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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.

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Library Relocation and Book Sale Announcement

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Health & Wellbeing Collection

Our wellbeing collection has a range of self-help and mood-boosting-books for library members to borrow. Books includes:

  • Mindfulness
  • Stress and Anxiety Management
  • Emotional Resilience
  • Meditation
  • Yoga, Pilates & Tai Chi
  • Healthy Eating

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We also have a range of resources to help staff to relax and stay healthy, including on-going jigsaw puzzles, colouring books and colouring pencils to help staff to relax and de-stress, so feel free to pop in and do a bit of jigsaw and colouring.

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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