Essential Nursing Resources
Please use the following link to connect with the NEW version of Essential Nursing Resource (1/6/2009):
http://www.pbcc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=28521
Books
- LINCC Online Catalog provides access to on-campus book collections and a virtual collection of full-text e-books. Books supporting the nursing curriculum are available at 3 campus locations: Lake Worth, Palm Beach Gardens and Belle Glade. At the Boca Raton Campus, books are available through a borrowing agreement with the FAU Library.
- NetLibrary eBooks (OCLC) On Campus | Off Campus | Tutorial Searchable collection of ebooks specifically selected for Florida's community colleges.
Periodicals
- Search the LINCC catalog to find nursing periodicals available in paper or microfiche format
- Use PBSC Online Subscription Databases to locate full-text nursing journal, magazine or newspaper articles and reference materials in electronic format
- Off-Campus Access: Login with 14-digit Library Borrower ID (on backside of your PantherCard) and PIN (SS or DOB 4-digits)
- On-Campus Access: Go to the library homepage and select "Articles and Databases".
Nursing Databases:
- CINAHL PLUS with Full Text (EBSCO) On Campus || Off Campus | Tutorial Indexes over 1200 nursing journals and covers the fields of nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 other allied health disciplines.
- Health and Nursing (EBSCO) On Campus | Off Campus Searches multiple databases of health information provided by EBSCOhost: CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, PsycARTICLES, MEDLINE with Full Text.
- Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale) On Campus | Off Campus | Tutorial Provides access to full-text nursing and allied health journals, encyclopedias and other reference sources, informational pamphlets, and alternative health resources.
- Health Reference Center Academic (Gale) On Campus | Off Campus | Tutorial An advanced interface to the full-text nursing and allied health journals found in the Health & Wellness Resource Center.
- Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO) On Campus | Off Campus | Tutorial Provides nearly 540 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
- Nursing and Allied Health Source (ProQuest) On Campus | Off Campus | Tutorial Access articles from more than 270 nursing and allied health publications such as Nursing, Nursing Management, RN, American Journal of Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, and Patient Care Management.
Other Health and Medical-Related Databases/Resources:
- Health and General Science JSTOR On Campus | Off Campus | Tutorial Provides an archive of full-text scholarly journals incluing health sciences, epidemiology, public health.
- Health Source Consumer Edition (EBSCO) On Campus | Off Campus | Tutorial Full text for nearly 160 journals including general health, nutrition and professional health care publications.
- MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO) On Campus | Off Campus | Tutorial Full-text for nearly 1,200 medical journals back to 1965. Coverage includes: nursing, medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the health care system.
- NetAnatomy (Scholar Educational Systems) On Campus | Off Campus Designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate medical, health sciences, and nursing students.
- Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) (Micromedex) On Campus | Off Campus | Tutorial Searchable index of drugs and medications with advanced search features.
- PsycARTICLES (EBSCO) On Campus | Off Campus Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It contains more than 100,000 articles from 59 journals.
- ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences (Elsevier) On Campus | Off Campus | Tutorial The Health and Life Sciences collection provides access to over 2,000 high-quality, peer-reviewed journals published by Elsevier Science.
- Thomson Healthcare Series On Campus | Off Campus Evidence Healthcare CareNotes, and PDR Electronic Library.
Websites
211 Information & Crisis Services | ALFA (Free Streaming Video) | American Association of Colleges of Nursing |American Nurses Credentialing Center | American Nurses Association | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Essential Nursing Resources (ICIRN) | Florida Board of Nursing (Laws and Rules) | Healthfinder | International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning | The Joint Commission | MEDLINEplus | National Council of State Boards of Nursing | National Institute of Nursing Research | National Institutes of Health | National League for Nursing | National Library of Medicine | RN Nursing Program (PBCC) and Syllabi | Simulation Innovation Resource Center | Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Media Collection
Access to streaming media is available with faculty or student ID and password/pin. Login is also required to access the media collection catalog. Once ID is recognized, you can go directly to semester assignments.
Search the Media Collection
Nursing
Nursing - Critical Thinking
Nursing - Growth and Development
Nursing - Pharmacology
Nursing Semester I
Nursing Semester II
Nursing Semester II - Psychology
Nursing Semester III - OB
Nursing Semester III - Pediatrics
Nursing Semester III - Psychology
Nursing Semester IV - High Acuity
Nursing Semester IV- Psychology
Nursing - Surgical Technology
Pre-Entrance Tests and Licensing Preparation
Learning Express On Campus | Off Campus | Tutorial Online learning platform of practice tests includes Nursing School Practice Entrance Tests. Practice units for: Biology, Chemistry, General Science, Math Ability and Reading Comprehension. Immediate scoring, answer explanations, and analysis of your results.
Use Learning Express for Nursing Continuing Education (50 accredited nursing courses) that enable nurses to satisfy requirements for license renewal by the State Board of Nursing.
Prepare for the NCLEX-RN with Learning Express. Exam is a set length and includes questions that test all of the topics covered on the offical exam at a range of ability levels.
Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide practice tests prepare for the Certified Nursing Assistant exam (CNA).
Nursing Research Tutorials and Guides
Other Student Resources
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