Mental Health – Nursing

The Library and Knowledge Service for Sussex Partnership has a number of ways to keep health care staff up-to-date with the latest evidence. Here is a selected list of resources and services available for your use. See all resources on our website.

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Remember to select Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as your organisation.

Contact us at spnt.library-services@nhs.net for advice.

• British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
• International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
• International Journal of Older People Nursing
• Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing
• Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Explore the full range of journals at BrowZine.

• Evans K et al. Psychiatric and mental health nursing in the UK. Elsevier, 2020. Available in print.
• Lister S et al. The Royal Marsden manual of clinical nursing procedures. Wiley-Blackwell, 2020. Available in print and online.
• Wright K et al. Essentials of mental health nursing. Sage, 2018. Available in print.
• Chambers M. Psychiatric and mental health nursing: the craft of caring. Routledge, 2017. Available in print.
• Ellis P. Leadership, management and team working in nursing. Sage, 2019. Available online.

See the full collection at the library catalogue.

We provide evidence to answer questions about patient care, service improvement, research and clinical teaching. To request a search, contact us at spnt.library-services@nhs.net.

Recent searches for Mental Health - Nursing include:

• Examples of training needs analysis for mental health nursing skills
• Nurse prescribing in community mental health teams
• BAME contributions in the NHS medical and nursing professions
• How student nurses felt during COVID-19

• Cochrane Clinical Answers - clinically focussed research from Cochrane Reviews. Each CCA contains a clinical Q&A with data on outcomes relevant to healthcare professionals and links to graphics.
• Clinical Key - a decision-making resource that draws relevant answers from a wide range of current, comprehensive content across 30+ medical specialties.
• Best Practice - regularly updated, this resource draws on the latest
  evidence-based research to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. App available.

We provide access to online exam resources from The Birmingham Course. Full details are on the Study for Exams page on our website.

• The Maudsley prescribing guidelines in psychiatry - the fully updated 13th edition of an essential reference for anyone responsible for prescribing drugs for patients with mental health disorders.
• The Royal Marsden manual of clinical nursing procedures - provides up-to-date, detailed, evidence-based guidelines for over 200 procedures related to every aspect of a person′s care.