With the significant development of IT programmes within hospitals and Trusts, the technology is now available to enable up-to-date research information to be made more accessible to nurses on the wards. in order to improve the quality of health care delivery and its outcomes, it is essential that access to information is available at the point of care. The Royal Marsden NHS Trust Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures is a classic textbook which has established its success as an excellent resource on quality care, providing nurses at all stages of their careers with the latest evidence-based procedures for patient-focused care. The networkable edition is quick and easy to use, and contains the full content of the book. It has been designed to enable hospitals and Trusts to ensure that their own policies and clinical standards are communicated throughout the wards, providing guidance for good practice. It will provide practitioners with the means to implement research findings into their own practice, basing their decisions on evidence-based recommendations.

The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures is a classic textbook sought after by nurses at all stages of their careers. The manual guides nurses in the clinical application of the latest research findings, ensuring that theory and practice are integrated. The new edition takes forward the work of the previous four editions, and contributes to the continuing development of a conceptual framework of nursing care. The manual has been revised and updated throughout, thereby continuing its tradition as an excellent resource on quality care for all those in nursing and nurse education. The fifth edition includes six new chapters on: Haemotological procedures Infusion devices Radioactive source therapy: sealed sources Radioactive source therapy and diagnostic procedures: unsealed sources Spinal cord compression and Vascular access therapy.

Key features:

• Easy to use with rapid access to information.
• Powerful search facilities enable key topics to be found and stored locally for future quick reference
• Can be customized to reflect local policy, a designated person can create, edit or these notes centrally.
• The notes will automatically pop up when the person using the individual terminal opens the section.
• Personal annotation and bookmark features.
• Full referencing with external links direct to MEDLINE
• Keyword allowing navigation directly to areas of interest
• Printing of all chapters for convenience
• Research-based guidelines revised and updated throughout
• Consistent presentation of information reference material, guidelines, action/rationale and nursing care plans
• Adopted as official procedure book by many health authorities

Health care providers and government health bodies in the UK, Europe and beyond are focusing their energies on evidence-based practice and there is a pressing need for nurses to have quick and easy access to the most up-to-date information on clinical procedures.

The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Intranet provides the solution, enabling all Hospitals and Trusts to ensure that recommended procedures, as well as their own policies and clinical standards, are communicated at the point of care.

Software is available only as an INTRANET product. The product is designed to be run from your INTRANET network, and the price is per terminal access.