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  HPD Library Pathfinders – Nursing

 

 

 

PURPOSE: This guide is designed to aid the nursing student in finding online and print resources in the HPD Library. To find these and other resources, start at the HPD Library homepage.

 

 

 

  1. HPD Library Information
  2. DICTIONARIES
  3. ENCYCLOPEDIAS
  4. HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, and MANUALS   
  5. FUNDING RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH
  6. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRADUATE EDUCATION
  7. MOST USEFUL RESEARCH DATABASES 
  8. OPEN-ACCESS JOURNALS 
  9. ONLINE BOOKS
  10. USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES 
  11. GOVERNMENT SOURCES
  12. IN-HOUSE and COMMERCIAL TUTORIALS for NSU DATABASES
  13. RESERVE and REFERENCE BOOKS
    1. BOOKS FROM THE RESERVE SHELVES
    2. BOOKS FROM THE HPD REFERENCE SHELVES
  14. NURSE THEORISTS 
  15. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
  16. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
  17. American Academy of Nursing (AAN).
  18. American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). LINK DOES NOT WORK
  19. American College of Nurse-midwives (ACNM).
  20. American Holistic Nursing Association (AHNA).
  21. American Nurses Association (ANA).
  22. American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA).
  23. Association of Nurses in Aids Care (ANAC).
  24. Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
  25. Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
  26. Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
  27. Associations Unlimited
  28. Dermatology Nurses' Association (DNA).
  29. International Council of Nurses (ICN).
  30. International Council of Nurses - ICN
  31. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)
  32. National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
  33. National League for Nursing (NLN) 
  34. North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)
  35. Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)
  36. Sigma Theta Tau International. Honor Society of Nursing
  37. DISSERTATIONS
  38. NURSING RESEARCH
    1.  BOOKS
    2.  WEBSITES
  39. PUBLISHING IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
  40. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE 
  41. NURSING INFORMATICS, TESTS, DIAGNOSTICS
  42. Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures with Nursing Diagnoses. 
  43. Measurement of Nursing Outcomes. 
  44. Tests in Print III.
  45. OTHER DIAGNOSTIC MANUALS 
  46. MORE BOOKS FOR NURSING DIAGNOSES
  47. NURSING PRACTICE STANDARDS
  48. PATIENT EDUCATION RESOURCES

 

 

HPD Library Information

 

Nursing books and multimedia are classified for the most part in the WY section of the library. To find topics on related subjects, look in Novacat, NSU’s online catalog of all electronic, print, and other materials. Titles with other call numbers can be found in many of the sections in this subject guide or pathfinder. Circulating books are shelved in the north-west side of the library and can be checked out for four weeks. Reference books are kept in the front on low shelves and are for library use only. Reserve books are held behind the circulation desk and can be used for three hours in the library. Study rooms can be checked out for three hours, both in the HPD Library and in the Assembly II Building.

 

 

DICTIONARIES

For other related items check section 12. below: "Reserve and Reference Books." Items marked as being available through StatRef! (one of NSU's sources for online books) can be accessed by clicking on the blue underlined label and authenticating.

 

A Biographical Dictionary of Women Healers; Midwives, Nurses and Physicians.

This book summarizes the lives of 240 significant or representative women who have engaged in the "core" professions of midwifery, nursing and medicine (exclusive of psychiatry) and whose careers were primarily spent in the United States and Canada, from the colonial times to the present. HPD Library Reserve. WZ 112 S4346 2002.

 

Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations. 5th ed. 2005. (Online. Available through StatRef!).

 

Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research. 3rd ed. HPD Library Reference. WY 13 P888d 2006.

 

Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing. Sherman Library Reference. HF 3023.A2 O64 2000.

 

Jablonski's Dictionary of Syndromes & Eponymic Diseases. HPD Library Reference. WB 15 J115j 1991.

 

Mosby’s Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary. HPD Library Reference. W13 M8941 2002. Also in the HPD Library CD-ROM Drawer. 

 

Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. 27ed. HPD Library Reference. W 13 S812m 2000.

 

Taber’s® Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. 20th ed. HPD Library Reference. W13 T113D 2005. The 19th ed. is online. (Available through  StatRef!).

 

Telenursing: Nursing Practice in Cyberspace.

