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Information resources on this subject can be found in the following locations.
| 174.2 | Nursing ethics |
| 344 | Medical & nursing law |
| 362.173068 | Nursing leadership and management |
| 610 | Medicine |
| 610.73 | Nursing |
| 611 | Human anatomy |
| 612 | Human physiology |
| 613 | Health promotion, nutrition |
| 614 | Incidence & prevention of disease |
| 615 | Pharmacology & therapeutics |
| 616 | Diseases |
| 617 | Surgery & related medical specialties |
| 618 | Gynecology, pediatrics & other medical specialties |
| 619 | Experimental medicine |
| 649.33 | Lactation and breastfeeding |
Suggested Subject Keywords
Evidence based nursing |Pediatric nursing | Research methodology | Anatomy | Drug calculations | Nursing communication | Nursing leadership| Nursing practice | Physiology
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Heather - Hawke's Bay
ph| (06) 8301612
email| hpilbeam@eit.ac.nz
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email| JRobinson@eit.ac.nz
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email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Glen - Auckland
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email| studysupportak@eit.ac.nz
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British Medical Journal
International Wound Journal
Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand
Nursing Praxis New Zealand
Nursing Review (New Zealand)
Print Journals
Hawke's Bay
Aroha: La Leche League
Collegian: Refereed journal, Royal College of Nurses, Australia
GP Pulse
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Journal of Primary Health Care
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research
Kai Tiaki : Nursing New Zealand (Last issue December 2021 Online only now)
L.O.G.I.C.: The official journal of the New Zealand College of Practice Nurses, NZNO.
Medicine
Midwifery News / New Zealand College of Midwives
MIMS New Ethicals (Shelved in REFERENCE)
New Zealand College of Midwives Journal
New Zealand Health and Hospital
New Zealand Healthy Food Guide
New Zealand Nursing Review
Pacific Health Dialog
Whitireia Nursing Journal
Tairāwhiti
Kai Tiaki : Nursing New Zealand
MIMS New Ethicals (Shelved in REFERENCE)
New Zealand Nursing Review
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Australian and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books.
Credo Reference
An online library of hundreds of reference books including encyclopaedias, dictionaries, thesauri, atlases, biographies, quotations and subject-specific titles. There are millions of entries, including thousands of images and audio pronunciation files. Contributing publishers include Routledge, SAGE, Cambridge University Press, Wiley, Elsevier and many others. Additional features include Mind Map and Topic Pages, plus links to the EIT library catalogue and databases.
Ebook Central
A collection of over 30,000 full-text e-book titles covering a wide range of academic subjects.
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Index New Zealand (INNZ)
Indexes and abstracts selected New Zealand serial publications, including newspapers and 300 journals about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities. Coverage is from 1987.
MasterFILE Complete
Multidisciplinary database providing full-text of nearly 2,000 general reference publications back to 1975. Includes full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Provides a complete one-stop source for information, both for and against, on social issues. Access to viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central is a large multidisciplinary research resource combining more than 28 databases and covering more than 20,000 periodicals plus many other scholarly resources. Content is from scholarly journals, trade publications, company reports, dissertations, newspapers, newsletters, and newswires. Over 160 subject areas are covered including business and economics, health and medical (including nursing), education, social sciences, psychology, humanities, technology, science and more.
Te Ipu Whakahauā
Māori mental health research and bibliography database funded by the Ministry of Health to ensure more ready access to research, literature, and conference papers relating to Māori mental health. Includes over 600 abstracts, with links and full text articles as well as Masters and PhD theses.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global
Includes more than 3 million dissertations and theses from around the world, with comprehensive coverage of North American works and expanding coverage of international works. Over 1.7 million are available in full text.
Scopus
SciVerse Scopus is a very large multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources, containing over 40 million records including over 6 million conference papers and 100% Medline coverage. It covers research in the scientific, technical, medical, social sciences, and arts and humanities fields and provides tools such as Author Identifier, Affiliation Identifier, Citation Tracker, and Journal Analyser to track and analyse research. NB: Full-text documents cannot currently be downloaded from Scopus. Click on the SFX button in Scopus to link to where the full article is located in another database.
