Library: Operating Department Practice (ODP): Books and other resources for ODP

Reading lists

Most modules have a reading list to support your studies with essential and recommended books and articles. Our new Reading Lists Online system allows you to easily access electronic content on the list and find out the latest status of print books - and request these through our Click and Collect service.

You should find a link to your reading list through Blackboard (or MS Teams if that is used for your module). You can also access the system through the link below. On the Find Lists page you can search by your module title, module code or the name of your module leader.

Reading Lists Online

Books for your subject

Finding ODP books in the library

You will find books for ODP in the Stoke campus (Ashley 1) and Stafford campus (Blackheath Lane Centre for Excellence) libraries.

To find books at the Stoke and Stafford campuses, use Library Search.

You can request books from another library site - find out how to do this here.

Browsing

You may wish to browse the library shelves for books related to ODP. Find books with the following shelf-marks on their spine stickers. The library uses the Dewey Decimal system to categorise print books.

Dewey number	Subject area
158	Applied psychology
378	Academic skills
610	Medicine and health
611	Human anatomy
612	Human physiology
613	Personal health and safety
615	Pharmacology and therapeutics
616	Diseases
617	Surgery
618	Gynaecology

eBooks

Many of the library's books are available electronically. Find out how to find and use these on the eBooks guide.

Nursing books

Below is a selection of nursing books (including eBooks) that are available via the Library. The link takes you through to Library Search where you can search subject keywords to find more. For help using Library Search, have a look at this guide.

The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, Student Edition by Sara Lister (Editor); Justine Hofland (Editor); Hayley Grafton (Editor); Catherine Wilson (Editor)
ISBN: 9781119532965
Publication Date: 2021
The student edition of The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the definitive, market-leading textbook of clinical nursing skills for fifteen years.

Royal Marsden Manual online
Use this link to access the Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical and Cancer Nursing Procedures online.
This eBook cannot be indexed in Library Search, so you will need to access it via this page.

Fundamentals of Operating Department Practice by Daniel Rodger (Editor); Kevin Henshaw (Editor); Paul Rawling (Editor); Scott Miller (Editor)
ISBN: 9781108819800
Publication Date: 2022-09-08
A thoroughly revised second edition providing the knowledge and evidence-base needed for the perioperative practitioner, clarifying the underlying principles needed for an understanding of anaesthetic, surgical, and recovery practice.
Operating department practice by Conway, N.
ISBN: 9781908725103
Publication Date: 2019
This resource delivers rapid access to essential knowledge for the student or perioperative practitioner whatever their role within the operating department.
The Fundamentals of SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS by Steve Moutrey
ISBN: 9781910079553
Publication Date: 2017-10-01
This book provides a sound introduction to surgical instrumentation, including their recognition, use and care. It provides useful information that is essential for operating department practitioners, nurses, scrub practitioners, surgeons under training, surgical technologists, junior doctors and medical students.
Smith and Aitkenhead's Textbook of Anaesthesia by Jonathan Thompson (Editor); Iain Moppett (Editor); Matthew Wiles (Editor)
ISBN: 9780702075001
Publication Date: 2019-07-10
This highly successful textbook is internationally renowned as a core text for trainee anaesthetists and is essential reading for candidates for the Fellowship of Royal College of Anaesthetists and similar examinations.
Reflective Writing for Nursing, Health and Social Work by Elizabeth Tanguay; Peter Hanratty; Ben Martin
ISBN: 9781352009965
Publication Date: 2020-04-23
This book takes students step-by-step through the process of planning and writing a reflective essay, beginning with crucial guidance on planning and structure.
Critical thinking skills : effective analysis, argument and reflection. by Cottrell, S
ISBN: 9781350322585
Publication Date: 2023
The ability to demonstrate critical thinking is essential for students who seek to achieve good grades at university but it typically creates a lot of confusion and anxiety. Critical Thinking Skills provides an easy to follow, step by step guide to developing analytical reasoning skills and applying them to tasks such as reading, note-making and writing.

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Guide to using ebooks

Ebooks are electronic versions of print texts and are available to you 24/7 from any device which is connected to the internet, so can be used anytime and anywhere both on and off campus. When we buy books we have a 'digital first' approach so you will find we have access to thousands of ebooks and many of the recommended resources on your reading lists will be available electronically.

Ebooks have a range of features to allow you to make notes, highlight text and change appearance to help make them more accessible to you.

Look at our detailed ebooks guide to learn more about the various ebook platforms we subscribe to and how you can make best use of each of these.