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Medical-Surgical Nursing: Books & Videos

Resources for the nursing specialty area concerned with the care of adult patients with a variety of medical issues or who are preparing for/recovering from surgery.

Online Collections

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Provides access to medical textbooks, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessments, case files, time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools.

Health Videos
Animated videos show the anatomy of body parts and organ systems and how diseases and conditions affect them.

Search Tools

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The Madigan Library Discovery catalog includes the largest network of content and services. Includes articles, books, eBooks, videos, and digital items.

Google Books
Search book content for previews or free full-text. If you need more content, search WorldCat and expand your search to Libraries Worldwide, then Request It from Interlibrary Loan.

Browse by Call Number

RD Surgery

RD1-31.7 General works
RD32-33.9 Operative surgery. Technique of surgical operations
RD49-52 Surgical therapeutics. Preoperative and postoperative care
RD57 Surgical pathology
RD58 Reparative processes after operations (Physiological)
RD59 Surgical shock. Traumatic shock
RD63-76 Operating rooms and theaters. Instruments, apparatus, and appliances
RD78.3-87.3 Anesthesiology
RD91-91.5 Asepsis and antisepsis. Sterilization (Operative)
RD92-97.8 Emergency surgery. Wounds and injuries
RD98-98.4 Surgical complications
RD99-99.35 Surgical nursing
RD101-104 Fractures (General)
RD118-120.5 Plastic surgery. Reparative surgery
RD120.6-129.8 Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
RD130 Prosthesis. Artificial organs
RD137-145 Surgery in childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, old age
RD151-498 Military and naval surgery
RD520-599.5 Surgery by region, system, or organ
RD651-678 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology
RD680-688 Diseases of the locomotor system (Surgical treatment)
RD701-811 Orthopedic surgery
- RD792-811 Physical rehabilitation

RT Nursing

RT65 Medicine and surgery for nurses