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      • Gastroenterology >
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      • Geriatrics
      • Mental Health
      • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Nursing Knowledge Hub

​Library books & e-books

The Library has a wide range of books and e-books covering all aspects of nursing, mentorship, revalidation, leadership, coaching, and much more. All East Cheshire NHS Trust staff and students on placement are able to join the library and borrow books. If you are unsure where to start please speak to a member of library staff and we will be happy to help you.
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Royal Marsden Manual

The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures is available to borrow from the library and also available as an e-book. Access from hospital computers without needing to login - open the Start Menu on the PC and scroll down the list of programs to the Royal Marsden. Access from elsewhere with an NHS Athens username and password.​
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UpToDate

UpToDate is an evidence-based decision support tool which is available to all Trust staff. It includes over 11,000 clinical topics, drug information and much more. Access from work by clicking the UpToDate link in the Start Menu, or from anywhere with a personal login or NHS Athens.​ More information is available here.
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KnowledgeShare is our targeted current awareness service. Alerts are emailed out every fortnight. Your KnowledgeShare profile can be created to be as broad or specific as you need, and can be updated if your interests change.   It can include non-clinical topics such as leadership, management, coaching, and research, as well as clinical conditions.
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Professional organisations

  • Royal College of Nursing
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  • Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • NMC: The Code for nurses & midwives
  • ​NMC: Standards
  • Enabling professionalism in nursing and midwifery practice (NMC)
  • Nurses pay over the long term (Health Foundation, Nov 2021)

Athens

​A lot of resources are only available to subscribers. Athens is the key to unlocking access. Athens accounts are free to set up and use, click the button below to set yours up today!
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​Evidence resources

  • NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries
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  • ​BMJ Best Practice ​ [NHS ATHENS]
  • Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews
  • Evidently Cochrane: evidence for everyday nursing
  • Guidelines for nurses​​
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​Social media

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  • We Nurses @WeNurses

​Apps

  • BMJ Best Practice app
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  • BrowZine app (library journals)
  • Cochrane iPad app
  • NHS safeguarding app

CPD

  • eLearning for Healthcare: nursing
  • ​BMJ Learning: CPD e-learning, videos & more specifically for nurses
  • Nursing Calculations

Guides

How to undertake a literature search (RCN)
Resources for nurses leaflet
Resources for nursing associates leaflet
Resources supporting nurse revalidation leaflet

​Videos

  • NMC videos on a variety of topics, including revalidation, supervision, & safeguarding.

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