 Includes bibliographical references and an index. HPD Library. In circulation. WY 49 S857m 2006.  

 

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

 

Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health. Sherman Library Reference. RT21 .G353 2002 (Also accessible as an Electronic resource). Includes bibliographical references and index. 

 

Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health. HPD Library Reference. W13 M647e 1997.

 

HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, and MANUALS   

 

Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses. 10th ed. 2007. (Online. Available through StatRef!). 

Delmar’s Fundamental & Advanced Nursing Skills. 2nd ed. 2004.

(Online. Available through StatRef!).

 

Delmar’s Guide to Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests. 2002. (Online. Available through StatRef!).

 

Diseases and Disorders: a Nursing Therapeutics Manual. 3rd ed. 2007.

(Online. Available through StatRef!)

 

Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis. 11th ed. HPD Library Reserve. WY 49 C294h 2006.

Pocket-sized resource covers all nursing diagnoses, lists common clinical situations, and collaborative problems.

Offers the 2005 NANDA Nursing Diagnoses and common diagnoses organized on a laminated Function Health Patterns card.

 

Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice. 8th ed. HPD Library Reference. WY 49 L765 2006.

 

Nurse’s Guide to Cancer Care, A. 2007. (Online. Available through StatRef!)

 

Nurses’ Guide to Clinical Procedures. 4th ed. HPD Library. In circulation. WY 49 S662n 2002.

 

Nurse’s Handbook of Alternative & Complementary Therapies. HPD Library. In circulation. WB 39 N973 2002.

 

Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual. 6th ed. HPD Library Reference. WY 49 R163n 2005.

 

Nurses’ Guide to Clinical Procedures. 4th ed. HPD Library. In circulation. WY 49 S662n 2002.

 

Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC). 3rd ed.

Gives excellent outline of each disease and briefly of its treatment.  HPD Library Reference. WY 100 N9734 2004.

 

Professional Guide to Diseases. HPD Library Reserve. WB 39 P964 1998.

 

 

FUNDING RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH

 

Grants.gov. 

A place to find and apply for government grants.

 

Federal R&D Research Project Summaries.

Links to government sites with funding summaries

and possible funding opportunities.

 

Medi-Smart. (Norwich University).

A list of sites for funding resources in nursing.

 

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).

Offers funding for candidates interested in basic

and clinical research and in obtaining “training on health and illness across the lifespan.”

 

NSF Active Funding Opportunities. 

Possible funding resources through the National Science Foundation.

 

The U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF).

The CRDF “is a nonprofit organization that promotes international scientific and technical collaboration.”

 

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRADUATE EDUCATION

 

College Scholarships.org.

Offers scholarships to nurses interested in specializing in a variety of nursing areas. Also provides links to government funding sites.

 

FastWeb.

Touts itself as “the nation's largest, most accurate, and most frequently updated scholarship database online.”

 

March of Dimes. Perinatal Nursing Education.

The March of Dimes offers $5,000 scholarships to nurses who wish to specialize in maternal child nursing.

 

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation.

The foundation has funded scholarships for those individuals who are pursuing a graduate degree in oncology nursing.

 

MOST USEFUL RESEARCH DATABASES 

Unless otherwise indicated links to the following sites can be found on the HPD Library homepage. Clicking on the underlined database name will bring you to the HPD Library homepage.

 

CINAHL.

Covers almost all the English-language nursing journals, publications of the American Nurses association, and the National League for Nursing. It also indexes 13 Allied Health disciplines from 1983 to the present.

               EBSCOhost tutorial from the University of Florida.

 

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE).

Can be found in the Cochrane Databases under “Evidence-Based Practice Databases” on the HPD Library homepage. “Critical assessments of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals.” The editors are “…expert reviewers and information staff of the National Health Services’ Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD) at the University of York, England.” Coverage is from 1966. Topics include diagnosis, prevention, rehabilitation, screening, and treatment.

 

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center). Click on “ERIC” to go to the site.

“ERIC …is an internet-based digital library of education research and information sponsored by the

 

 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides access to

bibliographic records of journal and non-journal literature indexed from 1966 to the present. ERIC also

contains a growing collection of full-text materials in Adobe PDF format, including reports from the

 

 

What Works Clearinghouse.” Articles go back to 1966. There is a wealth of information about health

and rehabilitation as it pertains to education.

