Online Medical Reference System (OMRS)

Nursing Resources

There are many information resources for nurses located in Dykes Library. The majority of these are listed in OMRS under the more broad topic. For instance, resources for nursing statistics can be found under Statistical Data, standards for nursing care can be found under Standards and Guidelines and nursing continuing education programs can be found under Meetings and Continuing Education. A few other nursing resources and searching tips are listed below.

Diseases

Written for nurses, Diseases emphasizes patient care and education. Each disease entry includes causes, complications, assessment findings, diagnostic tests, treatment, key nursing diagnoses, specific nursing interventions and patient teaching guidelines. Illustrations, photographs, and charts are included throughout the text.

Ready Reference
WY
100
D6112
1997

Nursing Journals

The following is a partial list of the nursing journals owned by Dykes Library. Search the online catalog under the MeSH Subject "nursing--periodicals" for a more complete list. If you are looking for journal articles on a particular subject, consult the indexes and abstracts list.

American Journal of Nursing
Nursing Title changes with year as: Nursing 93, Nursing 94, etc.
Nursing Clinics of North America
Nursing Forum
Nursing Research
Nursing Times, Nursing Mirror
Research in Nursing and Health
RN

Nursing Theses

Nursing theses completed at KUMC are cataloged and shelved as books under the call number WY 400. Search the online catalog for a specific thesis title or author. A list of all cataloged nursing theses may be generated by searching the online catalog for the MeSH subject heading "Nursing--theses".

Abstracts of nursing theses completed at other institutions may be found in Section A of Dissertation Abstracts International.

Using the Online Catalog to Find Nursing Resources

The simplest way to find books about some nursing subjects, such as "nursing assessment," is to use the online catalog's MeSH Subject search. If you do not find your subject in the list of MESH terms, try using the Keyword search. Type a few key words to find a book which contains those words in its title or subject headings.

Remember that typing the symbol ? will truncate your search term to included various suffixes. Typing nurs?  will search for nurse, nurses or nursing, but also words like nursery.

With a Keyword search, you may also limit your online catalog retrieval to books available at Dykes Library. Before performing a Keyword search, press Limit button to limit your search. Select Dykes Only from the location option, then press Set Limits.  When you return to the Keyword search screen, type in your search term.

For a list of the library's nursing journals, use the MeSH Subject search and type nursing periodicals.

Connect to the online catalog.