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Nursing & Midwifery

In brief

Location of print resources:
Floor +2: current books & journals
Floor -2 (“The Stacks”): older/ less used books
Classification codes:
610.73 Nursing
618-618.8 Midwifery

Recently added printed books in our collection
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Mélanie Maillot

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Overview

The Luxembourg Learning Centre offers print books, a small collection of print journals and a broad collection of electronic resources like e-books and e-journals in nursing and midwifery. All print and electronic resources can be found via the a-z.lu catalogue.
Current issues of print journals are located at the beginning of each collection of printed books, classified alphabetically by title (older issues need to be ordered via a form – see “Journals“).

Examples of classification codes in nursing and midwifery:

610.73: Nursing
611 : Human anatomy, cytology, histology
616: Diseases; 616.029: Palliative and terminal care
617.1: Injuries and wounds
618.9200231: Paediatric Nursing; 618.970231: Geriatric Nursing

612.6: Reproduction, development, maturation
613.9: Birth control, reproductive technology, sex hygiene
616.692: Infertility
618: Gynecology & Obstetrics; 618.3: Diseases and complications of pregnancy
618.4: Childbirth; 618.8: Obstetrical surgery

Selected resources in Nursing & Midwifery

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Soins critiques
dir. scientifique de l’éd. originale Linda D. Urden … [et al.] – Chenelière Éducation, 2019
Surveillance clinique en soins critiques : De la théorie à la pratique
sous la dir. de Daniel Milhomme – Presses universitaires du Québec , 2024
Le raisonnement clinique infirmier : guide méthodologique
Loïc Martin – Elsevier, 2023
Dictionnaire des concepts en sciences infirmières : vocabulaire professionnel de la relation soignant-soigné
Christine Paillard – Setes éditions, 2023
Guide poche infirmier
Christophe Prudhomme, Christine Neveu – Maloine, 2021
Réussir tout le diplôme infirmier en 500 fiches de révision
Danièle Augendre, … [et al.] – Vuibert, 2022
L’anatomie et la physiologie pour les infirmier(e)s
Sophie Dupont – Elsevier, 2024
Nursing ethics : normative foundations, advanced Concepts, and emerging issues
Michael J. Deem … [et al.] – Oxford University Press, 2024
Evidence based Nursing and Caring. Methoden und Ethik der Pflegepraxis und Versorgungsforschung
Johann Behrens, Gero Langer – Steinkopff, 2022
Pflegewissenschaft
ed. Hermann Brandenburg … [et al.] – Hogrefe, 2021
L’infirmier(e) en service de réanimation
[coordonné par] Guillaume Decormeille – Elsevier Masson, 2022
Guide de l’IADE – Infirmier anesthésiste.Toutes les connaissances théoriques et pratiques en anesthésie-réanimation et urgences
sous la dir. de Catherine Muller – Elsevier Masson, 2023.
Le guide pratique infirmier en psychiatrie
dir. de Solange Langenfeld Serranelli – Elsevier Masson, 2024.
Soins infirmiers en pédiatrie
Jane Ball [et al.] – Pearson ERPI, 2019.
L’examen clinique de l’aîné : guide d’évaluation et de surveillance clinique
Philippe Voyer [et al…] – ERPI, 2024.

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Manuel Oxford en sciences sage-femme
Janet Medforth … [et al.] – RMS éditions, 2024.
Physiology in childbearing : with anatomy and related biosciences
edited by Jean Rankin – Elsevier, 2025.
Hebammenkunde : Lehrbuch für Schwangerschaft, Geburt, Wochenbett und Beruf
hrsg. von Andrea Stiefel … [et al.] – Thieme, 2020
Gynécologie, obstétrique sous l’égide du Collège national des gynécologues et obstétriciens français et du Collège des enseignants de gynécologie-obstétrique
coordonné par Philippe Deruelle … [et al.] – Elsevier Masson, 2024.
Gynécologie médicale. R2C + 10 ECOS pour se tester
coordonné par Anne Gompel … [et al.] – Med-line, 2024.
Obstétrique pour le praticien
[coordonné par :] Sentilhes Loïc … [et al.] – Elsevier, 2022
Pratique de l’accouchement
coordonné par François Goffinet … [et al.] – Elsevier Masson, 2022
Fundamentals of maternal anatomy and physiology
edited by Ian Peate, Claire Leader – Wiley, 2024
Obstetrics by ten teachers
edited by Louise C Kenny, Fergus McCarthy – CRC Press, 2024
Périnatalité
Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Shannon E. Perry, Kitty Cashion [et al.] – Chenelière education, 2019
Manuel pratique des soins aux nouveau-nés
coord. Jean-Charles Picaud, Ariane Cavalier – Sauramps médical, 2018
100 cases in obstetrics and gynaecology
Cecilia Bottomley, Ruth MacSwan, Janice Rymer – CRC Press, 2025

Available via a-z.lu for university members with LLC registration

Trauma is really strange
Steve Haines ; art by Sophie Standing – Singing Dragon, 2016
The hospital suite
John Porcellino – Drawn and Quarterly, 2014
What’s wrong? : personal histories of chronic pain and bad medicine
Erin Williams – Abrams, 2024
Menopause : a comic treatment
ed. by MK Czerwiec – Graphic Mundi, 2021
Three nines fine : a journey with brain health
Alanah Knibb ; ill. by Alanah Knibb ; original story by Omotola Thomas – Nibb, 2024
Graphic public health : a comics anthology and road map
Meredith Li-Vollmer – Pennsylvania State University Press, 2022
Ma Crohn de vie : histoire d’une rescapée à l’intestin malade
Juliette Mercier – Leduc, 2021
Proxy Mom : my experience with postpartum depression
Sophie Adriansen ; ill. by Mathou ; trad. Montana Kane – NBM Publishing Company, 2024
Cry when the baby cries
Becky Barnicoat – Gallery books, 2025
Soignante
Yann Madé ; ill. par Ju Ch’Ay – Jarjille éditions, 2025
The bad doctor
Ian Williams – Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015
My degeneration : a journey through Parkinson’s
Peter Dunlap-Shohl – Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015

