Health Sciences

Welcome to the Research Guide for Nursing. Using the navigation tools, you will find information and resources for databases, journals, specific course information, and other resources designed for nursing students.

Lone Star College Nursing programs

• Nursing BSN
• Nursing AAS
• Vocational Nursing
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)

TIPS: When searching the databases, catalog or the internet

•  Add key terms related to nursing: patient care, diagnosis, monitor, complications, care plans, symptoms, nursing assessment, patient education.
• Combine any synonyms with OR and parentheses: (pregnancy OR obstetrics OR gestational); now add other key terms with AND between each term: (pregnancy OR obstetrics OR gestational) AND diabetes AND edema
• ** Insert an asterisk after the root word to find all variations of a term: (pregnan* OR obstetric* OR gestat*) AND diabet* AND edema.