Nursing is a profession which provides health care to individuals of all ages. Nursing encompasses many activities including health promotion, health maintenance, health care during illness and injury and rehabilitation. Nurses apply knowledge from the biological, physical, behavioral and nursing sciences to care for clients in varied settings. The purpose of the San Diego City College Nursing program is to provide an educational opportunity for qualified individuals interested in a career in nursing. --Nursing Education department description, SDCC Catalog 2020-2021.
Use these terms in SDCCD Books+ Advanced Search to find resources in the SDCC Library. See example search below.
| Caregivers | Long-term care of the sick | Medical ethics |
| Nursing | Nursing--Examinations--Study Guides | Nursing--Study and Teaching |
| Nursing--Vocational Guidance | Nursing Schools--Admission, Questions, etc. | Palliative Care |
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Try these call numbers and headings if you'd like to browse what's on our shelves. Or use SDCCD Books+. Books you can borrow (take home), known as the Circulating Collection, are located on the third floor.
RA 773-88
Personal health and hygiene
RJ 245-247
Pediatric nursing
RM 1-950
Pharmacology
RM 214-258
Diet therapy
RT 1 - 120
Nursing
*OneSearch doesn't show you everything! Some databases, like those from EBSCO, are not included so you will need to search them separately.
The Library recently (April 2021) acquired the new titles below through a CTEA grant for Nursing Education. To connect to each title, use this EBSCO e-Book search box and type in (or copy + paste) any one of the titles from the list below:
| To find one of these e-books, type (or copy + paste) its title into the search box above: |
| Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment 2e (2018) |
| Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Practice Guidelines (2018) |
| Berkowitz's Pediatrics : A Primary Care Approach (2020) |
| Complementary & Alternative Therapies in Nursing, Eight Edition (2018) |
| Correctional Nursing : Scope and Standards of Practice, Third Edition (2020) |
| Cultural Awareness in Nursing and Health Care : An Introductory Text (2018) |
| Davis's Comprehensive Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications, 8e (2019) |
| Davis's Diseases and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual 6e (2019) |
| Disaster Public Health and Older People (2020) |
| Essentials for Nursing Practice - E-Book (2019) |
| Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice, Sixth Edition (2021) |
| Evidence-Based Physical Examination : Best Practices for Health & Well-Being Assessment (2021) |
| Gerontological Nursing : Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition (2019) |
| Guide to Clinical Documentation (2018) |
| Handbook of Clinical Skills : Second Edition (2019) |
| Handbook of Pediatric Infection Prevention and Control (2019) |
| Handbook of Supportive Oncology and Palliative Care : Whole-Person and Value-based Care (2019) |
| Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Context, Controversies, and Solutions (2021) |
| Health Policy and Politics: A Nurse's Guide (2019) |
| Holistic Nursing : Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition (2019) |
| Introduction to Nursing Research: Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice (2020) |
| Law for Nurse Leaders, Second Edition (2018) |
| Leadership and Management Competence in Nursing Practice : Competencies, Skills, Decision-Making (2019) |
| Leadership in Nursing Practice: Changing the Landscape of Health Care (2019) |
| Lippincott Visual Nursing : A Guide to Clinical Diseases, Skills, and Treatments (2019) |
| Migrant Health : A Primary Care Perspective (2019) |
| Neeb's Mental Health Nursing (2019) |
| Nurse As Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice (2019) |
| Nurses Making Policy, Second Edition : From Bedside to Boardroom (2019) |
| Nursing Documentation Made Incredibly Easy (2019) |
| Nursing Ethics: Across the Curriculum and Into Practice (2020) |
| Nursing: Health Education and Improving Patient Self-Management (2018) |
| Oxford Handbook of Adult Nursing (2018) |
| Palliative Care Nursing : Quality Care to the End of Life (2019) |
| Patient Evaluation, Data Collection, and Communication (2019) |
| Pediatric Physical Examination - E-Book : An Illustrated Handbook (2019) |
| Physical Assessment of the Newborn : A Comprehensive Approach to the Art of Physical Examination (2019) |
| Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals (2020) |
| Population-Based Public Health Clinical Manual, Third Edition: The Henry Street Model for Nurses (2018) |
| Professional Nursing Concepts: Competencies for Quality Leadership (2019) |
| School Nursing : Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition (2017) |
| Still Not Safe : Patient Safety and the Middle-Managing of American Medicine (2020) |
| Storytelling with Data : Let's Practice! (2020) |
| The Maternal Health Crisis in America : Nursing Implications for Advocacy and Practice (2019) |
| The Small Guide to Alzheimer's Disease (2020) |
| Wright & Leahey's Nurses and Families : A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention (2019) |
San Diego City College Library has access to over 90,000 electronic books. Our EBSCO e-book collection has about 300 Nursing titles published between 2017 and 2021. Click here (https://tinyurl.com/NRSE2021) or use the QR code (with your phone) to see the titles:
A few of the newer e-book titles are highlighted below. Click the links below to check on their availability. You can also use SDCCD Books+ to do your own search to find books in both our print and electronic collections.
Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals by 
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine-- 6th Edition
Master the Nursing School and Allied Health Entrance Exams by 
Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing & health professions
Mosby's Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures : ebook: by San Diego City College Library has over 60,000 books in its Circulating Collection, located on the third floor. Use SDCCD Books+ to find books in both our print and electronic collections. Click the links below to check on their availability.
The Basics : a comprehensive outline of nursing school content by 
Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Professions by 
Medical terminology made incredibly easy by 
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy by 
NCLEX-RN Prep 2019 by 
Palliative Care Nursing : Quality care to the end of life by Here are some suggested databases (article collections) that you can search using keywords or terms for your topic.
Here are e-book collections:
More databases here:
The following databases are under consideration by the Nursing Education department:
Our Periodicals and Newspapers section, located in the Library near the Circulation Desk and the Print Station, has a wide selection of print peridocals to browse for ideas and trends related to your area of study. Here are a few titles with their corresponding web sites:
| American Journal of Nursing | www.ajnonline.com |
| Harvard Health Letter | www.health.harvard.edu |
| JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association | www.jama.com |
| Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing | www.jognn.awhonn.org |
| Journal of Pediatric Nursing | www.pediatricnursing.org |
| Journal of Transcultural Nursing | www.tcns.org |
| The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing | www.mcnjournal.com |
| Nursing 2013 | www.nursing2013.com |
| Public Health Reports | www.publichealthreports.org |
| Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter | www.tuftshealthletter.com |
| University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter | www.WellnessLetter.com |
Here are some videos from our streaming collections.
Here are just a few of the many web sites relevant to Nursing Education:
