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Collection Development Guidelines of the National Library of Medicine [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2019-.

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Nursing

Last Update: August 26, 2004.

Definition

A health profession concerned with the promotion of health, prevention of illness and the care of the sick, disabled and dying.

Discussion

Contemporary nursing literature increasingly emphasizes nursing research, advanced nursing practice, nursing policy, technological developments such as nursing informatics, and innovations in nursing education.

Scope and emphasis

Collected comprehensively.

Special considerations

The History of Medicine Division maintains notable manuscripts in nursing.

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