Interested in browsing the shelves for nursing and medical books but don't know exactly what you're looking for? Use the following guide to Library of Congress call number ranges relevant to nursing to focus your browsing!
R: MEDICINE/NURSING (Nursing practice represented throughout this LC Classification area)
R121 Medical dictionaries
R726.8 Hospice care
R858-859.7 Medical informatics
RB37 Diagnostic and laboratory tests
RB115 Nomenclature (procedural coding - CPT, ICD9)
RC69-71 Diagnosis
RC86.7 Emergency medicine
RC266 Oncology nursing
RC952-954.6 Geriatrics
RD93-98 Wound care
RD753 Orthopedic nursing
RG951 Maternal child nursing / Obstetrical nursing
RJ245 Pediatric nursing
RM216 Nutrition and diet therapy
RM301.12 Drug guides
RT23 Communication in Nursing (also: RT86)
RT24 Nursing Authorship
RT31 History of Nursing
RT41 Medical Surgical Nursing
RT42 General nursing topics, includes basic nursing texts, Nursing Interventions Classification
RT48 Nursing Assessment / Nursing Diagnosis
RT50.5 Nursing Informatics
RT73-79 Nursing Schools
RT81.5 Nursing Research
RT82.8 Nurse Practitioners
RT84.5 Nursing Theory, Nursing Models
RT85 Nursing Ethics
RT85.5 Nursing Standards includes Nursing Outcomes Classification
RT86.54 Transcultural nursing
RT89 Nursing Administration
RT97-98 Community Health Nursing / Public Health Nursing
RT120.C45 Chronic Disease Nursing
RT120.E4 Emergency Nursing
RT120.F34 Family Nursing
RT120.H65 Home Nursing, Visiting Nurses
RT120.I5 Intensive Care Nursing
RT120.R4 Rehabilitation Nursing
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