NURS 000 - Nursing Orientation - Course Guide: Care Plans

An orientation course guide for new nursing students

Nursing Reference Center

How to use the Nursing Reference Center (see link below) to find care plans (care sheets):

  1. Select the Diseases & Conditions tab
  2. Type the medical condition in the text box, e.g. hepatitis
  3. Select "Evidence-Based Care Sheets" from the option on the right
  4. Select Browse

Nursing Reference Center screenshot

CINAHL

How to use CINAHL (see link below) to find care plans:

  1. Type the medical condition in the text box, e.g. hepatitis
  2. Scroll down the page and find Publication Type
  3. Within the Publication Type limiter, select Care Plan
  4. Scroll down the page and select Search

CINAHL screenshot

CINAHL second screenshot

Library Catalog

The Library Catalog may be used to identify books and ebooks that contain nursing care plans:

  • Search the catalog using the keywords nursing care plans.
    • books - you will need the call number for titles located in the Main Stacks.
    • ebooks - click the URL link to access the content online.