OpenAthens

OpenAthens is an online platform that offers staff and volunteers at St. Francis Hospice access to a wide range of journals and databases. MyAthens is your own space within OpenAthens. To set up your MyAthens account please complete the form below and click Submit. Once your account is activated, you can access OpenAthens here. A Guide to Using OpenAthens at St. Francis Hospice can be found here.

With your MyAthens account, you can access these peer-reviewed journals, databases, and other useful resources.

APPM Master Formulary
Association for Paediatric Palliative Medicine Master Formulary. This essential resource collates all of the available dosing information to support prescribing in paediatric palliative care in a single volume (available to download or view online).

Bereavement: journal of grief and responses to death*
Bereavement is an open access peer reviewed journal. Accessible and interdisciplinary, it reaches a range of relevant audiences, including practitioners, volunteers, and students, as well as academics, researchers and all those with an interest in the impact of death on people’s lives.

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care holds an inclusive view of supportive and palliative care research, including those working in transitional research, clinical trials, epidemiology, behavioural sciences, ethics and health service research.

British Journal of Healthcare Assistants
British Journal of Healthcare Assistants (BJHCA) is the only monthly, peer-reviewed journal to recognise the importance and potential of the million-strong group of healthcare support workers: healthcare assistants (HCAs) and assistant practitioners (APs).

CINAHL via EBSCO Information Services
CINAHL indexes the top nursing and allied health literature available from nursing journals and publications.

Cochrane Library (evidence-based reviews covering all health subjects)
The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups and includes full-text articles in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Drugs in Palliative Care (eBook)
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of Drugs in Palliative Care is a detailed yet concise handbook that will appeal to a variety of healthcare professionals involved in the provision of palliative care and medicines information. Divided into three sections it begins with an overview of pharmacology and prescribing advice then contains over 160 monographs of palliative care drugs, in an easy-to-use A-Z format.

eCollege*
Online learning platform supported by the Government of Ireland. All of the courses are free but require creating an account with your PPSN.

International Journal of Palliative Nursing
The aim of IJPN is to provide nurses with essential information to help them deliver the best possible care and support for their patients. The journal publishes an unparalleled range of peer-reviewed clinical, professional and educational articles, as well as helpful information on practical, legal and policy issues of importance to all palliative nurses.

Journal of Lymphoedema*
The Journal of Lymphoedema is an annual online practice-based journal for healthcare professionals who wish to keep up to date and fully informed about the clinical, practical, educational, research and policy aspects of lymphoedema worldwide.

Journal of Palliative Care
The Journal of Palliative Care is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, international and interdisciplinary forum for practical, critical thought on palliative care and palliative medicine.

Journal of Palliative Medicine
The premier peer-reviewed journal focused on providing quality care to patients at end of life or with intractable pain, with unique coverage surrounding medical, psychosocial, policy, and legal issues.

Lenus*
Ireland’s leading source of health-related research and grey literature. Journal articles, dissertations, HSE publications and the collected output of more than 130 health organisations past and present are all freely accessible.

Management of Constipation in Adult Patients Receiving Palliative Care*
Management of Constipation in Adult Patients Receiving Palliative Care from the National Clinical Effectiveness Committee.

Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry (eBook)
The revised and updated 13th edition of The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry provides up-to-date information, expert guidance on prescribing practice in mental health, including drug choice, treatment of adverse effects and how to augment or switch medications.

Medicines Complete (BNF, PCF, and Stockley’s Drug Interactions)
On-site access only in SFH Blanchardstown or Raheny. Medicines Complete provides immediate online access to up-to-date drug information sourced from an extensive range of the world’s most trusted resources (includes BNF, PCF, and Stockley’s Drug Interactions).

Medusa – The Injectable Medicines Guide
The Injectable Medicines Guide (IMG), also known as Medusa, is an NHS project. The IMG aims to provide guidance on the preparation and administration of injectable medicines in adult and paediatric clinical areas, and act as a reference source for organisations preparing an injectable medicines administration policy.

National Clinical Guidelines from the National Clinical Effectiveness Committee*
National Clinical Guidelines are systematically developed statements, based on a thorough evaluation of the evidence, to assist practitioner and service users’ decisions about appropriate healthcare for specific clinical circumstances across the entire clinical system. The aim of National Clinical Guidelines is to provide guidance and standards for improving the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of healthcare in Ireland.

National Clinical Programme for Palliative Care*
The programme was established in 2010 as a joint initiative of the HSE Clinical Strategy and Programmes Division and the Royal College of Physicians. The programme aims to ensure that persons with life-limiting conditions and their families can easily access a level of palliative care service that is appropriate to their needs regardless of care setting or diagnosis.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)*
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.

NEWT Guidelines
Medicines management guidelines for patients with enteral feeding tubes or swallowing difficulties. Additional login details available from library@sfh.ie

Occupational Therapy International*
Occupational Therapy International is a peer-reviewed, open access journal which only publishes original research articles and review articles reflecting the practice of occupational therapy worldwide.

Open Journal of Occupational Therapy*
The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal with a mission to publish high quality articles that focus on applied research, practice, and education in the occupational therapy profession.

Palliative Medicine
Palliative Medicine is a highly ranked, peer reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to improving knowledge and clinical practice in the palliative care of patients with far advanced disease. It reflects the multidisciplinary approach that is the hallmark of effective palliative care.

PEDro, the Physiotherapy Evidence Database*
PEDro is a free database of over 57,000 trials, reviews and guidelines evaluating physiotherapy interventions.

Pharmacological Management of Cancer Pain in Adults*
Pharmacological Management of Cancer Pain in Adults from the National Clinical Effectiveness Committee.

PubMed (all health subjects)
PubMed comprises more than 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Renal Drug Handbook
The Renal Drug Handbook is an essential resource for nephrologists, specialist nurses and pharmacists engaged in the care of these patients.
The present Fifth Edition (2019) includes over 900 drug monographs, each containing synoptic but important information for the target audience.

Safe Prescribing & Dispensing of Controlled Drugs*
Joint Guidance from the Medical Council and Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland. This resource aims to facilitate safer prescribing and dispensing of controlled drugs.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)*
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) develops evidence based clinical practice guidelines for the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland.

Wiley Royal Marsden Manual 10 (RMM10)
Clinical nurse experts from one of the UK’s leading centres of expertise have brought together all the latest clinical evidence nurses need to meet confidently the requirements of their demanding profession. This online Manual includes over 350 evidence-based clinical procedures related to every aspect of care, from handwashing to cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Wounds International*
Wounds International is a quarterly online practice-based journal for healthcare professionals who wish to keep up to date and fully informed about the clinical, practical, educational, research and policy aspects of wound care worldwide.

*also available as open access but included on St. Francis Hospice MyAthens platform for convenience.