British Journal of Healthcare Assistants

The Health Libraries at UHNM subscribe to the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants. Access articles in full by logging in with your OpenAthens password. You can also receive the table of contents as an email when new issues are published to save you time checking back for articles of interest. Ask library staff if you need help to do this

Articles in the latest issue include the following:

   Write and wrong
   Peter Bradley
   British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Vol. 15, No. 1: 5-5.
   https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjha.2021.15.1.5?ai=ta&ui=geq4&af=T
 
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   Catheterisation without pain: the HCA challenge
 
   Paul Burgess
   British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Vol. 15, No. 1: 6-14.
   https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjha.2021.15.1.6?ai=ta&ui=geq4&af=T
 
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   Rare health conditions 42: clinical supervision and its importance
 
   Chris Barber
   British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Vol. 15, No. 1: 16-20.
   https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjha.2021.15.1.16?ai=ta&ui=geq4&af=T
 
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   Series 5, chronic wounds; part 4h. Pressure ulcer care of the obese
   patient
 
   Menna Lloyd Jones
   British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Vol. 15, No. 1: 22-25.
   https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjha.2021.15.1.22?ai=ta&ui=geq4&af=T
 
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   LGBTQ+ people living with dementia: an under-served population
 
   Emily Cousins, Kay De Vries, and Karen Harrison Dening
   British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Vol. 15, No. 1: 26-35.
   https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjha.2021.15.1.26?ai=ta&ui=geq4&af=T
 
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   Enhancing empathy through experiential learning—managing incontinence.
   2/2
 
   Angela Grainger
   British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Vol. 15, No. 1: 36-40.
   https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjha.2021.15.1.36?ai=ta&ui=geq4&af=T
 
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   Implementing the duty of candour: a guide for healthcare support staff
 
   Alan Glasper
   British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Vol. 15, No. 1: 41-45.
   https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjha.2021.15.1.41?ai=ta&ui=geq4&af=T
 
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   How world policy affects the equitable distribution of the COVID-19
   vaccine. Pt 1
 
   Sarah Jane Palmer
   British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Vol. 15, No. 1: 46-47.
   https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjha.2021.15.1.46?ai=ta&ui=geq4&af=T
 
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   One for all and all for one
 
   Linda Nazarko
   British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Vol. 15, No. 1: 50-50.
   https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjha.2021.15.1.50?ai=ta&ui=geq4&af=T
 
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Journal of the Month

 British Journal of Healthcare Assistants - this is a journal especially for healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners, which we subscribe to for you. Each issue contains a wide range of bespoke, evidence-based articles providing examples of good practice in all areas of healthcare. Every article highlights learning outcomes, to support your training and to help extend your knowledge and skills. 

Published once a month the journal is essential reading for all HCAs and APs who are serious about developing their own career, as well as providing the best possible support for the patients in their care. Authors include practice specialists and researchers leading in their field and BJHCA welcomes and encourages articles from HCAs and APs themselves.

You can access it online by logging in with your NHS OpenAthens username. If you struggle to remember to check the journal each month you also have the option of setting up a table of contents (ToC) alert whereby you receive an email each time new articles are published and can then log in and read the ones that interest you. See our post from 6th August for details of how to do this or ask us to help set it up for you.

To whet your appetite, titles of this month's topics include: 

• Taking good care of yourself
• Rare health conditions 39: Krabbe disease; chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature syndrome (‘CANDLE’); Batten disease; and working with young children
• The importance of pulse oximetry
• Healthcare challenge: protecting patient data privacy during a global pandemic
• Obstetric complications and medical complexities in pregnancy. Part 2
• Genetics
• Tackling UK obesity levels to reduce COVID-19 fatalities
• Managing and supporting employees experiencing domestic abuse
• Series 5, chronic wounds; part 4f. Pressure ulcers: sitting and pressure ulcer prevention
• Coping with a colleague's suicide

Why not log-in using the link above and have a read?