This guide is a collection of resources that will get you started with research for Nursing projects, connect you with professional reading and NCLEX preparation resources, and help you with APA citations. Stop by the library for further assistance with research for papers, posters, or presentations, and questions about citations and topic development. You can also contact us through phone or email.
- Essential Health Assessment
By Janice Thompson. - A Davis's Diseases and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual
6th edition by Marilyn Sawyer Sommers - Davis's Comprehensive Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications
8th edition by Anne Van Leeuwen, Mickey Bladh, and Mickey L. Bladh - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing : Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice
Old 8th edition by Mary Townsend. - Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses
Old 14th ed. by April Vallerand, Cynthia Sanoski, and Judith Hopfer Deglin. - Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
22nd edition
- Lexicomp
Drug information database - List of Nursing Journals at LBCC
A list of nursing journals that the LBCC Library has. Articles may be full-text or only briefly described, but you can easily request the full text the of the brief records.
According to the Oregon Consortium of Nursing Education:
"A competent nurse, in making practice decisions, locates, evaluates and uses the best available evidence, coupled with a deep understanding of client experience and preferences, through the understanding that...
- There are many sources of knowledge, including research evidence, standards of care, community perspectives, practical wisdom gained from experience, which are legitimate sources of evidence for decision-making.
- Knowledge from the biological, social, medical, public health, and nursing sciences is constantly evolving; nurses need to update their knowledge continuously, using reliable, current sources of information.
- Nurses need to know how to learn new interventions independently, because the definition of “best practice” of interventions is continuously modified, and new interventions are constantly being developed."
This research guide will help you achieve this competency.
- Essential Health Assessment
By Janice Thompson. - A Davis's Diseases and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual
6th edition by Marilyn Sawyer Sommers - Davis's Comprehensive Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications
8th edition by Anne Van Leeuwen, Mickey Bladh, and Mickey L. Bladh - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing : Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice
Old 8th edition by Mary Townsend. - Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses
Old 14th ed. by April Vallerand, Cynthia Sanoski, and Judith Hopfer Deglin. - Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
22nd edition
The Purdue Owl website has good examples of APA citations and references. However, LBCC nursing students are requested by the nursing program to not use information from Purdue Owl for paper formatting and style, and instead look at the title and style page examples provided by the program. For paper style questions, students can also refer to the APA Manual, 6th edition.
The APA Style Blog is the official companion to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). Weekly posts feature discussions on writing and publishing in APA Style. They also provide a great page of APA learning resources.
The Library has a guide to Citations with a page for APA that includes additional resources.
Knowing APA will be necessary to passing nursing school, and helpful in advanced schooling and employment. The LBCC nursing program likes students to refer to the manual rather than Purdue OWL for accuracy. You can use PERLA and other citation generators, but for peace of mind and to truly understand how a reference is made, you’ll want to use the manual. Also, LBCC nursing program has specific requirements for paper formatting: for a sample title page, paper, and grading rubric, refer to your nursing newsletter/policies and procedures document.
For an excellent overview, read the Introduction in your APA manual; it's only five pages. Watch this space for a video coming soon on using the manual!
While there is no Writing Center branch in Lebanon, don't despair! The LBCC Writing Center has an LBCC Online Writing Lab (OWL) that will review online submissions of your papers. Make sure to submit your paper at least 48-72 working-day hours in advance. You can also schedule an appointment with them on the Albany Campus or view their helpful handouts online. Don't forget: the library can help you with citations too!
The books listed can be checked out from the HOC Library.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. LB2369 .P83 2010
This is the official APA manual used by LBCC's nursing program.
APA the easy way! BF76.7 .H68 2009
Short, with to-the-point examples of citations and references.
Mastering APA style: student's workbook and training guide. BF76.8.G452 2010
APA/MLA guidelines for students: a 3 page digital guide that you can access from home, with easy guidelines for using APA.
- CINAHL
CINAHL provides full-text articles from more than 610 nursing & allied health journals, and the many more journals indexed and their article summaries included so that you can easily request the full-text article. The focus is on nursing topics, but dental care, occupational therapy, and other allied health fields are also featured. - Lexicomp
Drug information database - PubMed
PubMed is one of the most popular and authoritative open databases for medical research. It provides citations to biomedical journals, including all those from MEDLINE. Links to full text sometimes available. MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
- Alt HealthWatch
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports on complementary and alternative medicine. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. - Health Reference Center Academic
Provides access to full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. - HealthSource Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It also features the AHFS Consumer Medication Information, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names written in lay language for consumers. - Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health
Access academic journals and other reference content covering all aspects of the nursing profession, from direct patient care to health care administration.
- Gale Health and Wellness
Provides access to thousands of full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more. This comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices, and more. - HealthSource Consumer Edition
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, child care, sports medicine and general health.
CINAHL is one of the definitive research tools for nursing and allied health professionals, and you'll encounter it at the associate and bachelor levels, and in professional life. It provides full text for many nursing and allied health journals, including publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. In addition, CINAHL offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, full-text evidence-based care sheets, continuing education modules, and more. CINAHL Subject Headings follow the structure of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) used by the National Library of Medicine.
Working on your Nursing 101 research table and paper and need a nursing journal? Here are step-by-step tips.
- National Council State Boards of Nursing
NCSBN provides information and resources for the NCLEX. - Khan Academy
Watch videos on physiology and other nursing topics, and practice NCLEX questions. - LearningExpress Nursing
Prepare for the NCLEX-RN with review ebooks and three practice tests. It's free for LBCC students when accessed through the library. Create a free account to use. - Prioritization, Delegation, & Management of Care for the NCLEX-RN® Exam
Ebook with practice questions to master the critical-thinking and test-taking skills you need to excel on the prioritization, delegation, and management questions on the NCLEX-RN®.
- The Nurse Professional : Leveraging Your Education for Transition Into Practice
The Nurse Professional ebook helps novices prepare for their transition into a “real world” role from being a student through graduation, NCLEX success, job search, first job, and beyond.