Books

Career skills for students starting a health profession programme: how to study well, communicate with patients and teams, manage time, and prepare for a first internship or job. Written for health sciences, health administration and pre-professional students. By Andrea M. Nelson and Katherine Greene, University of West Florida Pressbooks 2025, CC BY-NC-SA licence.

This book covers the advanced clinical skills registered nurses learn after basic nursing skills: IV infusions and blood product administration, central line and chest tube care, basic ECG reading, and nasogastric or feeding tube insertion. Written for pre-licensure nursing students as part of the Open RN open textbook series. By Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN), WisTech Open 2023, CC BY licence.

This book introduces concepts related to nursing leadership and management, prioritization strategies, delegation and supervision, legal implications of nursing practice, ethical nursing practice, collaboration within the interprofessional team, health care economics, quality and evidencebased practice, advocacy, preparation for the RN role, and the avoidance of burnout with self-care. Several online, interactive learning activities are included in each chapter that encourage application of content to patientcare situations. Additionally, the Appendix includes a “suite of patients” with suggested prompts for classroom discussion to assist students in applying concepts from the book to real patient-care situations.

This peer-reviewed open textbook provides a foundational guide to evidence-based digital health for Australian undergraduate nursing and midwifery students. Structured around the 2020 National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework, the text includes practical online learning activities and serves as a core resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate curricula.

"Leading Change in Health Systems: Strategies for RN-BSN Students" is designed for practicing registered nurses pursuing their Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. The textbook builds upon RNs' existing knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to healthcare leadership. It enables readers to apply theoretical leadership concepts directly to their clinical practice environments.

Chippewa Valley Technical College released an open education Nursing Assistant textbook with CC BY licensing, funded by HEERF. The book combines remixed content from Open RN and other OER sources with new material, featuring interactive activities and instructor skills demonstration videos. It was developed specifically for use in Nursing Assistant courses.

This is an open education textbook on mental health nursing by Bush and Van Der Like from the University of West Florida. It covers mental health history, theories, psychopharmacology, and common diagnoses. The second edition adds case studies, virtual simulations, and a study guide.

This peer-reviewed, open textbook for clinical nursing educators examines urban health barriers and their impact on patient outcomes through perspectives of urban communities, patients, and providers. It offers strategies for addressing healthcare disparities, providing culturally responsive care, and improving patient-provider communication through team-based approaches. The text includes learning activities, exemplars, and case studies.

This open educational resource (CC-BY licensed) is designed for prelicensure nursing students and available free in e-book and downloadable formats, with affordable print versions through XanEdu on Amazon and college bookstores.RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.

This textbook uses a checklist approach to standardize clinical nursing skills, with 88 procedures organized into chapters containing learning objectives, theory overviews, step-by-step checklists with rationales, and key takeaways. Bold key terms are defined in a glossary, and all checklists are summarized and hyperlinked in the appendix for quick reference.

This open textbook guides graduate students in nursing and education through the literature review process, covering research question formation, literature searching, synthesis, and writing. Written by two librarians with research expertise, the book includes eight chapters with examples, checklists, supplementary materials, and additional resources. It's designed specifically for new graduate students and novice researchers entering their chosen discipline.

This textbook supports nursing students transitioning from associate to baccalaureate degrees, with content grounded in the American Nurses Association's Standards of Professional Practice and Code of Ethics. It covers essential topics including professional practice, 21st-century healthcare, autonomy, communication, interprofessional collaboration, critical thinking, and evidence-based practice. The text provides a comprehensive overview of the nursing profession, accrediting organizations, and foundational competencies for baccalaureate-level nursing.