Nursing Resources
Both medical libraries have a current collection of nursing journals and books on the shelf that can help you with your clinical questions, policies and procedures, and continuing education. Most books are available for check out; journals do not leave the library, however, you may make a copy of an article for your use.
In addition to print resources, CHN Medical Libraries also provide many electronic resources (Internet access is required). When you are on a CHN campus, just click on the resource you'd like to use; no username or password is required for access.
If you are off-campus, you will need to use a username and password. These are issued by the CHN Medical Libraries; just fill out the form available at the link "Register for off-site use." You will receive the username and password via email. Please note that at this time, Tucson Heart Hospital is considered "off campus" and will require a username and password to access resources. We hope to resolve this issue in the future.
Searching the Nursing Literature
CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, is one of the options to search the scholarly nursing literature. For 2008, it will be available on the OVID interface for the first 6 months; after that, CINAHL on OVID will no longer be available, due to licensing issues.
CINAHL is also available via EBSCO, and this option will become our primary interface to search CINAHL after OVID is no longer available.
Both interfaces are currently available under the QuickLinks area of the homepage.
Other options to search the nursing literature include PubMed/MEDLINE or by searching the MEDLINE database in OVID. Just limit your searches to "nursing journals" in MEDLINE to do this.
If you are not familiar with searching these databases, don't despair! The Medical Librarians will be offering classes on how to search, along with an introduction to all the electronic resources. We are currently working on class schedules which you will be able to register for at the CHN Learning Center. You'll be able to monitor the class schedules from the homepage, once they have been determined.
Electronic Journals & Books
Nursing E-Journals provides a list of available full text nursing publications that you are able to access and print at your workstation. A more comprehensive listing of electronic journals can also be found on our page at the E-Journals link; easy access is provided by browsing the A - Z journals list if you'd like to see if CHN has access to a journal in electronic format.
Our electronic book collection includes such nursing titles as the current editions of Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, and Spark and Taylor's Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual. Other e-books such as The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2008, Taber's and Stedman's medical dictionaries, along with the Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care, and Delmar's Guide to Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests can be accessed at the Textbooks link. Some may even have easier access points at the QuickLinks section of our homepage.
Other Nursing Resources on the Web
Center for the Advancement of Evidence-based Practice (CAEP) is a website from the ASU College of Nursing's EBP program. Click here for PICO Format examples and more!
Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE) This website is based at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, School of Nursing.
AHRQ Nursing Research (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) This webpage will lead you to specific topics of interest to nurses, including information about grants and funding.
American Nurses Credentialing Center is the gateway to the Nursing Magnet Program.
Arizona State Board of Nursing