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Back to school

Amy Fox-McNally 9 Jan 2023

Student nurses, this back-to-school blog is for you!

Back to school

Have you ever struggled with searching for literature and evidence for your studies, or writing that tricky dissertation? Want to spend less time stressing on where to even start, and more time focusing on studying or your placement, or just relaxing and looking after your wellbeing in your free time?

Whether from the comfort of your living room, or with us in person, we’re here to support you in a hybrid way to suit your busy university schedule.

Our Cardiff Library in Ty Maeth (right next to the University Hospital of Wales) is open by Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm, with dedicated appointments with your Librarians available from 10:00am. I promise we don’t bite (or ‘shush’)! Why not book a drop-in slot to have a chat with us in person? We have free parking available right on site, too!

Check out my virtual library tour on Twitter here.

In need of books? Check out our digital catalogue right here (Search Books, Journals, Databases | Library | Royal College of Nursing (rcn.org.uk) which gives you access to 1000s of the most up-to-date nursing dictionaries online, e-journals, and magazines and periodicals such as Nursing Times and Nursing Standard, and of course the text books you need. We can post books to you for free, and returns are free too!

We’re also out and about at your university in the coming weeks, so come and have a chat with me on Tuesday 31st January at Bangor University, about how we can support your studies.

Unable to visit us in person? No problem! Just email us at wales.library@rcn.org.uk and we can book a 1-1 with you or get you onto a drop-in workshop to suit your needs. Let’s get you past the post to that all important pass mark, so you can focus on your core job of nursing.

Even better, your access to our library services and support for your ongoing studies, CPD, career, and revalidation continues beyond your time as a student, when you become as a full member!

All this for 84p a month as a student? Bargain!

Don’t miss out on how we can help, and get ahead with Your RCN libraries!

 

Meet the library team Jan 2023

 

Amy Fox-McNally

Amy Fox-McNally

Information Specialist, RCN Wales

Amy has been working in library services since 2013, attaining her MA in Librarianship in 2019.

During this time, she spent five years in post as a Community Librarian in public libraries, undertaking professional projects, line managing sites and staff, and developing partnership and outreach work with a particular interest in health organisation partnerships, and developing services to support the health and wellbeing of local residents.

As a qualified Librarian, she has recently joined RCN Wales as an Information Specialist, branching out into health Librarianship and developing her information retrieval and synthesising skills to support RCN members and clinical staff.

Page last updated - 09/06/2023