Resources for Nursing Students
Resources for Nursing Students
Resources for Nursing Students
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Learning Assistance Programs<br />
www.seattleu.edu/sas/learningassistance<br />
206-398-4450<br />
<strong>Nursing</strong> Drop In Hours: Thursday 11-12<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> <strong>Students</strong><br />
Anatomy and Physiology (BIOL 210)<br />
• Best Website <strong>for</strong> Histology: www.histology-world.com<br />
• Want to see anatomy in 3D and get easy to understand descriptions of functions and<br />
physiology? Check out Yahoo!’s body maps: http://health.yahoo.net/ human-bodymaps/<br />
• Facilitated Study Group<br />
o McLean-Riggs:<br />
Microbiology (BIOL 220)<br />
• Youtube offers great videos on general concepts like DNA/RNA<br />
Pathophysiology (NURS 304)<br />
• Want someone to list symptoms <strong>for</strong> you to pick out the disease?<br />
o http://www.learningnurse.com/content/view/25/39/ (click on disease<br />
terminology, not all will apply but most do)<br />
o Facilitated Study Groups<br />
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o Evolve Website (FREE!)- Gould-Patho <strong>for</strong> Healthcare<br />
• Go to the review questions student test back (not every question<br />
applies but it is very helpful)<br />
Pharmacology (NURS 305)<br />
• Lexi-Comp! You can get to this online <strong>for</strong> free through the SU library page. Lexi-Comp is<br />
also great <strong>for</strong> clinical write-ups.<br />
• Evolve Website offers practice exam tests <strong>for</strong> all the chapters of the course book (you<br />
have to register but its free)<br />
o https://evolve.elsevier.com
• Here are some videos to keep you going<br />
o Agonist vs Antagonist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXREQnFGHG<br />
o Quiz your knowledge of Clot Drugs! :<br />
http://www.theonlinelearningcenter.com/free-medicalgames/VASC001/pharmacology-quiz-<strong>for</strong>-nurses.html<br />
Med-Surg (NURS 354)<br />
• Evolve Website has a bank of test questions by chapter that will help you prepare <strong>for</strong><br />
the exams: https://evolve.elsevier.com/<br />
• ATI books offer practice questions as well as succinct views of disease and interventions<br />
Additional <strong>Resources</strong><br />
• Your textbook! Seems pretty obvious, but your book comes with all sorts of resources: online,<br />
CDs, and the pages between the covers! Some things to look <strong>for</strong> include:<br />
o Practice questions , Case studies , Key concepts, Chapter summaries , Diagrams (look <strong>for</strong><br />
those in your A&P book)<br />
• Speaking of textbooks, would you prefer a digital version of your book? Elsevier textbooks can<br />
be purchased through PageBurst (pageburst.elsevier.com). You can then download it to your<br />
iPhone or iPad.<br />
• Elsevier also puts offers additional content <strong>for</strong> your books in the <strong>for</strong>m of chapter review/tests<br />
and practice exam and other resources. (Free)<br />
o https://evolve.elsevier.com/<br />
• Also check out your ATI books and online. They offer great practice questions with rationale <strong>for</strong><br />
all of the answers. If you can, take the practice tests. They also offer rationale when you get<br />
answers wrong.<br />
• Need to make note cards? This site can even sync the notecards you make to your iPhone!<br />
o www.flashcardmachine.com<br />
• Believe it or not, but YouTube can be incredibly helpful while studying nursing. Search <strong>for</strong> videos<br />
of disorders you don’t know or check out a funny video to help you relax while studying.<br />
• Need some peer-reviewed journals? Check out these databases on our library’s website<br />
(http://libguides.seattleu.edu/nursing ):<br />
o CINHAL , PubMed , UpToDate<br />
o The library site also provides other resources which you normally have to pay <strong>for</strong>!<br />
• Don’t <strong>for</strong>get Lexi-Comp <strong>for</strong> drug in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong> clinical write-ups! Also can be found on the SU<br />
library website.<br />
• Need help with a research project? Contact the <strong>Nursing</strong> Reference Librarian<br />
o Sandra Brandt<br />
o sbrandt@seattleu.edu<br />
o (206)296-6223<br />
• Last, but not least, don’t <strong>for</strong>get about office hours. The professors make them to be available to<br />
you, so use them!
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