Nursing Subject Guide

Print Reference Materials available in the Library:

Mosby’s Nursing Drug Reference. Call Number: REF RM 301.12 .M67 2003
PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook . Call Number: REF RM 125 .S668
Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses. Call Number: REF RM 301.12 .D44
Fundamentals of nursing. Call Number: RT 41 .P844 2001
Infectious Diseases & Conditions: REF RC 112 .I4577 v.1-v.3

Circulating Materials available in the Library:

All circulating Nursing materials are located on the second floor of the library under the following call number ranges. Please check the online catalog for specific titles and call numbers.

RT1-120 General Nursing
R5-920 Medicine (General)
R5-130.5 General works
R131-687 History of medicine. Medical expeditions
R690-697 Medicine as a profession. Physicians
R702-703 Medicine and the humanities. Medicine and disease in relation to history, literature, etc.
R711-713.97 Directories
R722-722.32 Missionary medicine. Medical missionaries
R723-726 Medical philosophy. Medical ethics
R726.5-726.8 Medicine and disease in relation to psychology. Terminal care. Dying
R727-727.5 Medical personnel and the public. Physician and the public
R728-733 Practice of medicine. Medical practice economics
R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research
R855-855.5 Medical technology
R856-857 Biomedical engineering. Electronics. Instrumentation
R858-859.7 Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
R864 Medical records
R895-920 Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine

E-Resources available through the Library:

  • E-textbooks, ICD 09/10 books, and general Nursing reference books are available through STAT!Ref
  • A 3-D interactive model of the human body is available through Anatomy.tv
  • Reference and additional medical information is available through Salem Health

Print Journals available in the Library:

  • American Journal of Nursing
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Geriatric Nursing
  • Journal of Psychosocial Nursing
  • MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing
  • MLO: Medical Laboratory Observer
  • Nursing 2011
  • Nursing Outlook
  • Nursing Research
  • Pediatric Nursing

Articles/Reference Resources/Videos available through NCLIVE:

Type your search terms in to the NCLIVE quick search box or search for a particular journal title in NCLIVE. Read the abstract (that’s the symbol at the end of the title line with a magnifying glass) to see if the article meets your needs, and then look for the “PDF Full Text" or "HTML Full Text” symbol at the bottom of the entry. If you need help searching NCLIVE, please ask a librarian.

Nursing video titles available through NCLIVE Video on Demand include:

  • A Different Way to Heal Series: Scientific American Frontiers
    Alternative medicines are a growing multi-billion dollar industry. But do they hold up under scientific scrutiny?
  • Diet Wars Series: Frontline
    Americans spend $40 billion a year on books, products, and programs designed to do one thing: help us lose weight. From Atkins to Ornish and Weight Watchers to South Beach, today's dieters have a dizz…
  • Bodybuilding Series: Scientific American Frontiers
    Studies remarkable advances being made to repair and replace damaged human body parts. In 2001, the first self-contained artificial heart, Abiocor, was implanted into human patients.

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