Nursing Times is easier to access than ever before – all Monash Health employees can now access Nursing Times content while onsite at any campus, with no need to register. Nursing Times provides the latest clinical articles, a Navigating Nursing podcast, CPD, and a lot more – see a sample below. Create a free account with your Monash Health email address for offsite access, CPD, and to set up email alerts.

• Bitesize learning – short videos with accompanying factsheets and self-assessment quizzes.
   
• Practical Procedures – illustrated guides based on the latest evidence and guidance. These guides are designed to support and update your own practice, or be used as an educational resource when teaching other staff.
   
• Innovations Hub – reports on nurse-led improvement projects, offering advice and inspiration.

Below is a selection of recent additions to the International Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Database.

• Assessment of hip protectors for users at risk of falls – Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre, Quebec
   
• Update: Clinical risk prediction tools for venous thromboembolism in medical patients – Center for Evidence-based Practice, United States
   
• Bacteriophage therapy for patients with difficult to treat bacterial infections – Scottish Health Technologies Group
   
• Surgery for degenerative rotator cuff tears: A health technology assessment – Norwegian Institute of Public Health
   
• A rapid health technology assessment of gene expression profiling tests for guiding the use of adjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage invasive breast cancer – Health Information and Quality Authority, Ireland

Explore our range of journals on BrowZine.

• A Cochrane review found that trunk training following stroke is effective in improving outcomes including ADL, walking ability, and quality of life. Core-stability, selective-, and unstable-trunk training approaches were most common.
   
• Treatment with pitolisant improved narcolepsy symptoms in children in a recent randomised controlled trial. Adverse events included headache and insomnia, and further studies are recommended to confirm long-term safety.
   
• How to successfully handle the initial encounter with a delusional infestation patient offers practical advice for dermatologists, including communication techniques, tips for writing clinical notes, and responding to specific requests.
   
• When designing and conducting mental health research, involving people with lived experience has benefits for both participants and research quality. This reflective article offers recommendations aligning with each identified benefit.
   
• Virtual moral distress rounds – called “Sip & Share” – improved resiliency in surgery residents. The sessions also helped residents to feel more comfortable navigating ethical issues in surgery and leading goals of care discussions.

The MHRR has to be seen to be believed – book a 5-minute lightning demo for your next team meeting by emailing library@monashhealth.org.