1110 - Nursing

UQ ERA rating in 2012: 5

UQ ERA rating in 2010: 4

Preamble

The University of Queensland (UQ) Library is committed to supporting the University's research, and teaching and learning agenda. UQ librarians maintain subject assessments based on the Commonwealth Government Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative's Field of Research codes. The assessments reflect current trends at UQ, and respond to changes in direction through regular updating.

Purpose of the collection

UQ Library's collection in this area supports the teaching and research activities of staff and students in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. The School is part of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Description of the collection

The Library's collection may be searched via the Web.

The Library holds print and electronic book titles in the area. The Library holds print and electronic book titles in this area. Experienced librarians develop the collection, and welcome input from academic staff. Relevant print collections are grouped under these classification number/s: RT1-120, RG1-991

The following specialist book collections are available:

Jones and Bartlett nursing practice ebook collection
Lippincott Springhouse Nursing collection
Nursing skills collection (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
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Wiley online library books

The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Many are available in electronic format. 83% of titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.

Key titles accessible at UQ are:

Advances in Nursing Science
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Australian Critical Care
Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care
British Journal of Midwifery
British Journal of Nursing
Geriatric Nursing
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing
Journal of Family Nursing
Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Journal of Transcultural Nursing
Maternal and Child Health Journal
Midwifery
Nurse Education Today
Nursing Outlook
Nursing Research

UQ Library offers online databases in this subject area. These include:

CINAHL
Health source. Nursing/academic edition
Internurse/Intermid
Joanna Briggs Institute membership
Maternity and infant care

Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected or excluded

English language material is collected.

2. Geographical areas collected or excluded

No geographical areas are excluded.

3. Chronological periods collected or excluded

No chronological periods are specifically excluded.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

Material is collected in all forms both physical and electronic.

5. Publication dates

Latest 5 years' material is collected. Older material is purchased when academic staff make specific requests.

6. Special considerations

As course work postgraduate study is external and many of the students remote, emphasis on electronic texts is placed on collecting for these courses.

The 1110 collection is supported by hospital funding of the UQ/Mater McAuley, Princess Alexandra Hospital/UQ and Herston Health Sciences Libraries.