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.

Do you need to use anatomy models? They're now available virtually! Check out the Visible Body database, linked below.

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 (16th ed.).   F.A. Davis Company. 
2. Van Leeuwen, A.M., & Bladh, M.L. (2015). Davis’s comprehensive handbook of laboratory & diagnostic tests with nursing implications (6th ed.). F.A. Davis Company.

NOTE: E-books from databases are cited the same way as regular books.

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 Books 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). Pearson.

2. Citing individual volumes

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

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

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

Parenthetical citations

Parenthetical citations for these books may vary depending on several factors. Contact your embedded librarian for help with specific citations.

Using these books in e-book format?

The citations for an e-book not from a database are the same as the regular citations, except you add the URL for the platform. See the example below.

Nursing: A concept-based approach to learning (3rd ed., vols. 1-2). (2019). Pearson. https://www.pearson.com/

• Access Nursing Reference Center.
• Search for articles.

• Select the article you want to read by clicking on its title.

• Once in the article, click on Detailed Record, located on the left hand side.

• The information you need to cite the article is located there.

• Cite the article by using the information on the page. Follow the model below:

Author Last Name, Initials, & Author Last Name, Initials. (Year). Title of article: Subtitle of article. Nursing Reference Center.

Russell, T., & Schub, T. (2018). Menopause: Migraine headache. Nursing Reference Center.

• Note: Pravikoff, D. is the editor, not the author.
• Note: in APA style, URLs are not used for articles found in databases.
• For more information on APA style citations, see the APA Style Playbook. 

• For help finding resources, use the information in the library's playbooks. Librarians can help you understand the playbooks, but they cannot conduct research for you.
• For help with formatting citations, please consult the library's citation styles playbooks. Please note the librarians cannot help you with citation generators or with any citation guide other than the library's. 
• For help with composition issues (such as spelling, grammar, flow, etc.), please visit the Writing Center.
• If you have questions, please email the  librarians at reference@pvcc.edu or connect via chat. If your section has an embedded librarian, contact that librarian specifically.