 

MDConsult

A convenient one-stop site of online books, journals, practice guidelines, drug information, and current topics in medicine. Journal articles are most often in full text.

 

MEDLINE  (Ovid) Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The premier source for bibliographic coverage of biomedical literature. Almost 17 million records from 4,800 journals indexed and abstracted. International in scope.

Ovid Tutorial from Duke University.

 

PSYCINFO.  (Access through the Alvin Sherman Library’s Electronic Resources. Coverage is from

1806 - Present.) Indexes psychology and psychiatry articles from a variety of journals in the field.  

 

ISI WEB OF KNOWLEDGE .

The chief aim of this index is to provide access to related articles by indicating

sources in which a known article by a given author has been cited. Over 3,300 journals are indexed. 

 

UpToDate

A clinical reference that provides quick access to synthesized medical information in an easy-to-use format.

 

 

OPEN-ACCESS JOURNALS 

For a complete list of online Nursing journals at NSU check to see the current subscriptions using A to Z.

What follows are sites that offer free online journals.

 

Free journals at PubMed.

A list of periodicals that can be accessed free of charge. This service is

provided by Hardin MD.

 

Free Medical Journals Site.

The Free Medical Journals Site is dedicated to the promotion of free

access to medical journals over the Internet and lists only free journals. Arranged by specialty as well

as by title/language.

 

HealthWeb: Nursing : Electronic Journals.

This list from HealthWeb, the service which has links to web sites evaluated by librarians & information professionals, includes journals that provide full-text articles online.

 

HighWire Press -- Free Online Full-text Articles.

 From Stanford University Libraries, Highwire Press says it is "the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth!"  Many titles are in the fields of medicine and life sciences.

 

MEDLINE Journals with Links to Publisher Web Sites.

This is a list of the journals in MEDLINE for which publishers have provided links to their journal Web sites. Web-based journals usually contain the full-text of the original article, but this is not always the case. It varies by publisher and journal. Publishers may offer full text for a fee.

 

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.  

Published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition to full-text of articles, you may search 

MMWR publications from 1982-present. An interesting feature is interactive morbidity and mortality tables which may be found in the Disease Trends section.

 

NurseWeek. ISSN: 1063-2859.

“Gannett HealthcareGroup (publisher of Nurse.com, Nursing Spectrum, NurseWeek and Today in PT) is a nursing and healthcare communications company and the largest print and electronic publisher of news and information for registered nurses. Our mission is to enrich the professional lives of nurses and other healthcare professionals and to celebrate their unique contributions to society. Our core products include Nurse.com plus 12 regional nursing magazines and more than a dozen annual professional development and nursing specialty guides.”

 

Nurse-Zine (Online, free). ISSN not specified.

"Nurse-zine" is the official email nursing newsletter from allnurses.com. The FREE bi-monthly Nursing e-mail newsletter is published by allnurses.com. The Internet's Nursing Resource since 1996.   

 

PubMed Central 

“PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. All journals in PMC provide free access to full text (sometimes on a delayed basis).” 

 

NOTE: NSU libraries hold over 21,000 online full text journal subscriptions.

 

 

ONLINE BOOKS

For others follow this link: Nursing.

Here is a partial list:

 

A Career in Geriatric Nursing: Taking Care of America's Elderly: Fast-growing Healthcare Career: Aging population requires great level of nursing services.

 

Fluid and Electrolyte Balance: Nursing Considerations.

 

USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES 

(Some of these sites were taken from the Johns Hopkins’ nursing subject guide. See section 9.

“Other Subject Guides” for more information from this guide.)

 

CINAHLsources.

A highly useful page maintained by the database company. Comprises allied health, nursing, and many more medical fields. The nursing resources include advanced practice, nurse education, general and special topics, journals, websites of interest to nurses, organizations and associations, and resources for research.  

 

DMOZ Open Directory Project: Nursing.

Access to hundreds of international links to sites of interest to nurses including health conditions,

senior health, the business of nursing, nursing associations, nursing journals, treatments, and a huge list of other relevant web sites numbering well over 3,500.

 

Hardin MD: Nursing.

A vast collection of resources for nursing personnel.