Available via a-z.lu for university members with LLC registration

Initiation à la discipline infirmière : une sélection de concepts et théories en sciences infirmières
Dan Lecocq, Marie-Tȟr̈se Celis-Geradin, Isabelle De Geest ; Pawel Krol – Elsevier Masson, 2024
Becoming a nurse : fundamentals of professional practice for nursing
ed. by Derek Sellman and Paul Snelling – Routledge, 2017
Critical care nursing made incredibly easy!
clinical editor, David W. Woodruff. – Wolters Kluwer, 2021
Introduction to nursing informatics
James S. Lowe, Peter G. Anderson, Susan I. Anderson – Elsevier, 2024
Lippincott nursing procedures
Wolters Kluwer, 2023
Mon stage infirmier en Urgences-Réanimation
Aurés Chaïb – Elsevier Masson, 2022
Mon stage infirmier en Pédiatrie-Pédopsychiatrie
Manuel Schiff, Isabelle Lim-Sabbah – Elsevier Masson, 2022
Doing a research project in nursing and midwifery : : a basic guide to research using the literature review methodology
Carroll Siu, Huguette Comerasamy. – Sage, 2013
Anti-Racist Nursing and Midwifery: A Resource for Students, Practitioners, Educators, and Activists
Ambrose, Rachel ; Bhanbhro, Sadiq ; Fero, Ken ; Ramamurthy, Anandi – Taylor & Francis, 2026

Available via a-z.lu for university members with LLC registration

L’école des sages-femmes : Naissance d’un corps professionnel (1786-1917)
Sage Pranchère, Nathalie – Presses universitaires François-Rabelais PUFR, 2017
Obstetrics Illustrated
Kevin P. Hanretty ; illustrated by Ian Ramsden, Robin Callander – Churchill Livingstone Wordmark, 2010
Netter’s obstetrics and gynecology
Roger P. Smith ; illustrations by Frank H. Netter – Elsevier, 2023
Best practice in labour and delivery
ed. Andreas H. Mahnken, Kai Wilhelm, Jens Ricke – Springer, 2013
Contexts of midwifery practice
Helen Muscat, Heather Passmore, Sam Chenery-Morris – Sage, 2017
Midwifery and Sexuality
Helen Muscat, Heather Passmore, Sam Chenery-Morris – Sage, 2017
Studying for your midwifery degree
Siobhan Scanlan, Hilary Walker – Sage, 2013
Doing a research project in nursing and midwifery : : a basic guide to research using the literature review methodology
Siobhan Scanlan, Hilary Walker – Sage, 2013
Anti-Racist Nursing and Midwifery: A Resource for Students, Practitioners, Educators, and Activists
Ambrose, Rachel ; Bhanbhro, Sadiq ; Fero, Ken ; Ramamurthy, Anandi – Taylor & Francis, 2026

Journals

Available at the LLC on floor -2; the 5 most recent volumes on the shelf, older issues on request

Diagnostica
Zeitschrift für psychologische Diagnostik und differentielle Psychologie
GeroPsych
the journal of gerontopsychology and geriatric psychiatry
Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie = Journal of neuropsychology

Available via a-z.lu for university members with LLC registration

Overview of e-journals in a-z.lu
Nursing philosophy
Nursing
Nursing review
Nature
Geriatric nursing
Nursing outlook
Intensive and critical care nursing
Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmières
Recherche en soins infirmiers
International nursing review
Science infirmière et pratiques en santé
Pflege Zeitschrift
Pflege : die wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Pflegeberuf
Pflege & Gesellschaft : Zeitschrift für Pflegewissenschaft

Available at the LLC on floor -2; the 5 most recent volumes on the shelf, older issues on request

Australian nursing & midwifery journal
Midwifery
Evidence based midwifery
Journal of midwifery & women’s health
European journal of midwifery
Journal of midwifery & reproductive health
Revue canadienne de la recherche et de la pratique sage-femme

a-z.lu

Available via a-z.lu for university members with LLC registration

Overview of medical databases
via the catalogue a-z.lu
CINAHL via EBSCO
Full text/bibliographic database for nursing and allied health
ClinicalKey Student from Elsevier
Full-text database on medical and surgical resources
Medline via EBSCO
Comprehensive full text database of medical journals
JBI / EBP database via OVID
Evidence-based guidance for health professionals to inform decisions at the point of care
Embase
JoVE – Journal of Visualized Experiments
Peer reviewed scientific video journal on medical and other topics
Medline via OVID
Comprehensive bibliographic database with extended search functionalities
UpToDate from Wolters Kluwer
Evidence-based clinical decision support resource

Freely accessible databases

PubMed
PubPharm
Livivo

Factual databases

World Health Organization: Global Health Observatory Data Repository
formerly known as WHOSIS: WHO Statistical Information System
HealthStats – Health Nutrition and Population Statistics of the World Bank
European Health for All Database HFA-DB
OECD.Stat Extracts