Databases Evidence-based Practice/CPD
This site is maintained and hosted by Discovery Library, Derriford Hospital
and gives details of selected content for
Nursing, Midwifery and Care Professionals
across the Plymouth, SWASFT & SCAS health community.
Also see our specialty pages
If you have problems or comments/suggestions about resources please
phone 39111 or email library.mailbox@nhs.net
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They also have created the Finding the evidence: Coronavirus page.
Royal College of Nursing
COVID-19 information and guidance
Royal College of Midwives
COVID-19 information
Databases (GUIDES AND VIDEOS)
Search the NHS healthcare databases:
AMED- topics for allied health professionals
British Nursing Index (BNI)- incl topics for nurses and care staff
CINAHL- international nursing & allied health incl nurses and care staff
EMBASE- European biomedicine– good for pharmacology & drug therapy
EMCARE-international nursing & allied health
HMIC- health service management & organisation incl grey literature
MEDLINE- most medical/surgical topics
PsycINFO- useful for health psychology/recovery
Note- you will need an NHS Athens login.
Databases contain bibliographic records i.e. references. Whilst you won’t have fulltext access to all the articles, for some journals there will be a link to online access or details of library print holding. If we don’t hold your required article you can consider making an article request via the library.
See our main library website for details of our information skills training programme and literature searching support services.
Evidence Based Practice and CPD
A range of evidence-based resources are available to help inform patient care including:
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- BMJ Best Practice (don’t use Internet Explorer, choose alternative browser)
Evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion offering step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here).
When prompted, set up a personal account to download free App
- BMJ Best Practice (don’t use Internet Explorer, choose alternative browser)
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- BNF and BNF for Children–should work automatically on NHS networked machine, if outside NHS network login with NHS Athens account.
Click here to find out about the free BNF/BNFC App.
- BNF and BNF for Children–should work automatically on NHS networked machine, if outside NHS network login with NHS Athens account.
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- ClinicalKey – clinical insight search tool which also gives access to over 1100 electronic books and 500 journals and multimedia resources
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)
- ClinicalKey – clinical insight search tool which also gives access to over 1100 electronic books and 500 journals and multimedia resources
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- Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS)– provided by NICE. Summaries of the current evidence base & practical guidance on best practice for >300 primary care presentations
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- Cochrane Library– collection of databases (details here) containing different types of high-quality, independent evidence such as Systematic Reviews, RCTs and Health Technology Assessments.
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- Elearning for Health (ELfH) -Health Education England’s suite of high quality content free of charge training (topics incl. COVID-19 programme) in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies.
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)
- Elearning for Health (ELfH) -Health Education England’s suite of high quality content free of charge training (topics incl. COVID-19 programme) in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies.
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- Marsden Manual– access to Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Online
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)
- Marsden Manual– access to Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Online
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- NICE Evidence– access to authoritative clinical & non-clinical evidence/best practice and guidelines.
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- Nursing & Midwifery CPD Launchpad from publisher of British Journal of Nursing & British Journal of Midwifery- incl articles enhanced to provide reflection on practice, plus online portfolio to store revalidation requirements.
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)
- Nursing & Midwifery CPD Launchpad from publisher of British Journal of Nursing & British Journal of Midwifery- incl articles enhanced to provide reflection on practice, plus online portfolio to store revalidation requirements.
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- TRIP Database– clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.
Journals
Full A-Z list of all journals– you will need an NHS Athens account- click here to register.
Selected Nursing journals below
If we don’t hold your required article you can consider making an article request via the library.
Books (guide)
Search our print and electronic book holdings.
Note- you will need an NHS Athens login to to access ebooks.
This is a regional NHS catalogue, so in location select ‘Plymouth, Derriford Hospital, PLY’ to limit your search to books held here.
**LIST OF AVAILABLE NURSING, MIDWIFERY & CARE ELECTRONIC BOOKS **
You can also log in and renew your books here (if you have not already made a pin number for your library account follow the instructions on screen).
If we don’t have the book you require you can consider making a book request. (Service for registered borrowers, undertaking NHS work. Registration forms are available here).
