Nurses

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 via the Start Menu on the PC and scroll down the list of programs to the Royal Marsden, or via the library website or page on connECT. Login with an NHS Athens username and password.

Access Royal Marsden

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.

Access UpToDate

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Revalidation Knowledge Hub

Image with text: NHS Knowledge and Library Hub. Health Education England have launched a resource discovery system, the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub. Search journals, e-books, online resources and more all from a single search box. Sign in with your NHS Athens account. URL: https://library.nhs.uk/eastcheshire

Click here to access the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub!

Keep up-to-date

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
RCN Workforce Standards
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)

Chief Nursing Officer Bulletin

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!
Login to Athens - you can update your details and link directly to resources.