This NMU Olson Library guide to undergraduate Nursing resources was last updated: 1/23/2024
JAMA now available online (1998-present including Online First )
Lydia M. Olson Library is currently under renovation and is located on the ground & first floors of Gries Hall located here:
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Note that while space is extremely limited, staff are available to provide library services & assistance.
Please see the "When is Professor Mike Strahan Available?" tab on this guide for assistance schedule afternoons & evenings.
The library lobby (ground floor) has the Public Services desk (Reserves, Circulation, pick up materials), two public computers, scanner, & new books.
The first floor has printers, photocopier, and you may reserve a study room or use the Reading Room/Current Periodicals (Rm 110).
The physical collections are located in storage, and patrons must request retrieval through the OneSearch Library Catalog. Although physically browsing the shelves is not available, use the Virtual Browse feature in the library catalog entry (bottom):
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-- Professor Mike Strahan
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (2015)
APA Style 7th edition Reference Example for the Code:
American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements.
(2017 & 2019) NANDA International Nursing Diagnoses Definitions & Classification, 2018-2020; and Supplement (on Reserves in the library--ask at Desk)
(2017) ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy!: Pocket Guide
Start with highly-authoritative organizational web sites
Cleveland Clinic (authoritative web site)
Mayo Clinic (authoritative web site)
CDC (authoritative web site)
WHO (authoritative web site)
...then use a specialized search engine which finds only credible authoritative web sites:
Medical professionals & Patients use this search engine to find HONcode-certified web pages
(excludes government sites) NOTE: this search engine will be discontinued on Dec. 15, 2022)
See Library's APA guide for an example of how to format reference entry for web pages authored by
Mayo Clinic Staff, CDC, and others.
New 2020 OneSearch (advanced search screen)
Use this link to access the advanced search screen, where users may indicate which fields to search (e.g., title, author, or subject) instead of everything. Also allows the searcher to set some limits (material type such as books or journals, language, and publication years) before running the search.
HCUPnet: Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (extensive stats!)
American Hospital Directory (many search options including specialized services)
America's Best Hospitals (rankings by U.S. News & World Report)
Local through International Statistics Resources (includes Marquette County, state of Michigan, Federal, etc.)
Click here to access the new expanded JoVE Education videos!
JoVE Education is collection of thousands of streaming videos illustrating key concepts, lab techniques/experiments, and demonstrations in a variety of disciplines primarily in the sciences & social sciences, but also humanities. Categories include Biology, Chemistry, Clinical Skills, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Physics, Psychology, and Statistics. The NMU Library subscription also includes JoVE Core video textbooks, JoVE Science Education, JoVE Lab Manual for Biology & Chemistry, JoVE Book (Chemistry), open educational resources, and additional videos provided through JoVE Research.
Celling Your Soul (48 minutes)
Young people interacting in the digital world.
Cooked (82 minutes)
Racism of Chicago's 1995 heat disaster.
Day One (82 minutes)
Teen refugees at Nahed Chapman New American Academy transitional public school in St. Louis, MO.
Forget Me Not (Vergiss Mein Nicht) (92 minutes) - German language w/English subtitles
Caring for a mother with Alzheimer's
Refuge: Caring for Survivors of Torture (57 minutes)
Highlights five treatment/support programs in four U.S. cities.
War in the Mind (64 minutes)
PTSD of military veterans in Canada.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (open access)
ESSENTIAL EVIDENCE PLUS™ & AHFS DI® ESSENTIALS™ (American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information)
In book outline, choose Essential Evidence Topics then select organ/disease/condition.
Entries include diagnosis, etiology, prevalence, etc.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Centers Reports
Star Model Thorough website from the U. of TX Academic Center for Evidence-based Nursing.