 

HealthWeb Nursing Page.

Maintained by the Taubman Medical Library, University of Michigan. Links to sites relative to evidence-based nursing.

 

Health Statistics. Rutgers University’s Libraries

The staff at Rutgers offer a very good introduction to gathering health statistics on the web. An excellent place to begin research.

 

Internet’s Nursing Index, The.

Provides links to nursing boards in the UK, US and Canada. Good site for various nursing specialties. Touts itself as being the largest online community with as many as 500 topics

discussed every day.

 

Martindale’s “Virtual” Nursing Center.

Another site with a huge collection of resources, including intermediate and advanced nursing courses, nursing practice and protocols, nursing grand rounds and nursing cases, national boards and review questions, and an extra section of physical examination. A truly amazing set of resources.

 

MedWeb's Nursing Page.

Under the auspices of Emory University. The site provides links to a variety of nursing organizations.

 

National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

 

Nursing Center.

A portal to hundreds of nursing education activities and to more than fifty nursing journals.

 

Nursing Resources on the Web.

Maintained by Humboldt State University Library. A one-stop shopping center for nurses with innumerable links to valuable sites including nursing directories, general nursing web-pages, nursing indexes, biomedical journal abbreviations, statistical resources for nurses, government resources both state (California) and federal, professional societies, a truly comprehensive list of nursing journals, listservs and discussion groups, statistical resources, and more. Almost overwhelming in its breadth.

 

OTHER SUBJECT GUIDES 

These can be used to find additional resources both online and in print.

 

Johns Hopkins’ Welch Library.

One of the best pathfinders on nursing on the Internet.

 

Columbia University’s Health Sciences Library.

Extremely well organized and comprehensive subject guide.

 

Penn State University Library.

Compact, but covers all of the bases.

 

The University of Delaware Library.

Covers not only international nursing resources printed and electronic,

but also includes a tutorial for CINAHL.

 

The University of Washington Library.

Offers additional links to nursing web sites than those listed in

NSU’s nursing pathfinder. 

 

GOVERNMENT SOURCES

 

NLM Locator Plus.

Coverage is from 1975 to the present. Produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and includes books, journals, and audiovisuals in the NLM collection. Also offers tutorials on how to best use the NLM resources. A link to MedlinePlus is also included. 

 

MedlinePlus.

Incredible portal to all things medical. To get to nursing resources or specific topics

use the search box at the top of the first page of the site. Includes such things as health topics,

encyclopedias, dictionaries, drugs and supplements, directories, and other subjects.

 

National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).

“NCSBN's programs and services include developing the NCLEX-RN® and NCLEX-PN® examinations, performing policy analysis and promoting uniformity in relationship to the regulation of nursing practice, disseminating data related to the licensure of nurses, conducting research pertinent to NCSBN's purpose, and serving as a forum for

information exchange for members.”  

 

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).

 

Nursing research and training programs, grants and funding opportunities, collaborative research projects, and minority research supplements.

 

GPO Access Browse Topics.

Provides government information on broad topics such as health and education, food and drugs, grants and awards, science and technology, and social programs. Each category is then broken down to include details about federal regulations, programs, statistics, and much more.

 

National Institutes for Health.

Gateway to a vast number of NIH health resources, including clinical trials, health hotlines, the site MedlinePlus. Other resources available at this site include grants and funding opportunities, research training, research training and scientific resources, and relevant government agency offices.

 

Pub-Med.

Free bibliographic database in biomedicine produced by the National Library of Medicine. Almost 17 million citations from both international and North American journals.

 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The mother lode of health information: diseases and conditions, drugs and foods , aging, safety and wellness, disasters and emergencies, families and children, grants and funding, including grants and funding and financial aid, governmental policies and regulations, and many other topics of relevance to nursing. In addition, there are links to other health-related agencies. 

 

IN-HOUSE and COMMERCIAL TUTORIALS for NSU DATABASES

 

Tutorials for HPD Library databases

 

Tutorials developed by NSU Sherman Library

 

EBSCOhost tutorials and knowledge base (commercial)

 

Ovid Technologies, Inc. tutorials (commercial)

 

RESERVE and REFERENCE BOOKS

Ask for reserve books at the circulation desk. For reference books go to the open shelves in the Reference section of the library.

