Nursing

Selected Print Resources

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias:

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. REF R 121 .D73 2000

Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary. REF 121 .M89 1998

The Cancer Dictionary. REF RC 262 .A39 1992

The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine. REF RC1206 .O94 1998

Encyclopedia of AIDS. REF RA 644 .A25 E5276 1998

Nursing diagnosis reference manual REF RT48.6 .S66 2005

Testing Guides:

Nursing School and Allied Health Entrance Exams. RT79 .G663 2003

Review guide for RN pre-entrance exam RT55 .R48 2004

NCLEX-RN questions & answers made incredibly easy : 3,500 + questions. RT55 .N44 2005

Handbooks / Sourcebooks:

The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, vols 1-4 REF 733 G34 2001

The Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice. RT51 .B78 1996

The Merck Manual of Medical Information. RC81 .M535 1997

Eating Disorders: A Reference Sourcebook. REF RC 552 .E18 C66 1999

The Alternative Health & Medicine Encyclopedia. REF R733 .M38 1998

Lippincott's Need-to-Know Research Survival Guide. REF RT 81.5 .D65 1998

Nutrition and Well being, Vols. 102 REFRA784 .N838 2004

Drug Information:

Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs REF 51 .E65 2005

Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR). REF RS 75 .P37 2005

Physicians' Desk Reference for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements. REF RM 671 .A1 P48 2004

Pharmacology in Nursing. REF RM 301 .M39 1998

Special Topics:

Nursing assistant : acute, subacute, and long-term care. RT84 .N86 2006

Nursing assistant skills checklist. RT84 .K466 2006

The Nursing Clinics of North America series. RT 1 .N77 multi-volume

Worldwide Nurse (http://allnurses.com/):
Presents a directory of online resources related to nursing. Offers access to associations, nursing boards, commercial sites, and continuing education resources. Links to online publications and other sites.

WholeNurse (http://www.wholenurse.com/):
Presents WholeNurse, a source of holistic information for nurses and nursing students. Provides a search engine to alternative health Web sites. Offers access to chat rooms, bulletin boards, and forums.

National League for Nursing (http://www.nln.org/):
NLN is the professional organization for nursing. The mission is to advance quality nursing education that prepares the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing health care environment. Information for careers, position statements and news about conferences and continuing education.

Lumen Gross Anatomy Dissector (http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/dissector/index.html):
Sponsored by Loyola University, the site offers education on the normal structure and function of the human body using dissection as the method of teaching.

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/)

Merck Manual of Medical Information (http://www.MerckHomeEdition.com/):
The Merck family of manuals provide drug and prescription information as well as information regarding a variety of phycial and mentalconditions.

Last Updated 12/07/2005