Subject Contact
Heather - Hawke's Bay
ph| (06) 8301612
email| hpilbeam@eit.ac.nz
Jenni - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693138
email| JRobinson@eit.ac.nz
If you require further help with finding information please contact:
Adam - Hawke's Bayph| (06) 8301067
email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Glen - Auckland
ph| (09) 979 9448
email| studysupportak@eit.ac.nz
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Specific Databases
Best Practice Advocacy New Zealand (bpacnz)
The Best Practice Advocacy Centre New Zealand (bpacnz) is an independent organisation focused on delivering medical education resources.bpacnz was established in 2002 and has six shareholders including General Practice New Zealand (GPNZ) and The University of Otago. Find best practice articles here.
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing Allied Health Literature)
Covers English language journals in nursing and allied health disciplines, including physical, occupational and respiratory therapy, medical and laboratory technology, emergency services, medical records, medical assisting and health education.
ClinicalKey
ClinicalKey for Nursing provides online access to a large number of the required textbooks for the Nursing programme. It also provides videos and images related to nursing and health. To get started, simply click on register (You will need to register on-campus) then utilise this login page to access the platform easily (you can even save it as a Desktop Shortcut!)
If you encounter any difficulties accessing the database, refer to this helpful guide for assistance.
Cochrane Library
Contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Includes systematic reviews, clinical trials, medical research studies, evidence-based health care, etc.
DynaMed
DynaMed combines the highest quality evidence-based information, expert guidance and a user-friendly, personalized experience to deliver accurate answers fast at the point of care.
Gale Health and Wellness
Information on: fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs, herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments. Includes veterinary medicine.
Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy
Human anatomy comes to life. Zoom, rotate, and explore interactive 3D models of human anatomy.
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.
Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health
Research full-text titles cited in CINAHL and other resources to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management.
JBI (Joanna Briggs Institute)
Evidence-based practice content from the JBI covering a wide range of medical, nursing, and health science specialties.
It includes Evidence Summaries, Evidence-Based Recommended Practices, Best Practice Information Sheets, Systematic Reviews, Consumer Information Sheets, Systematic Review Protocols, and Technical Reports.
Lippincott Procedures (New Zealand Instance)
Provides access to step-by-step instructions for clinical and maternity procedures in the New Zealand nursing context and is regularly updated with the latest evidence-based practice information. Each entry provides complete instructions, including the equipment needed, preparation guidelines, implementation steps, special considerations, patient teaching information, documentation, and references. Video clips are included to clarify complex procedures.
Med + Safe
Med + Safe is a great interactive tool to help nursing students master their medication calculations. You are able to practice at your own level to improve your competency and proficiency around safe medication administration. Once you have your login from School of Nursing in you can access this package from any computer and starting practising. Give it a go it is fun.
Please see below the link for the Med + Safe training videos and user access and login.
Please contact your course coordinator if you have any issues.
Login and access Med+Safe from this link:
https://ilearn.kineoportal.com.au/
(Med+Safe: Overview of Features):
http://medsafe.com.au/user-training/
Ovid
Access to over 45 full-text peer reviewed nursing journals in one database. Top titles include:
AJN: American Journal of Nursing; Journal of Addictions Nursing; Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing; Journal of Infusion Nursing; Journal of Nursing Administration; Journal of Trauma Nursing; Nurse Educator; Nursing; Nurse Practitioner; Nursing Management; Nursing Research.
Nursing Reference Center Plus
Nursing Reference Center Plus provides staff nurses, and nurse educators, with a resource that supports education goals, encourages residents and students to access the original research, and provides options for patient care while preserving and supporting student?s essential learning opportunities.
ProQuest Coronavirus Research Database
Including coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, this database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses. It includes thousands of open-access articles from the world's leading publishers as well as current research from pre-print repositories such as arXiv and will continue to grow and evolve as more is learned about the pandemic.
ProQuest Central Health & Medicine
Search Proquest Central's health and medicine databases including Pharmaceutical News Index; ProQuest Family Health; ProQuest Health & Medical Complete; ProQuest Health Management; ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source; ProQuest Research Library: Health & Medicine; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: Health & Medicine.