 

 

BOOKS FROM THE RESERVE SHELVES

 

Pharmacology and the Nursing Process. 5th ed. QV 4 L729p 2007.

 

Study Guide to Accompany Pharmacology for Nursing Practice. QV 4 P5368s 2003.

 

Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses. 9th ed. QV 735 D318d 2005.

 

Medical Dosage Calculations. 9th ed. QV 748 O52m 2008.

 

Advanced Pathophysiology: Application to Clinical Practice. QY 4 A244 2001.

 

Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications. 7th ed. QY 4 K26L 2005.

 

Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference. 8th ed. QY 39 P128m 2007.

 

Pathophysiology: Clinical Concepts of Disease Processes. 6th ed. QZ 4 P302 2003.

 

Pathophysiology: the Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults & Children. 5th ed. QZ 4 P3027 2006.

 

Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States. 7th ed. QZ 4 P851p 2005.

 

Understanding Pathophysiology. 3rd ed. QZ 4 U55 2004.

 

Improving Quality: a Guide to Effective Programs. 2nd ed. W 84.1 I296 1997.

 

Introduction to Health Care Economics & Financial Management:

Fundamental Concepts with Practical Applications. W 84.1 P413i 2004.

 

Cultural Diversity in Health & Illness. 6th ed. WA 30 S741c 2004.

 

Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities. WA 300 M9613 2006.

 

Statistical Methods for Health Care Research. 5th ed. WA 950 M968s 2005.

 

Qualitative Research Methods for Health Professionals. 2nd ed. WB 20.5 M885q 1995.

 

Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice. 5th ed. WB 39 D845n 2006.

 

Expert 10-minute Physical Examinations. WB 39 E96 1997.

 

Professional Guide to Diseases. 6th ed. WB 39 P964 1998

 

Physical Examination & Health Assessment. WB 205 J38p 2004.

 

Patient Care Skills. 5th ed. WB 460 M666p 2006.

 

A Practical Guide to ECG Interpretation. 2nd ed. WG 18.2 G774p 1998.

 

Catalano Guide to ECG Analysis. 2nd ed. WG 140 C357g 2002.

 

Wound Care: a Collaborative Practice Manual for Physical Therapists and Nurses. 2nd ed. WO 700 W9384 2001.

 

Creating Successful Dementia Care Settings. WT 31 C912 2001.

 

Falls in Older Person : Prevention And Management. 3rd ed. WT 104 T558f 2002.

 

Can Do Activities for Adults with Alzheimer's Disease: Strength-Based Communication and Programming.

WT 155 E36c 2001.

 

American Nursing: a History. 4th ed. WY 11 K14a 2004.

 

Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. WY 16 A512n 2004.

 

Nursing's Social Policy Statement. 2nd ed. WY 16 A513n 2003.

 

Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. WY 16 C6695 2001.

 

Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges. 4th ed. WY 16 P9647 2005.

 

Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management. 4th ed. WY 16 W592e 2007.

 

How to Survive and Maybe Even Love Nursing School: a Guide for Students by Students. WY 18 D917h 2001.

 

Curriculum Development and Evaluation in Nursing. WY 18 K25c 2006.

 

Clinical Instruction and Evaluation: a Teaching Resource. WY 18 O18c 2001.

 

Nova Southeast. WY 18 S465 2002.

 

CMSA's Core Curriculum for Case Management. WY 18.2 C649 2001.

 

Reading, Understanding, and Applying Nursing Research: a Text and Workbook. 2nd ed. WY 20.5 F162r 2004.

 

Essentials of Nursing Research: Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization. 6th ed. WY 20.5 P769e 2006.

 

Nursing Research: Principles and Methods. 5th ed. WY 20.5 P769n 1995.

 

Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Health Care Professionals. 3rd ed. WY 26.5 H443h 2005.

 

Nurses and the Law: a Guide to Principles and Applications. 2nd ed. WY 33.1 B8n 2001.

 

Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis. 11th ed. WY 49 C294h 2006.

 

Nurse's Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Rationales. 9th ed. WY 49 D651n 2004.

 

Clinical Handbook for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care. 3rd ed. WY 49 L556c 2004.

 

Integrated Knowledge Development in Nursing. 6th ed. WY 86 C539i 2004.

