Resources for care home
staff
This guide has been compiled by the Library Staff at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust- April
2015
NHS Open Athens
Having an NHS Open Athens account will unlock access to a wide range of online journals
and databases. Resources can be access at anytime or anywhere
Register from https://openathens.nice.org.uk/
Evidence-based resources available with NHS Open Athens
Visit http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/ and then choose Journals and Databases
Healthcare databases
Search for journal articles on any health care related topic. Full text links are given where
available (including the full text journal collections listed below). There are 8 main databases
to search including:
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BNI – covers British nursing journals
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CINAHL – large US database on nursing and allied health
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HMIC – health management articles – useful for finding information about health care
policy, strategy, quality, standards, funding etc
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PsycINFO – useful for psychological aspects related to nursing such as carer stress
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Full text journal collections
A-Z list of journals
Quickly find if the article you need is available online with your Open Athens account
(including titles found in Proquest Hospital Collection and PsycArticles)
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Proquest Hospital Collection – extensive range of journals in health and social care
PsycArticles –psychology journals which may include papers on dementia and other
mental health issues in older people
BNF app
Access the BNF app on a smartphone or tablet
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Download from app store and login with NHS Open Athens
NICE Evidence Search – no password required
http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/
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Find guidelines, reviews and other useful information relating to health and social
care
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Includes results from Cochrane Library and Social Care Online
Libguides – no password required
buckshealthcare.nhs.libguides.com/library
Libguides is our online guide to subject-based resources. We are seeking to develop this
further and can create a guide focussing on topics of interest to care home staff eg.
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Dementia
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Nutrition and hydration
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National nursing documents e.g Shape of Caring, Nurse Revalidation
To discuss content of this online guide, please contact Sarah Lewis (details at the end of
this document)
Keeping uptodate
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The library service provides electronic bulletins to keep staff up to date with current news
and evidence on. Bulletins arrive by email on a weekly basis.
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BIG 4 – articles from BMJ, Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA
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Falls prevention
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Public Health
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Management
Let us know if there are any other topics that would be useful.
BMJ Learning – Open Athens account required
http://learning.bmj.com/learning/info/CME-CPD-for-nurses.html
BMJ Learning has several online CPD modules aimed at or of interest to nurses including:
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Safeguarding
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Professional issues
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Elderly patients
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Patient safety
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Nurse revalidation
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Care planning for nurses
Sign in at http://learning.bmj.com using Open Athens
For more information, contact:
Sarah Lewis
Clinical Outreach Librarian
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Wilfred Stokes Library
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Mandeville Road
Aylesbury
Bucks
HP21 8AL
Tel: 01296 315427
E-mail: sarah.lewis@buckshealthcare.nhs.uk
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