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The Nursing Division
Welcome to the library’s research guide for the Division of Nursing at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
On each page of this guide, you will find resources to help you conduct your research along with links to and videos from major institutions associated with nursing.
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Test Preparation
Looking for tools to help you pass the CNA or NCLEX exam? Check out these resources.
Databases
- Mometrix eLibrary
- Why search here? Mometrix eLibrary is a collection of up-to-date test preparation materials.
- What’s included? This database contains study materials for the following exams:
- ACT
- ASWB
- CNA
- GMAT
- GRE
- LSAT
- MAT
- MCAT
- NCLEX
- OAT
- OGET
- OPTE
- OSAT
- PCAT
Study Guides
NCLEX-RN Prep Plus, 24th Edition, by Call Number: 610.73076 K1412 2020ISBN: 9781506255446Publication Date:The NCLEX-RN exam is not just about what you know—it’s about how you think. Kaplan’s NCLEX-RN Prep Plus uses expert critical-thinking strategies and targeted sample questions to help you put your expertise into practice and face the exam with confidence.
Saunders Q & A Review Cards for the NCLEX-RN by Call Number: 610 Si399ISBN: 0323414788Publication Date:From Linda Silvestri and Angela Silvestri, the foremost experts in NCLEX preparation, comes an updated collection of portable review cards with practice questions that reflect the latest NCLEX-RN test plan.
Best Bets
The following can help you start your research.
See the Library Resources tab for more extensive lists of suggested materials.
- CINAHL with Full Text
- Why search here? This is one of our most important and exhaustive nursing databases.
- What’s included? It contains 603 full-text journals and citations for over 3,000 more. Books, dissertations, and conference proceedings are also included.
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Why search here? Systematic reviews are exhaustive meta-studies that arrive at best medical practices based on available research. This is a vital database for the Division of Nursing.
- What’s included? Over 4,800 full-text reviews are included. The database updates quarterly, and reviews are sometimes altered when new information becomes available.
- MEDLINE
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre–clinical sciences, and much more.
- Nursing Journals
- Why search here? We subscribe to seven nursing journals that are unavailable in any other database. Those seven journals can be accessed here and are essential to the Division of Nursing.
- What’s included? The seven journals are:
Nursing at Northwestern
These links will take you to official NWOSU university pages.
- School of Professional Studies
The school consists of the Division of Business and the Charles Morton Share Trust Division of Nursing.
- Division of Nursing
The NWOSU Charles Morton Share Trust Nursing Program is among the top in the state with the national RN licensing examination (NCLEX) pass rates. The BSN program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. (ACEN), and is approved by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN).
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Northwestern offers a bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN). A BSN provides the foundation of study that can serve as a basis for pursuing advanced education in nursing.
- Online RN to BSN Program
It is now more important than ever for RNs to have their BSN degrees, and we can help you do that with our innovative program for RNs to complete their BSN online.
- Graduate Studies
If you are interested in furthering your higher education at Northwestern, we offer master’s degree programs in education, counseling psychology, general psychology, and American studies—and one doctorate program in Nursing Practice (BSN to DNP online).
- BSN to DNP Program
Northwestern Oklahoma State University is one of only two public universities in Oklahoma to offer a Wisdom Family Foundation Doctoral Program for Rural Nursing Practice (DNP) and is the only public university with a BSN to DNP offering.