 

Concept Development in Nursing: Foundations, Techniques, and Applications. 2nd ed. WY 86 C7435 2000.

 

Analysis and Evaluation of Contemporary Nursing Knowledge: Nursing Models and Theories. WY 86 F278a 2000.

 

Leddy & Pepper's Conceptual Bases of Professional Nursing. 6th ed. WY 86 H776L 2006.

 

An Introduction to Theory and Reasoning in Nursing. 2nd ed. WY 86 J66i 2005.

 

The Neuman Systems Model. 4th ed. WY 86 N489 2002.

 

Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice. WY 86 N9737 2001.

 

Nursing Theorists and Their Work. 5th ed. WY 86 N9738 2002.

 

Nursing Theory: Utilization & Application. 2nd ed. WY 86 N9758 2002.

 

Perspectives on Nursing Theory. 4th ed. WY 86 P467 2004.

 

Theoretical Basis for Nursing. WY 86 T395 2002.

 

Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice. 2nd ed. WY 90 L496 2003.

 

Delmar's Fundamental & Advanced Nursing Skills Handbook. WY 100 A468d 2003.

 

Strategies, Techniques, & Approaches to Thinking: Critical Thinking Cases in Nursing. 3rd ed. WY 100 M385s 2006.

 

Fundamentals of Nursing. 6th ed. WY 100 P868f 2005.

 

Virtual Clinical Excursions--Medical-Surgical for Potter & Perry: Fundamentals of Nursing. 6th ed. WY 100 P868v 2005.

 

Concept Mapping: a Critical-Thinking Approach to Care Planning. WY 100 S395c 2002.

 

Procedures Checklist to Accompany Foundations of Basic Nursing. 2nd ed. WY 100 W585p 2005.

 

Health Assessment & Physical Examination. 3rd ed. WY 100.4 H433 2006.

 

Student Lab Manual to Accompany Health Assessment & Physical Examination. 3rd ed. WY 100.4 H433s 2006.

 

Budgeting Concepts for Nurse Managers. 3rd ed. WY 105 F499b 2001.

 

Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application. 5th ed. WY 105 M357L 2006.

 

Nursing Leadership & Management. WY 105 N9747 2003.

 

Understanding Cultural Diversity: Culture, Curriculum, and Community in Nursing. WY 107 U55 2000.

 

Maternal-Child Nursing. 2nd ed. WY 157.3 M4253 2005.

 

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice. 5th ed. WY 160 T749p 2006.

 

Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking for Collaborative Care. 5th ed. WY 161 M489 2006 V.1-2 c.2.

 

Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Management for Positive Outcomes. 7th ed. WY 161 M4893 2005.

 

Study Guide for Black & Hawks Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical

Management for Positive Outcomes. 7th ed. WY 161 M4893s 2005.

 

Critical Thinking Study Guide to Accompany Medical-Surgical Nursing. WY 161 M489s 2006. c.2.

 

Critical Thinking for Collaborative Care. 5th ed. WY 161 M489s 2006 c.2.

 

Critical Thinking in Medical-Surgical Settings: a Case Study Approach. 3rd ed. WY 161 P943c 2005.

BOOKS FROM THE HPD REFERENCE SHELVES

 

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health. 6th ed. W 13 M647e 1997.

 

Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary. 6th ed. W 13 M8941 2002.

 

Mosby's Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Professions. 5th ed. W 13 M8942 2006.

 

Diversified Health Occupations. 5th ed. W 21.5 S592d 2001.

 

The 2002 Credentialing and Privileging Desk Reference. 2002 ed. W 22.1 C912 2002.

 

Peterson's Graduate Programs in the Health Professions. 2004. W 22.1 G732 2003.

 

Professional Guide to Diseases. 6th ed. WB 39 P964 1998 c.2.

 

Nurse Anesthesia. 3rd ed. WO 200 N974 2005.

 

Nursing Home Guide ...: Central Florida. WX 22.1 A265c 2001.

 

Nursing Home Guide ...: North Florida. WX 22.1 A265n 2001.

 

Nursing Home Guide ...: South Florida. WX 22.1 A265s 2001.

 

Directory of Nursing Homes. WX 22.1 G9465 1997.

