Recommended Reference Books for Nursing

DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Black's medical dictionary Ref. R121.B598

Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary Ref. R121.D73

Encyclopedia and dictionary of medicine, nursing & allied health Ref. R121.M65

Encyclopedia of deafness and hearing disorders Ref. RF290.T93

Encyclopedia of human nutrition Ref. QP141.E526 

Encyclopedia of nutrition & good health Ref. RA784.R646

Jablonski's dictionary of syndromes & eponymic diseases Ref. R121.J24

Mosby's Medical, nursing & allied health dictionary Ref. R121.M89

Sloane-Dorland annotated medical-legal dictionary Ref. RA1017.S56 

DIAGNOSIS & THERAPY SOURCES

Cecil textbook of medicine Ref. RC46.C423

Conn's current therapy Ref. RM101.C87

Current diagnosis Ref. RC71.A13

Current surgical diagnosis & treatment Ref. RD31.C89

Harrison's principles of internal medicine Ref. RC46.H32

Laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures with nursing diagnoses Gen. Coll. RT48.5 C67 

Mayo clinic family health book Ref. RC81.M473

Merck manual Ref. RC55.M4

Oxford textbook of medicine Ref. RC46.O995 



DRUG SOURCES

American drug index Ref. RS355.A48

Drug information for the health care professional Ref. RM300.U833

Govoni & Hayes drugs & nursing implications Ref. RM301.12 S43

Lipincott's nursing drug guide Ref. RM301.12 L57

Martindale the extra pharmacopoeia Ref. RS141.3 M4

Medication administration & i.v. therapy manual Ref. RM147.M43

Meyler's side effects of drugs Ref. RM301.S52

Mosby's nursing drug reference Ref. RM138.S59

PDR for non prescription drugs Ref. Desk RM300.P5

Physician's desk reference Ref. RS250.P5

USP DI Advice for the patient (complete drug reference) Ref. RM300.U83

Washington manual of medical therapeutics Ref. RM122.W35