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Nursing: Books

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Why choose a book? 

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Books are good places to find in-depth background information on a topic, so you will find extensive high quality information in one place.

Things to consider

Keep these things in mind when selecting a book:

  • Author's credentials
  • Target audience
  • Date published,
    • Recently published, within 3-5 years
    • When researching historical trends or methods consider a wider range
  • Relevance to you
    • does it answer your research question? 

Access Services Librarian

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Renae Stucky
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Contact:
Bethel College Library
(316)284-5363

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Helpful Nursing Subject Headings

USE   

  • Careers in nursing
  • Nursing specialties

FOR A NARROWER SEARCH TRY 

  • Clinical nurse specialist
  • Community nurse
  • Critical care nurse
  • Forensic nurse
  • Gerontology nurse
  • Hospice nurse
  • Mental health nurse
  • Nurse anesthetist
  • Nurse midwives
  • Nurse practitioner
  • Parish nurse
  • Pediatric nurse
  • Psychiatric nurse
  • Registered nurse
  • Surgical nurse  

FOR A BROADER SEARCH TRY

  • Allied health personnel -- vocational guidance
  • Health occupations
  • Nursing -- vocational guidance      

Finding books from other libraries

Don't see what you need in our library catalog? Use the links below to search the collections of other libraries. Then use Interlibrary Loan to borrow the needed items.