Nursing

Welcome to the Nursing Subject Guide. This guide is intended to support the coursework and research needs of students enrolled in a Nursing course or program. 

RT are the letters assigned by the Library of Congress classification system for books and other resources in Nursing Sciences. 

Helpful Databases

Library Catalog

The Library Catalog is an index to the library’s books and audiovisual materials. You may search the catalog from any computer with Internet access. The online card catalog can be searched in a variety of ways most notability by TITLE, AUTHOR, SUBJECT, and KEYWORD.

Reference Books (located in the library’s reference section)

• Nursing care plans : diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes (REF RT49.N87 2011)
• American nursing : a biographical dictionary (REF RT34.A44 1988)
• Mosby's 2015 Nursing Drug Reference (REF RM301.12 .S55)
• Illustrated study guide for the NCLEX-RN exam (REF RT55.I44 Z378 2013)
• Davis's comprehensive handbook of laboratory & diagnostic tests with nursing implications (REF RB38.2.S37 2013)
• Ulrich & Canale's nursing care planning guides : prioritization, delegation, and critical thinking (REF RT49.U47 2011)

Print Journals (located on the southwest side of the Library first floor)

• American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
• Applied Radiology
• Chest (2010-2014 only); we now subscribe to this journal full-text online within the ScienceDirect database
• JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Radiology
• Respiratory Care

• Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable. 
  • EPC Evidence-Based Reports These reports provide comprehensive, science-based information on common, costly medical conditions and new health care technologies and strategies.
• Allnurses Allnurses is a nursing forum that provides support for nurses and students. 
• American Nurses Association The American Nurses Association (ANA) is the premier organization representing the interests of the nation's 4 million registered nurses.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the nation's health protection agency.
• ECRI The Emergency Care Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing trusted, independent guidance to the broad healthcare community.
• Health.gov The website for the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. It sets national public health objectives and creates programs to improve the health of all Americans.
• DailyMed The National Library of Medicine (NLM)'s DailyMed searchable database provides the most recent labeling submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by companies. 
• Oklahoma Board of Nursing The Oklahoma Board of Nursing establishes guidelines and manages the nursing licensures and certifications for the state of Oklahoma.
• Trip Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice/care.
• World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations agency that leads and champions global efforts to give everyone, everywhere an equal chance to live a healthy life.