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This guide presents selected resources for the Health Seciences available both at Delgado Community College Library and on the Internet. To find more, check the catalog. For more information about Delgado's School of Health Sciences: School of Allied Health and the programs it offers, see their webpage.

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Delgado Community College Libraries: Health Sciences: Home

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This guide presents a selection of resources the library has available on the topic of Health Science.

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Learn the concepts and skills and develop the clinical judgment you need to provide excellent nursing care! Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition prepares you to succeed as a nurse by providing a solid foundation in critical thinking, clinical judgment, nursing theory, evidence-based practice, and patient-centered care in all settings. With illustrated, step-by-step guidelines, this book makes it easy to learn important skills and procedures.

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Understanding anatomy & physiology: a visual, auditory, interactive approach

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Understanding anatomy & physiology: a visual, auditory, interactive approach

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"This edition of Understanding Anatomy & Physiology contains more information than ever about the immune system, including types of immunity, how epidemics and pandemics develop, and how vaccines work. However, before you can understand a body in illness, you must understand how it functions in health. For example, without a thorough knowledge of fluid and electrolyte balance, how can you explain why chronic vomiting or diarrhea can cause an abnormal heartbeat? By the end of this course, understanding the body's form and function should become second nature"-- Provided by publisher.

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Understanding anatomy & physiology : a visual, auditory, interactive approach

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Pharmacology: a patient-centered nursing process approach

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Pharmacology: a patient-centered nursing process approach

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Gain a solid understanding of pharmacology and make it a part of patient-centered nursing care! Pharmacology: A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach, 11th Edition makes it easy to learn the principles of pharmacology and drug dosage calculation.

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Pharmacology : a patient-centered nursing process approach

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"This book is designed for students who will find the plans of care helpful as they learn and develop skills in applying the nursing process and using nursing diagnoses. It will complement their classroom work, support the critical thinking process, and assist in developing clinical judgment. The book also provides a ready reference for practicing nurses as a catalyst for thought in planning, evaluating, and documenting care"-- Provided by publisher.

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Nursing care plans : guidelines for individualizing client care across the life span

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Gain the pharmacology knowledge and skills you need to administer medications safely! Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 10th Edition provides practical, easy-to-use pharmacology information, emphasizing the application of the nursing process and prioritization throughout the book. Coverage begins with pharmacology basics, then discusses drugs by body systems and drug functions.

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CINAHL Complete (link opens in new window)

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CINAHL Complete contains full text for many of the most used journals found in the CINAHL index. A fast and easy research tool for nursing and allied health professionals with access to content coverage including over 50 nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, general health and medicine and more.

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Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile) (link opens in new window)

has over 6 million articles that will meet the needs of researchers at all levels of nursing in all specialties, including vocational/licensed practical nurse (LPN), registered nurse (RN), occupational health nurse, nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist.

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Nursing & Allied Health Premium (link opens in new window) provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 1,050 titles, with over 875 titles in full-text, plus more than 12,300 full-text dissertations representing the most rigorous scholarship in nursing and related fields.

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Search LearningExpress! It has an excellent collection of NCLEX prep materials.

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Sign in to EBSCO LearningExpress via your institution to begin using online college and career readiness tools, including practice tests, tutorials, microlessons, e-books, articles and more.

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Critical care nursing made incredibly easy!

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Critical care nursing made incredibly easy!

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"Critical Care nursing is a complex area of practice that not only includes the ICU, but can also include emergency departments and postanesthesia care. Nurses providing critical care treat patients with trauma, medical issues, surgical complications, and many other acute and life-threatening problems.

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Summary

Feeling unsure about your critical care nursing skills? Time to gain some confident know-how, with the freshly updated Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! ®, 5th Edition.

This friendly, fully illustrated guide offers clear, concise direction on treating numerous acute and life-threatening issues. Absorb current best practices on critical care basics and specialized areas such as advanced life support measures, multisystem trauma, and treating specialized needs. This is ideal guidance for students, nurses new to clinical care, and those preparing for the Critical Care (CCRN) certification exam.

Let this expert review text guide you to exam and on-the-unit success: NEW end-of-book practice exam Expansive, systems-based review of acute care conditions for all body systems Guidance on treating multisystem disorders - burns, hyperthermia, hypothermia, hypovolemic shock, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), septic shock, trauma and more Expert guidance on nursing skills - blood and fluid replacement, rapid assessment and interventions, emergency measures, fluid replacement/resuscitation, drug therapy, pressure ulcer management, moderate sedation, CPR and emergency cardiac care, and more Numerous images and charts demonstrate clinical use of IV fluids, interpreting serum electrolyte test results, drug therapy for multisystem disorders, and more Step-by-step direction on performing blood transfusions with a guide to transfusion reactions Top-level instruction in areas including oncology, acute care surgery, drug overdose and poisoning, palliative care and pain management, nutrition, prevention and screening, professional roles and ethics, test-taking strategies Ideal review text for grasping the components required to master the CCRN certification exam Chapter features include: Just the facts - a quick summary of content at the start of each chapter Advice from experts - tips and tricks and key troubleshooting techniques Take charge! - potentially lethal situations and steps to take when they occur Handle with care - identifies concerns and actions related to elderly, pediatric, and bariatric patients Weighing the evidence - highlights research that guides practice Memory joggers - memory aids to help you grasp and remember difficult concepts Certification tips - draws out the most important concepts from each chapter in relation to the CCRN exam Quick quiz - end-of-chapter multiple choice questions, with answers and rationales Practice makes perfect - extensive end-of-book practice exam to test knowledge in preparation for NCLEX and certification

