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Note for Distance Learners
If you are on a satellite campus or taking classes online, you have the same access to library resources as students on the Alva campus. That includes books in our print collection, which we can deliver by mail or courier. See the Interlibrary Loan page for details:
- Interlibrary Loan
The Interlibrary Loan Department can order books from other libraries or ship our books to other locations.
Suggested Books
The following is a sample from our catalog.
Lehne’s Pharmacology for Nursing Care by Call Number: 615.1 B893ℓ9ISBN: 9780323321907Publication Date:Known for its clear explanations of drug prototypes and how they work, Lehne’s Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 9th Edition, provides a solid understanding of key drugs and their implications for nursing care.
All-In-One Nursing Care Planning Resource by Call Number: 610.73 Aℓ513s4ISBN: 9780323262866Publication Date:The only book with nursing care plans for all core clinical areas, All-In-One Care Planning Resource, 3rd Edition, provides 100 care plans with the nursing diagnoses and interventions you need to know to care for patients in all settings.
Transformational Tool Kit for Front Line Nurses, an Issue of Nursing Clinics of North America by Call Number: 610.73 T6873ISBN: 9780323356602Publication Date:Nurses are faced with unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Healthcare delivery models are transforming that require adaptive and flexible nurses. The primary role of the frontline nurse is providing patient care. To be successful in this role, it requires numerous competencies supported by evidence-based data.
Quality, an Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics of North America by Call Number: 610.73 Q252ISBN: 9780323326445Publication Date:This issue contains a series of articles focused on various initiatives aimed at improving the quality of patient care delivery and promoting safe passage across the continuum of care. Exemplary, evidence-based nursing practice is the cornerstone of quality care, and this issue highlights many ways in which nurses have led changes to optimize patient outcomes.
Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice by Call Number: 610.7301 N9389p4ISBN: 9780803633124Publication Date:Offers in-depth coverage of the development of the theories that guide nursing practice. Features chapters written by the original theorists, scholars, and nurses experienced in use of the theory in their practice.
