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HS 200 Resources

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Selected Electronic Books -- Periodical Databases -- Selected Books in Busse Library -- Selected Websites

Selected Electronic Books

Changing the U.S. Health Care System. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

Gapenski, Louis C. Understanding Health Care Financial Management. Chicago: Health Administration Press, 1996.

Griffith, John R. The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization. Chicago: Health Administration Press, 1999.

Lombardi, Donald N. Handbook for the New Health Care Manager. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

Lombardi, Donald N. Reorganization and Renewal. Chicago: Health Administration Press, 1997.

Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

Veney, James E. Evaluation and Decision Making for Health Services. Chicago: Health Administration Press,1998.

 

Periodical Databases
 

Ebsco Database (password required)

  • Ebsco Academic Search Premier -- Contains full-text articles for over 3,400 scholarly journals and is the world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database. Subject areas include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, languages, linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, and ethnic studies.

FirstSearch Databases (password required)

After you key in your login and password, you will need to select again from the list of available databases on the search screen.  To do this click on the dropdown menu in: Jump to Advanced Search: Select a Database to Search.  Select the required database and begin your search. You may initiate an InterLibrary Loan request from FirstSearch databases to the Busse Library. Use the linked NOTE 13A: Searching the FirstSearch Databases for help in using the databases. 

  • ArticleFirst - Index to citations from of over 12,600 journals. Tips on using this database.
  • CINAHL -- Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Literature
  • GPO Monthly Catalog - Index to information printed by the US Government Printing Office. Tips on using this database.
  • MEDLINE -- Access to Medline index of medical journals.
  • PsycINFO -- Index to psychological journal articles, books, chapters, technical reports and dissertations from 1887 to the present.
  • PubMed --Access to Medline from the National Library of Medicine. Index to medical journals from around the world.
  • World Almanac - Facts and figures
  • WorldCat - Over 30 million catalog records of books and audiovisuals held in libraries around the world. A good way to see if a book has been published on a topic which you may want to borrow through InterLibrary Loan. Remember to select books with at least 15 library holdings indicated. Tips on using this database.

 

Selected Books in Busse Library

Franklin Research Center.
Nurse staffing requirements and related topics: a selected bibliography.
Hyattsville, MD: Department of Health, 1979. RA11.B15 N7x v.9

Fraser, Lorraine P.
Contemporary staffing techniques in nursing: A guide to developing ...
Norwalk, CT: Appleton-Century, c1984. RA971.35 .F7 1984

Horak, Bernard J.
Strategic planning on healthcare: building a quality-based plan step by step.
New York: Quality Resources, c1997. RA971 .H577 1997

Liebler, Joan Gratto.
Management principles for health professionals.
Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, c1999. RA 393 .L53 1999

Schmele, June A.
Quality management in nursing and health care.
Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, 1995. RA 399.A3 Q346 1995

Williamson, Stan.
Fundamentals of strategic planning for healthcare organizations.
New York: Haworth Press, c1997. RA 971 .F86 1997

Wolper, Lawrence F.
Health care administration: planning, implementing, and managing organized delivery systems.
Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, 1999. RA971 .H384 1999

Ziegenfuss, James T.
The organizational path to health care quality.
Ann Arbor, MI: Health Administration Press, c1993. RA 971 .Z543 1993

 

Selected Websites

 

Online materials for students enrolled in HS 200 are provided by the Busse Library, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA. Use is limited to registered students. Contact the Busse Library with your questions.