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To access the following eBooks you must login to your OpenAthens (Please sign in with your OpenAthens before using the following links). If you don’t have an OpenAthens account you can register online. These are available 24 hours a day via a computer with an internet connection.These books can be downloaded to a mobile device/e-reader and read offline. Please contact library for more details.

How to Read a Paper : The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine

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By: Greenhalgh, Trisha. Edition: Fifth edition. Chichester, West Sussex : BMJ Books. 2014. eBook.Subjects:

Fundamentals of Nursing Models, Theories and Practice

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By: McKenna, Hugh P.; Murphy, Fiona; Pankhihar, Majda. Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell. 2014. Theory

Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine

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By: Chapman, Stephen; West, Sophie; Stradling, John R.; Robinson, Grace. Series: Oxford Medical Handbooks. Edition: Third edition Stephen Chapman, Grace Robinson, John R. Stradling, Sophie West. Oxford : OUP Oxford. 2014.

Critiquing Nursing Research

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By: Cutcliffe, John; Ward, Martin. Edition: 2nd ed. Luton : Andrews UK. 2014.

Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management

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By: Weiss, Sally A.; Tappen, Ruth M. Edition: Sixth edition. Philadelphia : F.A. Davis. 2015.

The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures

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By: Dougherty, Lisa; Lister, Sara E. Edition: Professional edition. Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell. 2015.

 A Nurse’s Survival Guide to the Ward – E-Book

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By: Richards, Ann; Edwards, Sharon L. Series: A Nurse’s Survival Guide. Edition: 3rd ed. London : Churchill Livingstone. 2012.

Adult Nursing at a Glance

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By: Le May, Andrée. Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell. 2015.

ABC of Diabetes

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By: Holt, Tim A.; Kumar, Sudhesh. Series: ABC Series. Edition: Seventh edition. Chichester, West Sussex : BMJ Books. 2015.

Law and Ethics for Midwifery

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By: Clarke, Elinor J. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge. 2015.

Nursing Acutely Ill Adults

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By: Woodrow, Philip. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge. 2016.

Person-Centred Dementia Care, Second Edition : Making Services Better with the VIPS Framework

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By: Brooker, Dawn; Latham, Isabelle. Edition: Second edition Dawn Brooker and Isabelle Latham. London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 2016.

Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia

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By: Peate, Ian. Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell. 2015. eBook.

The Essential Guide to Becoming a Staff Nurse

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By: Peate, Ian. Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell. 2015. eBook.

Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice, Fifth Edition

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By: Boltz, Marie; Capezuti, Liz; Fulmer, Terry T.; Zwicker, DeAnne. Edition: 5th edition. New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company. 2016. eBook.

Library News & What’s new

Christmas Opening Hours

The Library will be closed from 25th Dec 2025– 1ST Jan 2026.Please note that swipe card access to the 24 hour section of the library will continue to be available at all times.

Changes to the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

 The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub (KLhub) is getting a fresh look from July 7 with a new and improved user interface. You will benefit from the improved search functionality with it remaining the single-best platform to browse, search and access eResources using your NHS OpenAthens account.

The new KLHub means that there are some changes that you should be aware of ahead of time.  From July any existing search alerts, custom folders and journal alerts which have been saved in MyEBSCO will no longer be available. This will affect items saved in the KLHub as well as EBSCOhost databases. Please contact library staff if you need advice on saving your searches in order to replicate them later. 

ProQuest Databases

 From July 1st the following ProQuest databases will no longer be available via NHS OpenAthens:

  • AMED, British Nursing Index (BNI), Health Research Premium Collection, PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding these changes, please contact library staff.

Board Games

We have a collection of educational board games which can be used in training sessions and to gain CPD credits. Below board games recently added to our existing collection.

Menopause Game

Team resilience game

Dysphagia game

Hydration game

Mental health at work  Map game

Mental health awareness

LGBT+ in the workplace game

Safeguarding game

If you’re interested in borrowing these board games for your CPD or training or if you have any questions please email chelwest.library.infoservice@nhs.net

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