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Nursing: Nursing Topics

eReference Sources, Nursing Education, Mental Health, Nursing Theory

Repairs -- September 2020

Oooops! Most of the links on this page need updating. Until then, most of these resources are still very available.

eReference sources

Key Concepts in Nursing (2008)
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health (2013)
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (2012)
Women and Health (2013)
MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine website)
National Library of Medicine's page. A good place to start when you don't know anything on a topic.
and more on the health sciences

Books and eBooks on Nursing Education

Some of these will be "false postives" -- not really focused on Nursing education. But most of the books at the top of the lists are relevant.

Reference Books on Theorists

Nursing Theorists and Their Work by Martha Raile Alligood, Ann Marriner Tomey
Call Number: ASU Reference RT84.5 .N9 2010 (1st floor)
Publication Date: 2010
Comprehensive. Provides an in-depth look at 49 theorists.
Nursing Theories by Masters; Kathleen Masters
Call Number: RT84.5 .M364 2012 (3rd Floor)
ISBN: 9781449626013
Publication Date: 2012

Books on Nursing Theory

And other eBooks on Nursing theory
The top results in this search look good
Books (physical) on Nursing theory

DIAGNOSING MENTAL ILLNESS -- The new DSM-5

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5 by APA
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2013
We have a physical DSM-5 too, ASU Reference RC455.2.C4 D54 2013. Also at Music Library.

The DSM-5 is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the U.S. (Some people might be looking for this as the DSM-V. But the APA changed from Roman numeral V to Hindu-Arabic 5 with this one.)

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