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WY 1-49 Reference Works | |
WY 77-87 Economics. Ethics. Philosophy. Psychological Aspects | |
WY 90-100.5 Referral. Nursing Care, Assessment and Audit | |
WY 101-145 Special Fields in Nursing | |
WY 150-170 Nursing Techniques in Special Fields of Medicine | |
WY 191-200 Other Services | |
WY 300 By Country | |
Reference Works | |
WY 1 |
Societies
(Cutter from name of society)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc., in W1.
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Collected works (General) | |
WY 5 |
By several authors
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WY 7 |
By individual authors
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WY 9 |
Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)
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WY 11 |
History
(Table G)
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WY 11.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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Classify works on history of nursing schools in WY 19.
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WY 13 |
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WY 15 |
Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WY 16 |
Nursing as a profession. Peer review
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Classify works on specific types of nursing in WY 101-200.
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WY 17 |
Atlases. Pictorial works
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WY 18 |
Education
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Classify here works about education.
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WY 18.2 |
Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
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WY 18.5 |
Graduate and continuing nursing education (including fellowships, internships, residencies, etc.)
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WY 18.8 |
Practical nursing education
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WY 19 |
Schools of nursing
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify courses of study, catalogs, etc., in W 19.5. Include here works on the history of nursing schools.
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WY 20 |
Organization and administration of nursing schools
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WY 20.5 |
Research (General)
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Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.
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WY 21 |
Licensure. Certification. Registration
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WY 21.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WY 22 |
Directories
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WY 22.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Institutes, etc. | |
WY 23 |
Collective
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WY 24 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of institution)
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WY 26.5 |
Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)
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Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
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Museums, exhibitions, etc. | |
WY 28.5 |
Collective
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WY 28.6 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of museum, etc.)
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WY 29 |
Employment. Placement agencies
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WY 30 |
Personnel management. Collective bargaining
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WY 31 |
Statistics. Surveys
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WY 32 |
Laws
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WY 32.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WY 33 |
Discussion of law.
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WY 33.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
[WY 39] |
[This number not used]
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Classify handbooks on nursing in WY 49.
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WY 44 |
Malpractice. Liability. Liability insurance
(Table G)
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WY 44.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WY 49 |
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Economics. Ethics. Philosophy. Psychological Aspects | |
WY 77 |
Economics of nursing
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WY 85 |
Nursing ethics
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WY 86 |
Nursing philosophy. Nursing theory
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WY 86.5 |
Holistic nursing
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WY 87 |
Psychology of nursing care and nurses. Nurses' social relations
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Classify here works on relations with patients, physicians and the public.
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Referral. Nursing Care, Assessment and Audit | |
WY 90 |
Referral and consultation (General)
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WY 100 |
General works on nursing procedures
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Classify works on nursing techniques in special fields of medicine in WY 150-164.
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WY 100.2 |
Moving and lifting patients
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WY 100.4 |
Nursing assessment. Nursing diagnosis
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WY 100.5 |
Nursing records. Nursing audit
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Special Fields in Nursing | |
WY 101 |
General works. Primary nursing care
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Classify here works on nursing specialities as a career. Cf. WY 150 General works on nursing techniques in medical specialties.
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WY 105 |
Administrative work. Supervisory nursing. Teaching
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WY 106 |
Community health nursing
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Classify works on a particular kind of community nursing with the more specific type, e.g., Public health nursing WY 108.
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WY 107 |
Transcultural nursing
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WY 108 |
Public health nursing
(e.g., Federal, state, etc.) |
Cf. WY 130 Governmental nursing services.
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WY 109 |
Office nursing
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WY 113 |
School nursing
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WY 115 |
Home care services
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Classify here works on visiting nursing, visiting nurses associations, and respite care.
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WY 125 |
Institutional nursing. Team nursing
(e.g., In hospitals, sanatoriums, etc.) |
Cf. WY 105 Administrative work.
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WY 127 |
Private nursing
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WY 128 |
Nurse practitioners. Nurse clinicians
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WY 130 |
Governmental nursing services
(e.g., Armed Forces. Veterans Administration. Indian Health Service, etc.) |
Cf. WY 108 Public health nursing.
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WY 137 |
Red Cross nursing
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WY 141 |
Occupational health nursing
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WY 143 |
Transportation nursing
(e.g., On airplanes, ships, trains) |
WY 145 |
Nursing by religious orders
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Nursing Techniques in Special Fields of Medicine | |
WY 150 |
General works
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WY 150.5 |
Rehabilitation nursing
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WY 151 |
Nurse anesthetists
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Cf. WY 154 Postanesthesia nursing.
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WY 152 |
Geriatric nursing. Chronic disease nursing. Life support care. Long term care. Terminal care
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WY 152.5 |
Cardiovascular nursing. Hematologic and lymphatic disease nursing
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WY 153 |
Communicable disease nursing
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WY 153.5 |
AIDS/HIV nursing
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WY 154 |
Emergency nursing. Critical care. Recovery room care. Postanesthesia nursing
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Cf. WY 151 nurse anesthetics; WY 161-162 Perioperative nursing.
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WY 154.5 |
Dermatological nursing
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WY 155 |
Endocrine disease nursing
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WY 156 |
Oncologic nursing
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WY 156.5 |
Digestive system disease nursing
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WY 156.7 |
Gynecological nursing
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WY 157 |
Obstetrical nursing. Nurse midwifery
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WY 157.3 |
Maternal-child nursing. Neonatal nursing. Perinatal nursing
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Classify here works on care of the mother and child shortly before and after the child is born.
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WY 157.6 |
Musculoskeletal system nursing. Orthopedic nursing
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WY 158 |
Ophthalmic nursing
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WY 158.5 |
Otolaryngological nursing
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WY 159 |
Pediatric nursing. Adolescent nursing
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Classify works on pediatric and adolescent nursing in special fields by type, e.g., on pediatric surgical nursing in WY 161.
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WY 159.5 |
Family nursing
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WY 160 |
Psychiatric nursing
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Include works on psychiatric aides and ward attendants here. Classify works on supervision of ward attendance in WM 35.
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WY 160.5 |
Neurological nursing
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WY 161 |
Perioperative nursing
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Cf. WY 154 Postanesthesia nursing.
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WY 162 |
Operating room techniques
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WY 163 |
Respiratory system nursing
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WY 164 |
Urologic nursing
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WY 170 |
Forensic nursing
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Other Services | |
WY 191 |
Male nurses
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WY 193 |
Nurses' aides, ward attendants and orderlies
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Classify ward attendants for psychiatric institutions in WY 160.
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WY 195 |
Practical nursing
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WY 200 |
Home nursing
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By Country | |
WY 300 |
Nursing by country
(Table G)
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