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Nursing: Getting Started

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New Books

Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals, Fourth Edition

Elsevier's 2023 Intravenous Medications

Nurse As Educator

Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults

Emerging Technologies for Nurses

Cardiac Care: A Practical Guide for Nurses

Nursing and Health Interventions

Health Equity and Nursing

Welcome! Here Are Some Reference Books That May Be Helpful

A Dictionary of Nursing by Jonathan Law (Editor); Tanya A. McFerran
ISBN: 9780198864646
Publication Date: 2021
Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary by Jonathan Law (Editor); Elizabeth Martin (Editor)
ISBN: 9780198836629
Publication Date: 2020
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary by Dorland
Call Number: REF 610.321 D73
ISBN: 9781455756438
Publication Date: 2020
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health by Gale Cengage Learning (Editor)
ISBN: 1410363139
Publication Date: 2018
A comprehensive encyclopedia
Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, 18th ed. by April Hazard Vallerand; Cynthia A. Sanoski
ISBN: 9781719646406
Publication Date: 2023
Mosby's 2023 Nursing Drug Reference by Linda Skidmore-Roth
ISBN: 9780323930727
Publication Date: 2023
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions by Mosby
Call Number: REF 610.321 M85 2022
ISBN: 0323639143
Publication Date: 2022
Definitions of terms, plus many full color illustrations
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick (Editor); Meredith Wallace (Editor)
Call Number: REF 610.73072 En1 2006
ISBN: 0826198120
Publication Date: 2006
Both paper and online eds. are available
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine by Gale Research Inc (Other)
ISBN: 9780028666587
Publication Date: 2020
The Gale Encyclopedia of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Deirdre S. Blanchfield
ISBN: 9781414403809
Publication Date: 2017
Encyclopedia of Health Care Management by Michael J. Stahl (Editor)
Call Number: REF 362.1068 En1 2004
ISBN: 0761926747
Publication Date: 2003
Nursing Leadership: A Concise Encyclopedia by Harriet R. Feldman
ISBN: 0826121764
Publication Date: 2012
Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing by Stedman's Medical Dictionary Staff (Produced by)
Call Number: REF 610.3 St36 2012
ISBN: 9781608316922
Publication Date: 2012
Generously illustrated.
Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research by Bethel Ann Powers; Thomas R. Knapp
ISBN: 9780826106650
Publication Date: 2011
Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements by American Nurses Association Staff
ISBN: 9781558105997
Publication Date: 2015-01-01

Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements
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