Explore RN to BSN (BSN) and MSN Resources

RN to BSN (BSN) and MSN Resources

In addition to general resources, the Library provides specific resources for each program. The resources are divided into three sections, and are intended to be a starting point only and are not a comprehensive guide to all the resources available.  Always be sure to Ask a Librarian.

► Databases: highlights the Library's databases that are most relevant to your program.
► Library Materials: features books, ebooks, journals, and/or media in your program that are listed in the Library Catalog.
► Web Resources: lists recommended Web resources, selected and annotated by NEIT's Reference Librarians.
► General Reference Resources: quick access to Web resources including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other sources.  Selected and annotated by NEIT's Reference Librarians.

Nursing Handout

LIBRARY Key Online Resources for Nursing 

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Competencies
"QSEN faculty and a National Advisory Board have defined quality and safety competencies for nursing and proposed targets for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be developed in nursing pre-licensure programs for each competency."

NURSING PRACTICE STANDARDS for the LICENSED PRACTICAL/VOCATIONAL NURSE

"The Standards were developed and adopted by NALPN to provide a basic model whereby the quality of health service and nursing service and nursing care given by LP/VNs may be measured and evaluated."

 National League for Nursing........Professional Development
Teaching Resources "to assist PN educators to prepare the LPN/LVN workforce for current practice."

Nursing Featured Resources

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Competencies
"QSEN faculty and a National Advisory Board have defined quality and safety competencies for nursing and proposed targets for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be developed in nursing pre-licensure programs for each competency."

NURSING PRACTICE STANDARDS for the LICENSED PRACTICAL/VOCATIONAL NURSE

"The Standards were developed and adopted by NALPN to provide a basic model whereby the quality of health service and nursing service and nursing care given by LP/VNs may be measured and evaluated."

 National League for Nursing........Professional Development
Teaching Resources "to assist PN educators to prepare the LPN/LVN workforce for current practice."

Nursing Featured Resource: Research Video

The Library staff has prepared a Research Video for the Nursing Program.  Constructed and narrated by our Librarian, Joe Holland, MLS  you will find an excellent overview of how and where to find articles, and other information needed for research for the program in just 17 minutes.  The video includes how to conduct a search with subscription databases, print materials, etc.  For further help and information, be sure to speak with a Reference Librarian at the Reference Desk.    Rick Tobin, Video Editor                       

Healthcare Featured Resource

STAT!Ref is a great research tool!

STAT!Ref is our newest subscription service for e-books.  

STAT!Ref’s offering includes full text medical, nursing and related healthcare reference resources.  The clinical textbooks and manuals will help you quickly find answers about diagnosis and treatments as well as quickly find answers about drugs, their interactions and uses. 

►  To access the complete listing below of the full-text books in the catalog, click here.

2 Concurrent Users
♦  Complementary & Alternative Therapies in Nursing Renewal
♦  Handbook of Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Imbalances Renewal
♦  Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry Renewal
♦  Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing Renewal
♦  Psychiatric Nursing: Assessment, Care Plans, and Medications Add-on

5 Concurrent Users
♦  AAFP Conditions A to Z Renewal
♦  AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice Renewal
♦  Davis's Comprehensive Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications Renewal
♦  Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses Renewal
♦  EBMcalc Renewal
♦  ICU Book, The Renewal
♦  Lippincott's Manual of Nursing Practice Renewal
♦  Lippincott's Nursing Procedures Renewal
♦  Merck Manual Consumer Version Renewal
♦  Stedman's Medical Dictionary

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