Nursing SVHM: NursingSVHM

    Internurse is UK's largest collection of 
    peer reviewed nursing content. 
    Home of the British Journal of Nursing.
    
                                  Internurse (MA health care) 

   Ovid Nursing Full-text Plus 

A collection of nursing journals in various disciplines provided by OVID, Wolters Kluwer.

Easy, full text access to journals such as:

• Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
• International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare
• Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing

Browzine is an easy-to-use interface for browsing journals and locating articles. Use on your PC, or via a free app or on your device.

See the Library Homepage for more information.

 Access to Nursing subject titles here: Browzine - Nursing titles

Access through the Library Homepage-databases

• CINAHL
• Medline
• Cochrane Library
• Emcare
• UpToDate

Medicine & drug information

MIMS Online - access via Clinician's Health Channel (Non Library resource)

Clinician's Health Channel
"Our portal is for health professionals working in public healthcare in Victoria"

Other databases 

Freely available alternative sources of information include:

• Kings Fund Library Database for information relating to health,social care management and policy, systems, services and leadership (UK)
• NSPCC Library catalogue for safeguarding, child protection, child abuse and neglect.(UK)
• AgeInfo – information resource provided by the Centre for Policy on Ageing Library Service, covering social gerontology (UK)
• Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet (AU)

Providing support to those working in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector by making research and other knowledge readily accessible. WA, Edith Cowan University

Resources: Supporting nurses to engage in research  
(Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre) 
 

Patient experience: "The Beryl Institute is the global community of practice committed to elevating the human experience* in healthcare".
Free registration to access, community and research resources. (US)

Standards

ACORN Standards 
can be accessed SVHA Opendoor Intranet Page. Go to Melbourne Public - Clinical Resource Page
You will need RDS for home access, please contact IT.
ACORN Webinars
The Standards are supporting Australian perioperative nurses in delivering safe and high-quality perioperative care. 
(Member registration, membership fee)

Are you a Nurse or Allied Health staff interested in research or need help with research?

The NRI, Nursing Research Institute supports nursing staff across SVHM and SVHN to undertake research and assist with clinical skill development. NRI is through ACU, Australian Catholic University with SVHM representatives. 
Nursing Research Institute

SVHM contacts

If you need support or guidance with regard to a research project, abstract writing, grant application or getting published, please reach out:
Allied Health: Rita Kinsella, Allied Health Research & Knowledge Translation Lead, Allied Health & Pharmacy
Nursing: Katherine McBrearty, Practice Development Nurse, SVHM. Jake McMachon, PhD candidate and Clinical Reseach Nurse. Affiliated with NRI. ST Vincent's Melbourne Nursing (St. Vincent's Melbourne Public, access via Open Door Intranet)

EBP - Evidence based practice

Evidence based practice - Step by Step (American Journal of Nursing Collection series)
Asking the Clinical Question, Steps of Evidence, critical appraisal processes)

Evidence based practice- SVHM Library Service
Overview of Evidence based practice.

General nursing research - support pages
Clinical research nurses - Nursing Times magazine journal (UK resource) (1-3 articles downloaded with a free registration)

Literature searching & Systematic Reviews

Literature searching - introduction SVHM Library Service

Systematic Reviews - introduction SVHM Library Service
Helen Wilding, SVHM Library Service. Set up a search strategy step by step. Systematic review process overview. Library tutorials.

Writing & Publishing

Writing for Publication for Nurses (English Edition)
An Easy-To-Follow Guide for Nurses. Copyright © 2000-2019 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., or related companies.

Research and Evidence based Nursing Practice Issue 3 & 4 (March-April) 2019
Nursing Update Bulletin, SVHM Library Service, Anna Lovang 2019, (Nursing research, writing & publishing resources)

Scholarly Writing Library Guide - SVHM Library Service
Danila Durante, SVHM Library Service. Resources for writing health professional clinical or non-clinical work. This could be an article for publication, an internal report, or a grant application.

Feature articles on current relevant nursing issues. Articles marked with a (*) has an Australian focus. 

Nurse stress relief: A pilot study on the impact of healing touch and chakra techniques on well-being, 2025
Noel, Stacy A.; Sarik, Danielle Altares ; Collins, Michelle. Nursing 55(1):p 49-55, January 2025.

Transforming nursing practice through cutting-edge AI in healthcare: Opportunities, challenges, and ethical implications, 2025
Park, C. S. Y., Kim, M. G., & Han, H. W. Contemporary Nurse, 1–6, 2025.

The ‘5 Moments for Hand Hygiene’: casting a critical eye on the implications for practice, 2024
Mark Cole. British Journal of Nursing 2024 33:22, 1062-1068.

Oral hygiene in patients with severe mental illness, 2024
Aby Mitchell. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2024 13:4, 1-10.

Clinician's Health Channel resources (CHC)
Department of Health, VIC. (Non Library resource- contact CHC directly with access issues)
https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/clinicianshealthchannel

• eTG Complete - Therapeutic Guidelines 
• AMH, Australian Medicines Handbook
• MIMS Online & MIMS Mobile
• Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook, 8th Edition
• IBM Micromedex (US)

Anna Lovang, Research Librarian

Carl de Gruchy Library, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
+613 9231 2541  Anna.Lovang@svha.org.au

Literature Searching, Database Literature Search Education, Nursing liaison 
Monday, Tuesdays & alternate Wednesdays