PubMed
Provided by the US National Library of Medicine. Includes biomedical articles back to the 1950's with citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full-text articles and other related resources. Includes veterinary medicine.
Science Direct Health and Life Sciences Journals Collection (College Edition)
Provides access to peer-reviewed full-text journals not available elsewhere online. Subjects include Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacology, Environmental and Biological Sciences. Full-text coverage is from 1995. To limit your search to find full-text only, go to Advanced Search and select Subscribed publications and Open Access articles.
These websites have been chosen by your subject librarian to provide you with a relevant selection of online resources. When searching for other online resources evaluate them and think critically about the information presented;
- Who is making the content available, are they a reliable source?
- Is the content they are presenting accurate?
- Is it biased towards political or commercial interests?
Our evaluating the credibility of websites guide will help you with this process. Get in touch with a librarian or one of our Learning Advisors if you are unsure.
Google Scholar allows you to search for academic sources using Google's search capabilities. This excludes other non-academic material to give you a more scholarly selection of results. EIT's holdings can be displayed using Google Scholar, to allow you to see at a glance if EIT has access to the full-text of sources you may find. See our guide for step by step instructions.
Subject Contact
Heather - Hawke's Bay
ph| (06) 8301612
email| hpilbeam@eit.ac.nz
Jenni - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693138
email| JRobinson@eit.ac.nz
If you require further help with finding information please contact:
Adam - Hawke's Bayph| (06) 8301067
email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Glen - Auckland
ph| (09) 979 9448
email| studysupportak@eit.ac.nz
Finding Information
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APA Referencing
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COVID-19 Resources
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Resources & Tools
COVID-19 Tools & Resources for Clinicians
Recommended Websites
Aki Hauora (App)
Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy (from
Stanford University)
Child Poverty Action Group - New Zealand
Drug Calculations for Nurses
Hauora: Maori Standards of Health IV
Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Services Standards
Health Education (HealthEd)
Health Research Council of New Zealand
Merck Manuals
Ministry of Health
National Institute of Nursing Research
New Zealand Guidelines for Medical Practice
New Zealand Health Statistics
New Zealand Institute of Community Health Care (Evidence based resources)
New Zealand Nursing Oral Histories
Nursing Council of New Zealand
Nursing Review (New Zealand)
NZNO (New Zealand Nurses Association) Publications
The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
PHARMAC
Public Health
Public Health Surveillance
Statistics New Zealand (Health)
Te Aho o Te Kahu - Cancer Control Agency
Te Pou
Toi Tangata
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
World Health Organisation
Examples of Codes of Conduct/Ethics
New Zealand Medical Association Code of Ethics (includes links to the Hippocratic Oath and The Declaration of Helsinki)
Nursing Council of New Zealand Code of Conduct
Everyone is aware of YouTube but as a student of EIT you also have access to the below resources to locate quality content.
If you do use YouTube, or other online video content, remember to critically evaluate the material you find:
- Who is making the content available, are they a reliable source?
- Is the content they are presenting accurate?
- Is it biased towards political or commercial interests?
The principles given in our evaluating the credibility of websites guide will help you assess whether it is appropriate for academic purposes. Speak to a librarian or learning advisor if you are unsure.
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Subject Contact
Heather - Hawke's Bay
ph| (06) 8301612
email| hpilbeam@eit.ac.nz
Jenni - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693138
email| JRobinson@eit.ac.nz
If you require further help with finding information please contact:
Adam - Hawke's Bayph| (06) 8301067
email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Glen - Auckland
ph| (09) 979 9448
email| studysupportak@eit.ac.nz
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Click here to see eTV, a new resource you can access from the Library. The On Demand section lets you view and download recordings from TV and videos kept in the Library and Shop.The Live Channels feature lets you live stream TV channels. Use My eTV to store your favourite programmes, personal details and saved searches.
Please see the eTV Student Guide for help using eTV.
Please see the eTV Staff Guide for help to embed an eTV episode into your EIT Online course.
LinkedIn Learning has a large number of videos and study topics in Business, Design, IT, Marketing, Photography, Video, Music, Animation, and Education... Learn Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop, CAD, and much more - all are free to EIT faculty, staff and currently enrolled students.
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