Revalidation

Nursing Revalidation 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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RCNi Decision Support Tool

RCNi Decision Support is a tool designed to help support nurses make evidence-based patient care decisions. It is also available to Nursing Associates and HCAs working at East Cheshire NHS Trust. Contact the library to request your personal login or for more information and a demo.

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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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Web resources

NMC Revalidation
NMC Revalidation: completed forms and templates
RCN: Learning Zone
RCN: Revalidaton
NHS Employers revalidation information
NMC: The Code of professional standards
About nurse revalidation (London Deanery guide)
Revalidation guide (Chelsea and Westminster)

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.

Evidence resources

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, practice-changing updates and much more. Create your free personal login and collect CPD points each time you use it. Access from work by clicking the UpToDate link in the Start Menu, or from anywhere with a personal login or NHS Athens.

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