 

Powers Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research. 3rd ed. WY 13 P888d 2006.

 

The Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice. 8th ed. WY 49 L765 2006.

 

Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual. 6th ed. WY 49 R163n 2005.

 

Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC). 3rd ed. WY 100 N9734 2004.

 

NURSE THEORISTS 

(Some of these sites are taken from the Nursing subject guide developed at the University of Southern Maine.)

 

Nurse Theorists.

Links to information about nursing theorists that is found on the web. Maintained by enursescribe com.

 

Nursing Models.

Generated by the staff of the Nursingtheory net, a series of links to information about many of the major nurse theorists. Organized by type.

 

Nursing Theorists Overview.

A very detailed bibliography of works by and on some of the major nurse theorists. Maintained by the staff at Cardinal Stritch University Library.

 

Nursing Theory Link Page.

Created by Clayton College and Georgia State University, these are links to articles on some of the nursing theorists. 

 

The Nursing Theory Page.

A collaborative international effort devoted to providing information about nursing theories. Produced by the University of San Diego’s Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science.

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

(Columbia University Library)

 

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

American Academy of Nursing (AAN).

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). LINK DOES NOT WORK

American College of Nurse-midwives (ACNM).

American Holistic Nursing Association (AHNA).

American Nurses Association (ANA).

American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA).

Association of Nurses in Aids Care (ANAC).

Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)

Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

Associations Unlimited

Dermatology Nurses' Association (DNA).

International Council of Nurses (ICN).

International Council of Nurses - ICN

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)

National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)

National League for Nursing (NLN) 

North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)

Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)

Sigma Theta Tau International. Honor Society of Nursing

 

DISSERTATIONS

For dissertations please follow this link: Dissertations.

 

NURSING RESEARCH

 (Arizona State University Library)

 

 BOOKS

 

Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research from Question to Proposal. Pamela J. Brink  and  Marilynn J. Wood.

Provides an introductory guide on formulating and writing a nursing research proposal. Presents the steps involved in the process, yet focuses on the central research question. For nursing students and researchers.

 

Essentials of Nursing Research Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization.  Denise F. Polit and Cheryl Tatano Black.

Textbook assists students in evaluating the adequacy of nursing research findings in terms of merit and potential for utilization. Features a focuson evidence-based practice, practical tips, full-color design, and more.

 

Notter's Essentials of Nursing Research. Jacqueline R. Hott and Wendy C. Budin.

Provides a contemporary explanation of the basic knowledge and skills of nursing research in clinical practice. Includes websites, research terms, references for funding, and presenting research. For students.

 

 WEBSITES

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ). Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

 

PUBLISHING IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS

 (Columbia University Library)

 

Writers' Guide to Nursing Periodicals. Daly, J.M. 

 

Writing and Getting Published: a Primer for Nurses. Barum, B.S.

 

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE 

 (Johns Hopkins Library)

 

 

NURSING INFORMATICS, TESTS, DIAGNOSTICS

 (Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, Arizona State University)

 

 

 

 

Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures with Nursing Diagnoses. 

Measurement of Nursing Outcomes. 

Tests in Print III.

Thirteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook.

 

(Arizona State University)

 

Delmar's Guide to Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests. Rick Daniels (STAT!Ref).

Pocket guide for students and practitioners of nursing, medicine, and medical technology with necessary information to provide comprehensive care for their clients. Organized alphabetically and is indexed and cross-referenced. Weblinks for every test is included. Outline format.

 

A Manual of Laboratory Diagnostic Tests. Frances T. Fischbach.

Offers information to promote the delivery of safe, effective, and informed care for patients undergoing diagnostic tests and procedures. Focuses on patient education and collaborative care and details many new diagnostic tests. Outline format.

 

Nurses' Quick Reference to Common Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests. Frances T. Fischbach.

Pocket-sized guide provides an alphabetical listing of common lab and diagnostic tests, and related nursing interventions. Edition includes updated and revised diagnoses and recently approved FDA tests. Features a full-color format with icon

 

Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications. Joyce L. Kee.

Provides access to information for more than 420 laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures. Updated to include such new diagnostic procedures as colonoscopy, pacemaker monitoring, sigmoidoscopy, and more.

 

Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests. Kathleen Deska Pagana.

