to keep up to date with new research without overloading your e-mail system.

Register for free and receive news of the latest journal articles, systematic reviews and guidelines.

You can then click the e-mail links to read an abstract and discover what other healthcare professionals say about an article that interests you.

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The CNO Bulletin (DH) http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Bulletins/Chiefnursingofficerbulletin/index.htm

“This bulletin aims to provide you with updated information about relevant issues in the NHS which will be of specific interest to nurses, midwives and health visitors. It will also enable you to obtain further detail about particular issues.”

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Journal Article Updates (eToCs) Why not consider signing up to electronic Table of Contents (eToCs) alerts to the journals of your choice? This means that each time a new journal issue is published, a table of contents is sent to you by email. You will have free access to article abstracts (where provided). Electronic Table of Contents are another excellent way to keep up to date with developments in your subject and in general healthcare. They are a quick and easy way to scan n ewly published literature. To sign up to the journal alerts of your choice, please contact the library. We currently register for hundreds of journal alerts and will forward the electronic Table of Contents to the email address of your choice. We will inform you in each email whether you have full-text access to the articles and we will also ensure that it is easy for you to cancel the alerts from journals that you do not find useful.

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Looking for Evidence

NHS Evidence www.evidence.nhs.uk A new one-stop-shop for healthcare information, NHS Evidence uses the Google-type interface for searching. This resource covers a huge range of information about a range of clinical areas:

latest research current awareness guidelines pathways patient information

Keeping up to date with new documents and webpages can be made extremely simple by subscribing to RSS feeds at library.nhs.uk/rss/

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Going Beyond Google

NHS Evidence Advanced Databases http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/nhs-evidence-content/journals-and-databases Log in with your NHS Athens username and password.

Using Google to base your decisions at work is not enough.

It is important that when you are looking for evide nce, you search a wide-range of quality-assured sources in a n effective

and efficient way.

Choose from a selection of eight specialised databases, including AMED, British Nursing Index (BNI), EMBASE, Health Business Elite, Medline, CINAHL, Health Management Information Consortium (HMIC) and PsycINFO. “You can search the available healthcare databases to: • find specific information on a topic or combination of topics • answer a clinical query • find work by a particular author • search or browse a particular journal.” A very clear and user-friendly guide is available at: http://www.library.nhs.uk/nlhdocs/HCDguide2008_20_08.doc

Tutorial EEHIST (East of England Healthcare Information Skills Trainers) have created two online tutorials to guide you through the advanced search and ensure that you are able to make the most of your search. Go to http://www.eel.nhs.uk/eel/elearning.htm. These should not take more than 30 minutes to complete.

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Rising to the QIPP Challenge

Map of Medicine www.mapofmedicine.com Map of Medicine provides locally relevant* evidence -based, practice-informed clinical care pathways . This online resource is designed and built by healthcare professionals.

“Map of Medicine provides a visualisation of the ideal, evidence-based patient journey for common and important conditions - a sat nav overview that can be shared across all care settings. The Map is a web-based tool that can help drive clinical consensus to improve quality and safety in any healthcare organisation.”

Authoritative and up-to-date Uses recognised international sources, supplemented where necessary with expert guidance and a rigorous drafting process.

Broad scope Over 400 Pathways covering the most common and important conditions and co-morbidities.

Clear, easy visual presentation Built around the way doctors think and behave. * Please Note: Although National pathways are available for many c onditions, Tameside pathways are still construction. If you would like to be involved in developing pathways for the Trust or would like more information about the Map, please contact Roshanara Nair on 0161 922 4209 or email roshanara.nair@tgh.nhs.uk.

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Example pathway map : Paracetamol overdose

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Need some help navigating round these resources?

How the Library staff can help Literature Searching Service - We can do a search for you if you don’t have the time or if you’d prefer. - We have the skills to search for the best and most relevant quality assured

evidence. - When we search on your behalf, we offer the Trust value for money. Literature Searching & Critical Appraisal Skills Tr aining

- Tailored help with finding that much-needed nugget of information or evidence.

- Help with gathering literature for your academic studies. - 1 to 1 or in groups. - Visit us in the Library, or, if it’s more convenient, we will come to your

workplace. Document Delivery Service

- This is our core activity: We can obtain copies of articles or books that are not immediately accessible.

- We have the contacts and the professional network agreements. Accessing Electronic Journals

- Registering for or renewing an NHS Athens username and password. - Finding your way around NHS Evidence. Accessing Electronic Books

- Including how to print and download pages. Need to get away from your phone?

- Come & use the Library’s computers to do your research. No need to book. - Work in a quiet environment. Why not also visit the Library for books / DVDs and other physical resources?

- Staff are on hand during weekdays to help you find what you need.

Contact details on back page.

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