About the Clinical Editor

David W. Woodruff, PhD, APRN, CNE, CCRN-K, FNAP, is Faculty Development Specialist at the Center for Faculty Excellence at the Chamberlain College of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Critical care nursing made incredibly easy!

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Feeling unsure about your critical care nursing skills? Time to gain some confident know-how, with the freshly updated Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! ®, 5th Edition. This friendly, fully illustrated guide offers clear, concise direction on treating numerous acute and life-threatening issues.

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Health and Medicine Collection (Films on Demand)

Documentaries on the full spectrum of diseases and disorders; titles on human anatomy and physiology; investigations into public health issues; programming on nutrition and wellness; instructional films on health care and treatment; primers on
careers in health and medicine—this comprehensive collection of titles covers a wide range of topics relevant to anyone studying health and medicine.

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Clinical nursing skills : a concept-based approach to learning

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Clinical nursing skills : a concept-based approach to learning

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Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning provides all of the core content and materials needed to deliver an effective concept-based program that develops practice-ready nurses

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Clinical Nursing Skills: A Concept-Based Approach

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Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning is the only concepts curriculum built from the ground up as a comprehensive, cohesive learning system. This 3-volume series provides all the nursing curriculum content and materials needed to prepare you for nursing practice. With exemplars and assessment tools, you’ll deepen your grasp of connections between concepts, with broad applications throughout a nursing career.

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MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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FEATURED TOPIC

Health Literacy

Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions.

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MedlinePlus - Health Information from the National Library of Medicine

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Find information on health conditions, wellness issues, and more in easy-to-read language on MedlinePlus, the up-to-date, trusted health information site from the NIH and the National Library of Medicine.

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The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

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The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

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NINR's mission is to lead nursing research to solve pressing health challenges and inform practice and policy – optimizing health and advancing health equity into the future.

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NINR - National Institute of Nursing Research | National Institute of Nursing Research

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The mission of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) is to promote and improve the health of individuals, families, and communities. To achieve this mission, NINR supports and conducts clinical and basic research and research training on health and illness, research that spans and integrates the behavioral and biological sciences, and that develops the scientific basis for clinical practice.

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The world’s largest biomedical library, NLM maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics that are searched billions of times each year by millions of people around the globe.

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Date: Friday, December 8, 2023 Time: 10:30 a.m. to Noon ET

This year's lecture by Dr. Suzanne Bakken will focus on the importance of engaging communities to advance health equity across health informatics and data science innovations. These emerging priorities raise multiple questions surrounding community engagement, such as how community perspectives be elicited and considered throughout the design and implementation life cycle. This virtual event is co-sponsored by NLM, the Friends of the National Library of Medicine, and the American Medical Informatics Association.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LECTURE | REGISTER

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National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health

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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest biomedical library and the developer of electronic information services that delivers data to millions of scientists, health professionals and members of the public around the globe, every day.

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National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)

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National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)

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National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is an independent, not-for-profit organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting public health, safety and welfare, including the development of nursing licensure examinations.

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National Council of State Boards of Nursing | NCSBN

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The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare, including the development of licensing examinations in nursing.

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Search ISAAC: The online catalog for books, media, government documents, & more! We have many nursing-related books. For a helpful video on how to search the library, see this video (linked text).

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Delgado Community College Libraries: Library Homepage: Online access to Library Resources

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Delgado Community College Libraries: Library Homepage: Online access to Library Resources

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The Delgado Libraries collection contains books, periodicals, and electronic access to research databases and to ebooks for our nursing students. This guide reflects the needs of the nursing students and faculty by supporting the curriculum and nursing research.

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Delgado Community College Libraries: Nursing: Home

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Delgado Community College Libraries: Nursing: Home

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Library Liaison: School of Health Sciences: (Allied Health & Nursing)

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Library Liaison: School of Health Sciences: (Allied Health & Nursing)

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Librarian Caitlin Cooper is here to help you with navigating databases or finding other resources to help support your journey in Delgado's Nursing and Allied Health programs.

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School of Health Sciences: (Allied Health & Nursing) - Delgado Community College Libraries at Delgado Community College

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Delgado has over 180 databases! Continue your journey with the A to Z list of databases or ask a librarian which database is best for you.

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Caitlin Cooper

Librarian, Associate Professor

504-671-5327

ccoope@dcc.edu

Courtney Stortz

Library, Professor

(504) 671-5315

crimes@dcc.edu

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Delgado Community College Libraries: About Us: Library Information

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Here you will find information on all Delgado Libraries