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Nursing

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1. Nursing

Black's Medical Dictionary, 43rd ed.
Call Number: Ref R 121 .B598 43rd ed. 2017
Also online
A Dictionary of Nursing, 7th ed.
Publication Date: 2017
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 32nd. ed.
Call Number: Ref R 121 .D73 32nd ed. 2012
The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, 4th ed.
Publication Date: 2018
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 10th ed.
Publication Date: 2017
Mosby's Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 8th ed.
Call Number: Ref R 121 .M67 2017
Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing, 7th ed.
Call Number: Ref R 121 .S8 2012
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed.
Publication Date: 2017

2. More Languages

Spanish-English English-Spanish Medical Dictionary, 4th ed. | Diccionario médico español-inglés inglés-español, 4a ed.
Publication Date: 2012
Unified Medical Dictionary
Terminology only
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3. More Information

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Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research, 4th ed.
Call Number: Ref RT 81.5 .P69 2011
Also online
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research, 4th ed.
Publication Date: 2017

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