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Subject Guide - Nurse Aide

• Selected Web Resources
• Selected Statistical Resources
• Selected Online Images and Other Media
• Magazine, Journal, & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals
• Full-Text Electronic Books Online
• Selected Books
• Other Library Materials
• Searching the Library Catalog
• Other Library Catalogs

Compiled by Carol Satersmoen, Allied Health Services Librarian Liaison. Updated June 2011.

Selected Web Resources

• Aims Community College, Academics: Allied Health, Nurse Aide
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Colorado Board of Nursing
• Emedicine
• Ethnomed
• HealthCentral
• Health Information Library
• Medi-Smart
• MedlinePlus
• MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary
• Medscape Reference
• National Library of Medicine
• New York Times: Health
• Nursing Assistants
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – Health Information Privacy
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – National Institutes of Health, HIPPA Privacy Rule
  
  

Selected Statistical Resources

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – National Center for Health Statistics
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – FastStats A to Z
• National Center for Health Statistics
• FedStats
• U.S. Department of Labor: Health Care
• U.S. Department of Labor: Nursing and Psychiatric Aides
• World Health Organization – Data and statistics
  

Selected Online Images and Other Media

• American Red Cross Virtual Museum
• History of Nursing Museum
• InnerBody: Your Guide to Human Anatomy Online
• Lab Tests Online
• McGill University Virtual Stethoscope
• Medical Pictures
• Physical Exam Study Guides

Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals

The Library's subscriptions to magazines that are of interest to our Medical Assistant students are primarily in electronic format. Full-text articles are available in electronic formats through online databases. (see below)

• Academic Search Elite  (Off-Campus Access)
• Proquest Research Library  (Off-Campus Access)
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text 
  Please note that only 5 users can use this database at the same time. Username and password must be obtained from library staff (970-339-6458) for off-campus access.
• BioMed Central Free Journal Articles
• Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
  

Full-Text Electronic Books Online

NetLibrary
This database includes access to such titles as: The Changing Shape of Nursing Practice: The Role of Nurses in the Hospital Division of Labor, Telenursing: Nursing Practice in Cyberspace, Advanced Nursing Skills: Principles and Practice, Caring for People in Pain, Nursing Assistant Exam, Occupational Health Law, Health Assessment through the Lifespan, Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses, and Medical Statistics Made Easy.

• Anatomy Atlases
• Merck Manuals: Online Medical Library   

Selected Books

Other Library Materials

Video/DVD

Searching the Library Catalog

The titles above are just a few of the resources available for you. The Kiefer Library Catalog, http://tlc.aims.edu/, provides access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in the library catalog:

Nursing; Nurses; Medical personnel, Medical assistants; Physician assistants; Allied health personnel; Medical care; Medical ethics; United States. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Medicine – Dictionaries; Medicine – Terminology; Nurses’ aides; Nursing assistants

Other Library Catalogs

• High Plains Library District
• Clearview Library District
• Loveland Public Library
• University of Northern Colorado Library Catalog