University of Virginia Health System

The Professional Nursing Staff Organization provides the mechanism for the discipline of Nursing to establish, uphold, and communicate its values and standards within the University of Virginia Health System. The following are core documents and texts that have been adopted by the PNSO to fulfill its guiding mission. The Nursing Cabinet reviews and revises this list every three years and as indicated.

Click on the links to view each resource, or refer to hardcopy texts as noted.   

Standard Reference Materials are available in practice areas and in the PNSO office:

Drug References - hardcopy reference available in practice areas.

• Online reference databases: Micromedex® Healthcare Series, Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado, © 1974-2008 ( http://www.micromedex.com/products/hcs/)
• Mosby's 2008 Nursing Drug Reference, 21st edition by Linda Skidmore-Roth, © 2008, Mosby Inc.
• Mosby's 2009 Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals, 25th edition by Betty L. Gahart and Adrienne R. Nazareno, © 2009, Mosby Inc.
• Pediatric Dosage Handbook - 14th Edition by Carol K. Taketomo,
  Jane H. Hodding, Donna M. Kraus, © 2007, LexiComp.

Workplace Advocacy: Workplace Advocacy Guide for Nurses, © 2005, Virginia Nurses Association - hardcopy reference available in practice areas; individual copies presented to each RN by Dr. Cipriano in 2005.

        Nursing Standards:

• ANA Standards of Nursing Practice - hardcopy reference available in practice areas.
• ANA Standards of Nursing Administrative Practice - hardcopy reference available in practice areas.

Procedure Manual Standard Texts:  - hardcopy reference available in practice areas; UVA-specific procedures may also be referenced online. 

• Adult Acute Care:  Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 5th Edition, by Anne Griffin Perry and Patricia A. Potter, © 2004, Mosby Inc.
• Adult Critical Care:  American Association of Critical Care Nurses' AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care, 5th edition, edited by Debra J. Lynn-McHale Wiegand and Karen K. Carlson, © 2005, Elsevier Inc.
• Pediatric Acute Care: Pediatric Nursing Procedures, 2nd Edition, Vicky R. Bowden and Cindy Smith Greenberg, © 2008, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
• UVA- specific procedures are available online.  

    Approved by Cabinet:  January 2007