Welcome to the Nursing SVHM Libguide
This is a library guide for nursing related resources and information for all nursing professionals at SVHM. The guide includes journals, Ebooks, and online resources. For all your nursing information queries Contact: Anna Lovang, anna.lovang@svha.org.au
NEW CONTENT & EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Applications are currently open for the 2024 St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Research Endowment Fund (REF) Program.
The Research Endowment Fund (REF) is an annual competitive financial grant round to support research activity of high quality across St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne campuses.
The REF Program aims to raise the profile of research by supporting projects that have a clinical application, or potential clinical significance and, in particular, research collaborations. Cross-discipline and cross-clinical areas of collaborative research is strongly encouraged, in line with St Vincent’s Research Strategy.
Key Dates:
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REF Applications open: |
Thursday 1st August 2024 |
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REF Applications close: |
Monday 9th September 2024 |
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REF results advised |
by Friday 6th December 2024 |
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REF Deeds of Agreements completed |
December 2024/January 2025 |
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REF funding period: |
March 2025 – February 2026 |
Please contact the Research Endowment Fund Program Coordinator via stvfunding.research@svha.org.au
Internurse is UK's largest collection of
peer reviewed nursing content.
Home of the British Journal of Nursing.
Internurse (MA health care)
A collection of nursing journals in various disciplines provided by OVID, Wolters Kluwer.
Easy, full text access to journals such as:
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
Medicine & drug information
MIMS Online - access via Clinician's Health Channel
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:
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?
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 - Rita Kinsella.
Nursing: Nursing Research Officer Kelly Coughlan (ACU) Nursing Research Institute
Nursing Research Institute -Melbourne & Sydney
NRI -Nursing Research Interest group (Intranet, Some resources will not be accessible to SVHM staff due to IP network identification.
(The NRI group supports nursing staff through St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne and Sydney to undertake research and professional development)
2024 NRI seminar programs, Publications, Annual report here
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 (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. 
Health Times Magazine (Australia's leading health care nursing & Allied Health magazine
Health Times Practice HUBS
Clinician's Health Channel resources (CHC)
Department of Health, VIC. (Set up your own account to freely access resources)
https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/clinicianshealthchannel
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
Please see other Nursing related libguides.
| Nursing SVHM (main nursing guide) |
| Nursing Update (current awareness bulleting and special topic guide |
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Graduate Nurse (SVHM graduating nurses) |
| Nursing eBooks Oxford Medicine Online Nursing eBooks |
This libguide page supports nursing in all fields. The page is regularly updated with new information.
If you experience a broken link or would like to recommend a resource please contact the library on library.svhmlibrary@svha.org.au
