Nursing Program Playbook

This playbook contains resources for students in PVCC's nursing program. For information about the program, please visit the program's page. For help with any of  the materials on this playbook, or to book a consultation, please contact reference@pvcc.edu.

You may need some e-books for some of your nursing classes. Two of them are:

1. Vallerand, A.H., Sanoski, C.A., & Deglin, J.H. (2017). Davis’s drug guide for nurses (15th ed.).  Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company.  Retrieved from Nursing Reference Center, EBSCOhost.
2. Van Leeuwen, A.M., & Bladh, M.L. (2015). Davis’s comprehensive handbook of laboratory & diagnostic tests with nursing implications (6th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company. Retrieved from Nursing Reference Center, EBSCOhost.

To find these books and others, follow the instructions below:

• Go to the Nursing Reference Center database
• If prompted, log in with your MyPVCC ID and password
• Click on the Practice Resources tab
• Click on the book's cover

How to cite your textbooks

1. Citing the first two volumes together

Nursing: A concept-based approach to learning (3rd ed., vols. 1-2). (2019).Boston, MA: Pearson.

2. Citing individual volumes

Nursing: A concept-based approach to learning (3rd ed., vol. 1). (2019). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Nursing: A concept-based approach to learning (3rd ed., vol. 2). (2019). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Callahan, B. (Ed.). (2019). Clinical nursing skills: A concept-based approach to learning (3rd ed., vol. 3). Boston, MA: Pearson.