Special Instructions

• Nurses' Instruction
  • Use for background material on diseases and other topics written for a nursing audience, which do not include specific nursing procedures
    
    • Do not use as a substitute for the qualifier nursing when it is not an allowable qualifier for a given MeSH descriptor
      
    • Instead, coordinate the MeSH descriptor with Nursing Care or another appropriate nursing descriptor
      
    • Do not use Nurses’ Instruction if you already have a descriptor that includes the nursing concept
  
  
• Outlines
  
  • Avoid using both Outlines and Handbooks when cataloging a handbook written in outline form. Prefer Handbooks as the more useful designation, unless only very brief phrases are used.
  
  
• Personal Narratives
  
  • Use for single as well collections of self-described accounts on specific topics and for personal reminiscences on specific topics
    
  • Use Autobiography for self-described narratives of a person's life.