Practical Nursing: Find Books and E-Books

Books are organized using the Library of Congress classification system. Browse for Practical Nursing materials in the "R" area of the library.

RA - Nursing Care Plans: Medical & Surgical

RC - Oncology Nursing

RC954 - Geriatric Nursing Care Plans

RD - Orthopedic & Surgical Nursing

RJ - Pediatrics Critical Care

RT - Nurses

RT42 - Leadership & Nursing Mgmnt

RT48 - Nursing Diagnosis (DX) Care Plans

RT48.6 - Nursing Diagnosis (DX)

RT85 - Nursing Ethics

RT86.5 - Nursing Cross-Cultural Studies

RT120 - Emergency Nursing & Nursing Care Plans  ​

Primo is our online catalog which provides simple, one-stop searching for printed books and eBooks, videos, articles, and more.

• To perform a simple search for printed books and eBooks, begin by clicking the ‘Find Books’ tab located in the ‘Find it!’ box.
• Next, type in  search terms such as nursing, medical surgical nursing, pediatric nursing, nursing diagnosis or nursing care plans and click "Search" or press enter on your keyboard.
• The result list will contain both printed books and eBooks.
• EBooks will say "Online access" or "Full text available" under the description. 
• Printed books will say "Available" under the description and will show a location in the library and a call number. Use the call number to find the item on the shelf.
• If your search retrieves more results than needed, you can narrow or refine the results by selecting one or a combination of the many options on the right.

To get information about a book, place the cursor over the title. To read a book, click on the title.