LSC-Tomball: Library Research Guides: Health Sciences 2025: Nursing

How to Use this Guide

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

Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)
Nursing Associate of Applied Science
Nursing Bachelor of Science
Vocational Nursing

Key Nursing Search Terms

TIPS: When searching the research databases or library catalog:

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

Where to Find Nursing Articles

AltHealthWatch
Full text for 180 publications, including many peer-reviewed journals, in the areas of complementary and alternative medicine.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Major full-text database in Nursing and Allied Health, with over 560 journals, and more than 600,000 articles dating back to 1937.
Nursing and Allied Health
Find comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and allied health including journals, clinical training videos, dissertations, reference books and more.
MedicLatina
Spanish-language medical research and investigative journals, including full-text of nearly 100 peer-reviewed publications.
MEDLINE with MeSH
Medical research; National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database with Medical Subject Headings. No full text.

Micromedex
A wide range of clinical databases, including information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine

Book Suggestions

Healthcare Simulation in Nursing Practice, an Issue of Nursing Clinics by Penni I. Watts (Editor)
Call Number: RT1 .N77 v59 n3 2024

ISBN: 9780443131110

Publication Date: 2024-08-09
Nursing Practice by Ian Peate (Editor); Karen Wild (Editor)
ISBN: 9781119237471

Publication Date: 2018-02-05

"The second edition of the successful and definitive nursing textbook, Nursing Practice is designed to support the student throughout the entire nursing degree. Structured around the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct, it explores a range of clinical and professional issues that the student will need to know, in one complete and accessible volume..."
Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care
Call Number: RT86.54 .A53 2025

ISBN: 9781975222970

This comprehensive text helps students master transcultural theories, models, and research studies while honing the communication and collaboration skills essential to success in today’s changing clinical nursing environment.

Additional Nursing Resources

All Nurses
Peer-to-peer nursing community web site; offers a variety of information and resources for nurses, including some featured content for nursing students.
American Nurse Association
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is the premier organization representing the interests of the nation's 4 million registered nurses. ANA is at the forefront of improving the quality of health care for all. Founded in 1896, and has members in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Texas Board of Nursing (Laws and Rules - Nursing Practice Act)
Link to the text of the current Nursing Practice Act - official laws for Texas.
Texas Nursing Students Association
Texas Nursing Students' Association, Inc. (TNSA) is a student nursing association dedicated to promoting professionalism and leadership for today's students.

Health Sciences 2025

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Additional Nursing Resources