Find Resources by Subject

Subject Guide - Nursing

• 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 Leibild, 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 RC194 .R36 1998 Random House Webster's Medical Spell Checker

REF RM300 .W67 2002 Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Occupations

REF RT48 .S64 2002 Photoguide of Nursing Skills

REF RT41 .T46 2004 Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing

REF RJ245 .W46 2001 Essentials of Pediatric Nursing

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

REF R123 .M396 2002 Medical Terms & Abbreviations

REF RC455.2 .C4 D536 2000 DSM IV TR

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

Selected Circulating Books

RD99 .M387 2003 Alexander’s Care of the Patient in Surgery

RT50 .C68 2000 Documentation: The Language of Nursing

RT85. F45 Ethics and Law in Nursing: Professional Perspectives

R123. F7 1998 Understanding Medical Terminology

RT62 .A53 2001 Nursing Leadership, Management and the Professional Practice
for the LPN/LVN

RT108 .D56 2003 Disaster nursing and emergency preparedness for chemical, biological, and radiological terrorism and other hazards

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

RT48 .H448 2007 Health assessment made incredibly visual!

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

KF2915.N83 N877 2003 Nursing malpractice : sidestepping legal minefields

KF3821 .L42 2002 Legal and ethical issues in health occupations

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, Medical Statistics Made Easy, Pain Medicine and Management : Just the Facts, and Power & Conflict between Doctors and Nurses : Breaking Through the Inner Circle in Clinical Care.

Emedicine. Medical Reference

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 Health Science 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.

BioMed Central Free Journal Articles
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
Southern Medical Journal
National Library of Medicine

Other Library Materials

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:

Nursing, nurses, medical personnel, nursing assessment, emergency nursing, surgical nursing, nursing theory, nursing care, critical care, intensive care nursing, nursing care plans, nursing models, and nursing philosophy.

Selected Web Resources

EMedicine
National Cancer Institute
MedlinePlus
Center for Disease Control
Colorado Board of Nursing
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence
Medi-Smart
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
PubMed
Think Cultural Health
Ethnomed
Drug Digest- Pill Identification
American Heart Association
National Mental Health Information Center
WebMD: Medical Tests
American College of Emergency Physicians

Selected Statistical Resources

U.S. Dept. of Labor Registered Nurses
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
U.S. Dept. of Labor Health Care

Selected Online Images and Other Media

American Red Cross Virtual Museum
Virtual Hospital
History of Nursing Museum
MedChoice Photo Rounds

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