Help us to help you with patient information

  Do you give your patients information? Perhaps you don’t have time? Would you welcome some support or advice in providing information for the patients you see?   Fill in our quick survey  to give us a picture of the kind of patient information you currently supply, and what you would like to offer. The Patient Information Librarian will then …

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NEW: UpToDate® Anywhere – mobile and remote access

Now you can access all the content of UpToDate from your mobile and tablet. You can also build up free continuing education credits (CME/CE/CPD) when researching clinical questions. To gain remote and mobile access you just need to complete a quick one-time registration process. GETTING REGISTERED Access UpToDate via the BSUH Intranet link *You must register from within the BSUH …

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Even more support for Primary Care staff

Here’s just a selection of the rich resources to support Primary Care. Explore our full range via our website: https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/library/ NHS OpenAthens password required; register here: http://openathens.nice.org.uk/ Books   Papanikitas A. Handbook of primary care ethics. 2018         Blythe A.  Essential primary care. 2017           Carvalho A F. Mental disorders in primary care: …

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NEW Surgical journal for 2018

Do you care for severely injured and critically ill surgical patients? This journal is for you! The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is NOW available with your OpenAthens password (BSUH only).             See more of what we can offer in this specialty and others under our Specialty Lists, or use the catalogues on …

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Support for long term conditions

Here’s just a selection of the rich resources to support Long term Conditions. Explore our full range via our website: https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/library/ NHS OpenAthens password required; register here: http://openathens.nice.org.uk/ Books   Hutchinson D  Long term conditions: a manual for general practice nurses 2016         Nicol J  Nursing adults with long term conditions. 2nd ed. 2015       …

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New look BMJ Best Practice and app

This popular step by step guidance now has improved diagnosis and treatment tables and algorithms, videos of clinical procedures, medical calculators, patient information leaflets and the latest evidence from Cochrane Clinical Answers.   All this, plus an app that can be used offline.     Read what our members say about BMJ Best Practice: “I use it almost daily to …

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Communicating with your patients

Here’s just a selection of the rich resources to support Patient Communication & Information. Explore our full range via our website: https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/library/ NHS OpenAthens password required; register here: http://openathens.nice.org.uk/ Books Gault I  Communication in nursing and healthcare: a guide for compassionate practice  2017         Wamboldt R Communication skills for OSCEs: how to talk to patients effectively 2017 …

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Looking for reliable patient information to share with your patients?

The carer and patient information section on our website brings together healthcare leaflets produced by trusted bodies especially for you to share with your patients. Here you will find a wide range of patient leaflets and information from BSUH NHS Trust through to UpToDate.  Most carry the Information Standard accreditation mark – read more about it here: See below for …

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Feeling the pressure?

Here’s just a selection of the rich resources we have to help you look after your health and wellbeing, whether you’re working, on clinical placement or a student. Explore our full range via our website: https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/library/ NHS OpenAthens password required; register here: http://openathens.nice.org.uk/ Books   Skovholt, T M   The resilient practitioner: burnout and compassion fatigue prevention and self-care strategies for …

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