Nursing Certification Collection

There is a new part of our collection that you all should be aware of, because nurses are going to be asking for them more frequently! The books will be located below the hold shelf, next to the copier on shelves marked Nursing Certification Books.  

There are a few individual specialties in this new collection, and they are as follows: Adult Critical Care Nursing, Inpatient Obstetric Nursing, Maternal Newborn Nursing, Neuroscience Nursing, & Pain Management Nursing. The books are in call number order, not in the order of each collection.

In order to make it easier for everyone to see the print books for a given specialty, Noreen created a list of Print resources for each of the specialties listed above. These lists are kept in a bright green folder at the beginning of the shelf and is marked "Certification Readings Shelf List."  It will help us if a nurse comes in wanting all the books for a given specialty. There are electronic books for these collections, but if there is no print copy as well, the electronic title is not listed in the folder. 

A comprehensive list of all print books as well as electronic books can be found here:https://library.mchs.com/nurses/nursing-certifications
Please take a minute during your shift and familiarize yourself with this page.

If a nurse is looking to access the e-books please make sure they have a library account and then direct them to the above site.

When checking in these books they all have a pop-up message in Sierra saying "Shelve Behind Desk" to remind you of their home.  When users are searching in the online catalog, they will see the note "Ask at Circ Desk" just like they would for an ACLS or PALS book. 

Please let Noreen or Kaitlyn know if you have any questions or concerns!