Subject Support and Subject Guides
Students
Students from Newcastle or Northumbria Universities can use any NHS library in the Northumberland, Tyne & Wear area for the duration of your course.
Students on placement from any other university can use the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Library for the duration of the placement.
Student library membership will entitle you to:
- 24/7 access to Library and facilities (out of hours access using a door code)
- Full borrowing rights from 35,000+ items on the shared NHS Libraries Catalogue – 8 items at any one time
- Access to training and skills support
- IT Access - PC’s, ipads, printing/copying, scanning, software including Office and Endnote
- Reading lists
- Medical Students
- Hospital-based Practice
- Child Health
- Women’s Health
- Patients Doctors and Society
- Mental Health
- Primary Care
- Nursing students
- Fundamental Concepts in Nursing Care
- Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
- Care Compassion and Communication in Nursing
- Development of Fields within Nursing Practice
- Study Skills for Professional Practice
- Developing Knowledge and Skills within Adult Nursing Care
- Applying Knowledge and Skills within Adult Nursing
- Public Health in Contemporary Nursing
- Applied Life Sciences
- Evidence and Research for Professional Practice
- Developing Skills for Safe and Effective Practice
- Values and Principles for Nursing People in Later Life
- Nursing Care of Adults with Complex Needs
- Leading and Improving Nursing
- Preparation for Working Life in Nursing
- Reflective Practice
- Mentorship – Facilitating learning and assessment in practice
- Useful Links
- NHS Library Ejournals (Athens login required)
- NICE healthcare databases advanced search (Athens login required)
- Nursing Reference Center Plus (Athens login required)
- Nursing Reference Center Plus (only from Trust computers)
- Royal Marsden Manual (only from Trust computers)
- UpToDate (Athens login required unless accessing from Trust computer)
- The Foundation Programme – Medical Students
- Athens registration
Leaders and managers
The library supports leaders and managers to stay up to date with the latest local and national issues through provision of key NHS Management resources, including a dedicated book and ebook collection, a range of electronic journals and databases, and personalised current awareness alerts.
- Embedded Kings Fund Health Management Alert and HSJ Acute News plus QE Managers Table of contents service
- British Journal of Healthcare Management Latest Content (Athens password needed)
- NHS Confederation news
Leadership key links:
- Search Library Catalogue
- Request a Book (For books not available on library catalogue)
- Request a Journal Article
- Request a Literature Search
- Request Regular Updates (goes to current awareness form)
- Athens Registration
- Health Business Elite Database (for healthcare management literature – Athens login required)
- North East Leadership Academy
- Monitor Foundation Trust Directory
Leadership key titles (olib reading lists):
- Management
- Change management
- Leadership
- Mentoring
- Coaching
- Leadership in nursing
- Lean
- King’s Fund
- Leadership for service transformation
- Mentorship – facilitating learning and assessment in practice
- Senior medical leaders: PRISM
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