Nursing
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Books for an Overview of Nursing
American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary REF T34 .A44 Signed biographical sketches of nursing leaders with additional references. Appendices listing subjects by place of birth and by "Decades of Birth" are useful.
Cultural Diversity in Health & Illness RA418.5.T73 S64 2000
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders : DSM-IV-TR REF RC455.2.C4 D536 2000
Encyclopedia of Bioethics REF QH 332 .E52 2004
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research REF RT81.5 .E53 2006
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health REF RT21 .G35 2002
Healthy People 2010 : Understanding and Improving Health REF RA445 .U486 2001
Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model and Guidelines RT42 .J62 2007
Medical and Health Information Directory REF R118.4.U6 M4 2005
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy REF RM127 .M4 2006 Includes information on both the etiology and symptoms of diseases as well as information on diagnosis and treatment.
Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health DictionaryREF R121 .M89 2002
Notes on Nursing by Florence Nightingale RT40 .N5 1970
Nursing, the Finest Art : an Illustrated History OVSIZE RT31 .D66 1996
The Path We Tread : Blacks in Nursing Worldwide, 1854-1994 RT83.5 .C37 1995
Portrait of Health in the United States REF RA407.3 .P67 2001
Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing REF R121 .S8 2005
Indexes and Databases
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health)Plus with Full Text 1937+. In addition to hundreds of full-text journals includes evidence-based care sheets and research instruments records. Maximum 50 simultaneous users.
Blackwell-Synergy Journals now available via Wiley InterScience (Science, Technology, and Medicine Collection) From various starting dates to current issues. About 400 electronic journals in science, technology, and medicine.
Cochrane Library Maximum 1 simultaneous user. Please try later if busy. Provides information and evidence to support health care decisions and to inform those receiving care. Includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (Methodology Register), Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA), and NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED).
Health Source-Nursing/Academic Edition
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 1998to current.
LexisNexis Academic Provides full-text articles on legal issues in nursing.
Mary Ann Liebert E-journals Online health science journals.
MEDLINE 1965 to current. Abstracted articles from 3,500 medical journals.
MedlinePlus Quality health information from reliable sources in English and Spanish. Health Topics, Interactive Tutorials, Drug Information, Medical Encyclopedia, Directories, Dictionary, Latest Research, News, and Go Local searching options included.
New England journal of medicine 1993 to current.
PubMed Search in PubMedCentral for full text to articles in the areas of nursing and medicine.
Internet Resources
[1] American Nurses Association
[2] Florence Nightingale Museum
[3] Medical Encyclopedia
[4] National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
[5] National Institutes of Health
[6] Public Health Resources on the Internet
[7] Maternal and Child Health History
Library Research Tutorial
[8]CINAHL Searching PowerPoint
This tutorial demonstrates some basic searching strategies in Ebsco's CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health) Database for retrieivng citations to nursing research articles
Men's Health
Complete Guide to Men's Health American Medical Association REF RA777.8 .A46 2001
Harvard Medical School Guide to Men's Health : Lessons from the Harvard Mens's Health Studies REF RA777.8 .S545 2004
Handbook of Men's Health RC48.5.L39 2006
Men's Health [videorecording] RA777.8 .M44 1995
Men’s Health Concerns Sourcebook REF RA776.5 .M457 1998
Men's Health: the Practice Nurse's Handbook RC48.5 .M464 2007
Pain Behind the Mask : Overcoming Masculine Depression RC537 .L94 1999
People's Medical Society Men's Health and Wellness Encyclopedia REF RA777.75 .I55 1998
Nursing Care Plans
All-in-One Care Planning Resource RT49 .A45 2008
Cancer Chemotherapy Care Plans Handbook RC271.C5 B87 2002
Critical Care Nursing Care Plans OVSIZE. RT120.I5 .C576
Delmar's Geriatric Nursing Care Plans OVSIZE.RC954 .C645 2005
Eldercare Strategies : Expert Care Plans for Older Adults RC954 .E42 2003
Lippincott's Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans OVSIZE. RC440 .S3317
Medical Surgical Care Planning RT49 .M45 1999
Nursing Care Plans : Nursing Diagnosis and Intervention OVSIZE. RT49 .N87 1998
Patient Care Standards : Collaborative Planning & Nursing Interventions OVSIZE. RT49 .P38 2000
Pediatric Nursing Care Plans OVSIZE. RJ245 .J34 1998
Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans OVSIZE.RC440 F57 2007
Nursing Theory
American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary REF RT34.A44, v.1-v.3. Includes biographical profiles of Nursing theorists followed by a selected list of publications by each theorist and a bibliography.
Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research REF RT81.5 .P69 2006
Giving Voice to What We Know : Margaret Newman's Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness in Nursing Practice, Research, and EducationRT84.5.N4789 G545 2005
[9] Clayton State Nursing Theory Page from Clayton State University School of Nursing.
[10] Mayo Clinic Nursing Theorists resources identified and selected by the Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
[11] University of San Diego Nursing Theory Page Identified by faculty at the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, San Diego State University.
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--updated by Bryan Clark, baclark@bradley.edu, 9:32, 18 August 2009 (CDT)
