NEW Procedures on ClinicalSkills.net- measuring blood pressure

From ClinicalSkills.net:

2018 is upon us and we’re pleased to announce that the first updates of the year are the procedures on measuring blood pressure. The new editor of this series is Naomi Stetson, Lead Nurse at the Peart Rose Hypertension Clinic at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Naomi has reviewed the four parts of the series and updated them where needed.

 You can find the procedures in the Observations category in the Adults section. Their titles are:

 Measuring blood pressure part 1: Equipment

Measuring blood pressure part 2: Procedure

Measuring blood pressure part 3: The patient

Measuring blood pressure lying/sitting and standing

The procedures continue to cite key guidance from NICE (2011) and the British and Irish Hypertension Society (2017).

We will be adding edited versions of these procedures to the Healthcare Assistants section very soon.

There’s masses of updates and new content in the pipeline, so look out for my next newsletter next week!

Check out the Observations procedures here: https://www.clinicalskills.net/dashboard/procedures/5/34  and access with an OpenAthens account off-site or click straight through if on a Trust PC.

Resource of the Month: Resources for Researchers and launch of MTW Research Café

The library resource/ service we are promoting this month is our Resources for Researchers bulletin and the launch of the MTW Research café.

Click here for the library’s Resources for Researchers bulletin and here for details about the MTW Research Café.

To raise the profile of Trust research and to encourage staff to undertake their own research, we would like to invite you to pop in to the NEW Research Café on Tuesday 30th January between 12noon and 1.30pm at Maidstone Library. Research is for everyone, so come along to find out more!

RESEARCH CAFÉ

Research Cafe Launch- 30th January at Maidstone Hospital Library

RESEARCH CAFÉ

OPENING IN 

MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL LIBRARY

TUESDAY 30^th JANUARY.   12 – 1.30

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                       Come and talk to the

Research and Development team and find out more about future drop-in sessions & activities.

NEW- Online access to MIDIRS: Midwifery Digest Journal

MTW Midwives and Student Midwives can now access MIDIRS: Midwifery Digest online with an OpenAthens account.

Access one of the leading journals on pregnancy, childbirth and infancy here and enter your OpenAthens account to access all issues from 2006 to the current issue.

Search and access other Midwifery journals on the library catalogue at www.southeastlibrarysearch.nhs.uk .

If you don't have an OpenAthens account go to https://openathens.nice.org.uk to self-register for one today!

Display for January- Obesity Awareness

This month we are highlighting Obesity Awareness on our display boards in the MTW Libraries.  It is National Obesity Awareness Week this week (8th-14th January, search #obesityawarenessweek on Twitter) and our boards have interesting information, resources and news articles on the topic.

Pop in to find out more and to see what other resources we have on Obesity awareness, Dietetics and Nutrition, Health promotion and Health and Wellbeing and losing weight.

Or search the Library catalogue at www.southeastlibrarysearch.nhs.uk

Research Cafe at MTW Trust

We are about to launch a Research Cafe at Maidstone Hospital Library to help ALL STAFF to get more involved in the research activities being undertaken in the Trust.

Please help us to run scheduled and drop-in information sessions that would be of most use to you by completing this very short survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/K9NW38Y

Please look out for further information about the launch of the Research Cafe on Tuesday 30th January at Maidstone Hospital Library; pop in to chat to our Research Nurses, Research Governance Officer and Library Team about what goes on at MTW. Research is for everyone, come along and find out more!