Royal College of Nursing (2019) Iron deficiency and anaemia in adults. London: RCN.

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Crohn’s and Colitis UK (2019) IBD standards. London: Crohn’s and Colitis UK.

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Duncan J and Mason I et al (2024) Framework for professional practice  for nurses working in inflammatory bowel disease in adult and paediatric care setting. London: RCN. 

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Whayman K (2023) The enablers and barriers for becoming research active, Gastrointestinal Nursing, 21(8), pp. 12–15.

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We would like to thank the RCN Gastrointestinal Nursing community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Adler D (2020) The Little GI book: an easily digestible guide to understanding gastroenterology. Thorofare: Slack Incorporated.

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Bloom S, Webster G and Marks D (2022) Oxford handbook of gastroenterology and hepatology. 3rd edn. New York: Oxford University Press.

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Burch J and Collins B (2021) Oxford handbook of gastrointestinal nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

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Chaney A (2016) Fast facts about GI and liver diseases for nurses: what APRNs need to know in a nutshell. New York: Springer. 

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Chen Y, Pitcher M, and Camm C F (2019) Clinical guide to gastroenterology. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell.

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DiBaise JK, Parrish CR and Thompson JS (2016) Short bowel syndrome: practical approach to management. New York: CRC Press LLC.

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Hibi T, Hisamatsu T and Kobayashi T (2017) Advances in endoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease. Tokyo: Springer.

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Inadomi J M, Bhattacharya R, Hwang J H and Ko C (2020) Yamada's handbook of gastroenterology. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell.

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Ong P and Skittrall R (2017) Gastrointestinal nursing: a lifespan approach. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

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Srinivasan S and Friedman L S (2018) Sitaraman and Friedman's essentials of gastroenterology. 2nd edn. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

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Sturm A and White L (2019) Inflammatory bowel disease nursing manual. Cham: Springer. 

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Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Colorectal cancer/bowel cancer
• Crohn's disease nursing
• Gastroenterology
• Gastrointestinal
• Inflammatory bowel disease

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• Colitis nursing
• Colorectal cancer/bowel cancer
• Crohn's disease nursing
• Gastroenterology
• Gastrointestinal
• Inflammatory bowel disease nursing

• Open access journal:
  BMC Gastroenterology
• Open access journal:
  BMJ Open Gastroenterology
• Case Reports in Gastroenterology
• Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
• Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology
• Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology
• Gastroenterology Research and Practice
• Gastrointestinal nursing