Accessing apps

Available for free. This refresher learning app is aimed at nurses and midwives who are newly qualified, returning to practice, adapting to practice in the UK, or want to update their practice.

Download from:

• App Store

Download the BMJ Best Practice app from:

• App Store
• Google Play

Sign in using your BMJ Best Practice personal account.

To register for a BMJ account:

• Login to the BMJ Best Practice website on an NHS computer
• OR login offsite with an NHS OpenAthens account. Click on ‘Access through your institution’ then search for the name of your NHS trust.

Mobile app containing both adult and child British National Formulary (BNF), published by the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Available free of charge for NHS users in the UK, for non-commercial use. A full description of what is meant by “NHS users” is available in the BNF’s terms and conditions.

Download from:

• App Store
• Google Play

Fully portable, no internet access required to use.

Available for free.This learning app is aimed at health care staff, especially nursing staff, and trainee pharmacists.

Download from:

• App Store

Clinical search engine. Offers full text access to selected medical textbooks, medical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, patient handouts, and CME materials.

NHS OpenAthens account required.

Download from:

• App Store
• Google Play

Available to UHSussex staff only. Registration required.

Download from:

• App Store
• Google Play

Register with OpenAthens or a personal account.

To register for a personal account, access Dynamed via the UHSussex Intranet link. You will receive a confirmation email from Dynamed.

Sign in using your Dynamed personal account.

BookMyne – a free app that lets you search the BSUH LKS library catalogue and manage your account.

Download from:

• App Store
• Google Play

Available for free.

Download from:

• App Store
• Google Play
• Windows

Fully portable, no internet access required to use, but should be regularly updated.

Only available to BSUH trainees who have been issued with an OnExamination code from BSUH LKS staff.

Download from:

• App Store
• Google Play

The Pediatric Surgery NaT (Not a Textbook) is a comprehensive reference for the general surgical care of children that is written by and for pediatric surgeons.

Free for registered users (BSUH only).

Download from:

• App Store or Google Play

Available to registered NHS users. Mobile access to advice on the features and management of poisoning for thousands of products and substances.

Download from:
https://www.toxbase.org/

Available for free.

Download from:

• App Store

Available to BSUH staff only. Registration required.

Download from:

• App Store
• Google Play

Register with OpenAthens or a personal account.

To register for a personal account, access UpToDate via the BSUH Intranet link. You will receive a confirmation email from UpToDate.

Sign in using your UpToDate personal account.