Nursing Resources

Further to my earlier blog So You Want to Be a Nurse here is what our Toronto Public Library has to offer, and resources from other organizations.

Resources available from the Toronto Public Library

Most sought after books (titles in alphabetical order):

• Textbooks, handbooks, manuals, ect.
  • Brunner & Suddarth's textbook of Canadian medical-surgical nursing. 2nd Canadian ed.
  • Canadian fundamentals of nursing 4th ed.
  • Canadian fundamentals of nursing 3rd ed.
  • Care planning : a guide for nurses
  • Clinical handbook for medical-surgical nursing : critical thinking in client care 3rd ed.
  • Clinical nursing skills & techniques 7th ed.
  • Critical care nursing handbook
  • Ebersole and Hess' gerontological nursing & healthy aging 1st Canadian ed.
  • Fundamentals of Canadian nursing : concepts, process and practice 2nd Canadian ed.
  • Handbook of nursing diagnosis 13th ed.
  • Health & physical assessement in nursing Canadian ed.
  • The Lippincott manual of nursing practice 9th ed.
  • Medical-surgical nursing in Canada : assessment and management of clinical problems 2nd Canadian ed.
  • Medical-surgical nursing in Canada : assessment and management of clinical problems 1st ed.
  • Medical terms for nurses : a quick reference guide 2nd ed.
  • Mosby's Canadian textbook for the support worker 3rd Canadian ed.
  • Mosby's textbook for nursing assistants 7th ed.
  • Mosby's textbook of dental nursing
  • Nursing care planning guides : for adults in acute, extended, and home care settings 6th ed.
  • Nursing care plans & documentation : nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems 4th ed.
  • Nursing diagnosis handbook : a guide to planning care 7th ed.
  • Nursing spectrum drug handbook
  • Physical examination & health assessment 1st Canadian ed.
  • Quick reference to wound care 3rd ed.
  • Skills in clinical nursing 7th ed.
• PN exam prep guides:
  
  • The Canadian practical nurse registration examination prep guide. 4th ed.
  • The Canadian PN exam prep guide : turn your questions into answers. 3rd ed.
  • The Canadian PN exam prep guide : from the people who create and score the national exam! : turn your questions into answers. 2nd ed.
  • The Canadian PN/NA exam prep guide. 1995.
  • NCLEX-PN exam prep 2nd ed. eBook. c2011.
  • NCLEX-PN : strategies for the practical nursing licensing exam
• RN exam prep guides:
  
  • The Canadian registered nurse examination prep guide. 5th ed.
  • The Canadian RN exam prep guide. 4th ed.
  • The Canadian RN exam prep guide : from the people who create and score the national exam! : turn your questions into answers. 3rd ed.
  • The Canadian RN exam prep guide 2nd ed.
  • The Canadian RN exam prep guide. c1992.
  • Mosby's prep guide for the Canadian RN exam : practice questions for exam success 2nd ed.
  • Mosby's prep guide for the Canadian RN exam. c2007.
  • NCLEX-RN exam prep. eBook. c2011.

Online resources (valid Toronto Public Library card needed to sign in):

• Journals: 181 online nursing journals
• Databases: 
  
  • Academic OneFile
  • Consumer Health Complete
  • Health & Wellness Resource Center
  • Health Reference Center Academic  
  • JSTOR
  • Teen Health & Wellness

Resources available from other organizations

• HealthForceOntario: Nurse Resources
• Medical Library Association: Nursing and Allied Health Resource Section: Nursing Resources
• McMaster University Health Sciences Library: Nursing Resources
• NursingSchools.net: 100 Useful Online Libraries for Nurses and Nursing Students