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Subject Guide - Certified Nurses Aid

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

Compiled by Sue Leibold, Allied Health Services LIbrarian Liaison. Updated 2006.

Selected Reference Books

REF QM 23.2 .G 73 2005 Gray's Anatomy

REF QM 25 .P 46 2004 Photographic Atlas of the Body

REF RM300 .W67 2002 Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Occupations

REF RT48 .S64 2002 Photoguide of Nursing Skills

REF RA395. A3 R 685 2003 Health Care Policy & Politics A to Z

REF R123 .M396 2002 Medical Terms & Abbreviations

REF RM125 .S668 2005 PDR Nurse’s Drug Handbook: The Information Standard for
Prescription Drugs and Nursing Considerations

Selected Circulating Books

RT84 .G78 2003 Essentials for Today’s Nursing Assistant

RC952.5 .T528 2006 Avoiding falls : a guidebook for certified nursing assistants

RM147 .D48 2006 Basic medication administration skills

RT84 .K37 2007 Competency exam prep & review for nursing assistants

RT84 .H45 2004 Nursing assistant : a nursing process approach

RT84 .A55 2006 Nursing assistant illustrated

HQ1061 .C315 2005 The Cambridge handbook of age and ageing

RT5.M4 W45 2004 Code green : money-driven hospitals and the dismantling of nursing

RM147 .D48 2006 Basic medication administration skills

KF3821 .L42 2002 Legal and ethical issues in health occupations

RC954 .M356 2004 Management guidelines for nurse practitioners working with older adults

RM301.14 .H655 2007 Core concepts in pharmacology

LT2040.D4 M4 2005 Medical terminology for health professions

Full-Text 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.

Merck Manual of Medical Information

Print Magazines in Kiefer Library

American Journal of Nursing
Journal of the American Medical Association

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

Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals

Academic Search Premier | Off-Campus Access
Facts on File  | Off-Campus Access
Proquest Research Library | Off-Campus Access
Proquest Research Library gives access to many full-text Nursing Assistant materials such as Nursing Standard, American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Critical Care, Association of Operating Room Nurses, Journal of Allied Health, Journal of Gerontological Nursing, Journal of Nursing Education, Mental Health Nursing, Nursing Ethics, and Nursing Management

Other Library Materials

MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #5-A07 Being a Nursing Assistant # 7: Measuring and Recording Vital Signs

MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE # 5-A11 Becoming a Nursing Assistant # 11: Safety
Procedures

MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE # 3-F23 Nurses Aide

MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #6-F05 The Video Career Library: Allied Health

R697.M42 F6 2004 DVD The Medicine of Compassion

Searching the Library Catalog

The above titles 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:

Nurses’ aides, nursing, nurses, geriatric nursing, nursing assistant, medical personnel, nursing assessment, nursing theory, nursing care, intensive care nursing, nursing care plans, nursing philosophy, and holistic nursing.

Selected Web Resources

Nursing Assistants
CNA Resource Center
National Network of Career Nursing Assistants
Colorado Health Care Association
MedlinePlus
Center for Disease Control
Colorado Board of Nursing
Medi-Smart
Drug Digest Pill identification
MEDLINEplus en Espanol
Ethnomed
Merriam-Webster’s Medical Desk Dictionary
American College of Emergency Physicians
National Library of Medicine

Selected Statistical Resources

U.S. Dept. of Labor Personal & Home Care Aides

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Selected Online Images and Other Media

American Red Cross Virtual Museum
Virtual Hospital
Nursing Assistant On-line Video Lessons
History of Nursing Museum

Other Library Catalogs

Colorado State University
Loveland Public Library
Prospector: Colorado Unified Catalog
University of Northern College Library Catalog
Weld Library District
Windsor-Severance Library Distric