Pocket-sized guide to laboratory and diagnostic tests. This edition features 17 new test entries, 42 illustrations, A-Z organization with thumb tabs, complete list of tests in 26 common lab panels, highlights possible critical values, and more. For nurses.

 

OTHER DIAGNOSTIC MANUALS 

 

The Merck Manual of Medical Information. (Available online).

The Merck Manual contains diagnosis and treatment of common clinical disorders, arranged by organ system, etiology or specialty. This edition features new approach chapters, new disease summaries, 34 new chapters, and more. For clinicians, previous edition: c1999. Thumb-indexed.  

 

MORE BOOKS FOR NURSING DIAGNOSES

 

Health & Physical Assessment. Violet H. Barkauskas, et al.

Textbook, for students, covers all essential skills necessary to conduct a complete health history and physical examination. Uses a holistic body system approach and is organized by anatomy and physiology, examination, and variations from health.

 

Nursing Care Plans & Documentation: Nursing Diagnoses and Collaborative Problems. Lynda J. Carpenito.

Informative guide covers each phase of care plan development and record-keeping for both surgical and non-surgical interventions. Includes plans addressing specific health problems. Concise, outline format.

 

Nursing Diagnosis: Application to Clinical Practice. Lynda J. Carpenito-Moyet.

Presents the essentials of accurate diagnosis, assessment, interventions, and rationales in accordance with NANDA guidelines. Shows how to differentiate nursing diagnosis from medical diagnosis.

 

Clinical Applications of Nursing Diagnosis: Adult, Child, Women's, Psychiatric, Gerontic and Home Health Considerations. Helen C. Cox [electronic resource].

 

Textbook presents what is needed to identify and apply the correct nursing diagnoses in six areas: adult, child, women's, psychiatric, gerontic, and home health. Includes flow charts, interventions, suggested target dates, clinical concerns, reminders, and more.

 

Application of Nursing Process and Nursing Diagnosis: An Interactive Text for Diagnostic Reasoning. Marilynn E. Doenges and Mary Frances Moorhouse.

The authors present a step-by-step problem-solving approach to help students develop an understanding of the meaning and language of nursing. Includes vignettes, practice activities, and case studies.

 

Health Assessment & Physical Examination. Mary Ellen Z. Estes, et al., eds.

Pocket-sized guide accompanies the parent text. 

 

Health Assessment & Physical Examination, 3rd edition, c2006.

Provides quick access to assessment skills and physical examination techniques. Features new content on intimate partner violence and ductal lavage. All techniques follow a uniform IPPA format. For nurses.

 

Manual of Nursing Diagnosis: Including all Diagnostic Categories Approved by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association. Marjory Gordon.

Pocket-sized quick-reference to diagnostic categories. Includes health perception, nutritional and metabolic pattern, elimination pattern, activity and exercise pattern, sleep and rest pattern, and more.

 

NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification, 2005-2006. North American Nursing Diagnosis Association.

Pocket-sized reference offers current NANDA diagnoses and classifications for nursing terminology. Monographs include definition, defining characteristics, and related factors. Covers the nursing taxonomy and diagnosis development. Organized alphabetically with thumb-tabs.

 

Physical Examination and Health Assessment. Carolyn Jarvis.

Comprehensive textbook for the beginning student or advanced-practice student. Covers history-taking skills, health promotion techniques and clinical assessment tools. Includes three new chapters covering domestic violence, pain assessment, and critical thinking in health assessment.

 

A Practical Guide to Health Assessment. Marilyn Shelley Leasia and Frances Donovan Monahan.

 

Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual. Sheila Sparks Ralph, Cynthia M. Taylor (Available on STAT!Ref).

Provides more than 350 complete NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses. Explores documentation guidelines, evaluations for expected outcomes, and interventions with rationales. Updated to include the latest NANDA approvals.

 

Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms.

Reference to many of the signs and symptoms encountered in clinical practice. Updated to feature guide to conducting a thorough patient history, quick-scan table of normal laboratory test results, and more. For nurses.

 

 

NURSING PRACTICE STANDARDS

Public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO).

 

 

PATIENT EDUCATION RESOURCES

 (For Clinicians and Patients) (Johns Hopkins Library)

 

 

 

Last updated January, 2008.

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