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Mersey Care Knowledge and Library Service
Clare Payne
Outreach Librarian
Supporting your evidence based practice
6th January 2015
Is each statement:
• A current model?
• A disproved or abandoned theory or practice?
• Entirely fictional?
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Adapted by CP Mersey Care KLS from an exercise created by Sarah Chaney, Audience Engagement Manager, Royal College of Nursing
Fictional
• One testicle is always larger than the other. This 'dominant' testicle is more likely to produce healthy sperm.
• Women have larger brains than men.
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Current models• Injections of hormones extracted from the
urine of post-menopausal women can improve fertility.
• Infusions of faecal material from healthy donors can be used to treat those suffering from intestinal infection.
• Poor dental hygiene is linked to an increased risk of heart disease.
Current models
• Botulinum toxin (Botox®) injections are effective in managing chronic migraine.
• Alice in Wonderland syndrome is a neurological condition that causes people to perceive objects or body parts as greatly out of proportion.
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Disproved or abandoned models
• Blowing smoke into the anus of an unconscious person will revive them.
Disproved or abandoned models
• Injecting someone with blood infected with malaria can be used to cure them from syphilis.
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Disproved or abandoned models
• Mental illness in women is caused by abnormal movement of the uterus and can be cured by sexual activity and fumigation of the face and genitals.
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• Why things are done in a certain way• Curious about the evidence behind an
intervention • Want to know more about an approach
that looks promising• Look at different ways of doing things• Answer patient questions• Justify why you want to make a change• Course Assignments
• We’re here to help:– good quality, up to date online
resources – skills to find them quickly and
efficiently.
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8,500 journals
International Journal of Mental health Nursing
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Issues in Mental Health nursing
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing
Journal of Forensic Nursing
Nurse Researcher
Nursing Standard
Journal of Addictions Nursing
Evidence Based Nursing
….Up to the 1990s, only human-derived gonadatrophins (urine extracted) were available…
….highly purified human menopausal gonadotrophin …administered to patients undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation for IVF…
..most frequently the donor has been an intimate partner,
housemate or family member …however several studies used
volunteer donors
..use a blender (standard kitchen or commercial, allocated for the purpose of FMT only ), or vigorously shake the suspension
in a tightly covered container.
Transplantation of fresh donated feces is
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8 Healthcare databases
700+ e-booksTherapeutic Relationships with Offenders
Clinical Supervision in Mental Health Nursing
Acute Mental Health Nursing: From acute concerns to the capable practitioner
Forensic Nursing
Prescribing Mental Health Medication : The Practitioner’s Guide
Nursing and Collaborative Practice
Mental health Nursing an evidence based Approach
Mental Health Nursing: The Art of Compassionate Care
The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing
Nursing Leadership for Patient Centred Care
Dementia Nursing : a Guide to Practice
Person Centred Nursing
Reflective Practice in Nursing
Learning Disability Nursing
Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice
Women’s Mental Health
Working Therapeutically with Women in Severe Mental Health Settings
Transformational Leadership in Nursing
700+ e-books
Rapid search
60 titles on mental health nursing
Theories for Mental health Nursing, 2014
Assessment and Decision Making in Mental Health nursing, 2013
The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing, 2013
Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing, 2013
Educating Nurses for Leadership
A Nurse’s Guide to Women’s Mental health
Psychological Interventions in Mental health Nursing
The Physical Care of People with mental health problems, 2013
Forensic mental health: concepts, systems and practice
Support finding articles‘I used to just type in all the
words and got either no results
or absolutely loads. The training
has made it all so much easier.’ Nurse
After training:
90% of people feel confident about carrying out their own search, compared to 5% beforehand.
60 mins 1:1
Carry out search together based on your assignment question
Show you 5 tips to make searching quick and easy
Download or print off all the articles we find
‘I wish I’d known about
this earlier – it would have
saved me loads of hassle.’
Student Nurse
Training is held at Rathbone (nr Edge Lane) and Ashworth (Maghull) libraries at a time to suit you.
[email protected] 0151 471 7704 / 2393
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