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Nursing Specialties
Nursing Specialties
Nurse Education & Career
Nurse Education & Career
Various Nursing Topics
Various Nursing Topics
Open Access Nursing Textbooks
Open Access Nursing Textbooks
Open textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted, and most were published or updated in recent years. You may also find here other learning resources, such as course lesson plans.
Nursing Fundamentals
Kimberly Ernstmeyer, Elizabeth Christman, et al
WI Technical Colleges Open Press 2020
Introduces the entry-level nursing student to the scope of nursing practice, various communication techniques, and caring for diverse patients. The nursing process is used as a framework for providing patient care based on the following nursing concepts: safety, oxygenation, comfort, spiritual well-being, grief and loss, sleep and rest, mobility, nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, and elimination.
Nursing Skills
Kimberly Ernstmeyer, Elizabeth Christman, et al
WI Technical Colleges Open Press 2021
This open access Nursing Skills textbook includes physical assessments routinely performed by entry-level registered nurses and basic nursing skills performed by licensed practical nurses.
Nursing Care at the End of Life: What Every Clinician Should Know
Susan E. Lowey
Open SUNY 2015
Addresses an essential component of the basic educational preparation for the professional registered nurse student. The purpose of this textbook is to provide an in-depth look at death and dying in this country and explore the vital role of the nurse in assisting patients and families along the journey towards the end of life.
Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness
Sherri Melrose
BCcampus 2015
This multidisciplinary resource develops topics of interest to all those who care about and for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental illness.
Human Nutrition
Jennifer Draper
LibreTexts 2022
Serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students. Covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.
Nursing Pharmacology – Free Nursing Textbooks PDF
Chippewa Valley Technical College
Wisconsin Technical College System 2020
Designed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students. It explains basic concepts of pharmacology and describes common medication classes.
Concepts of Fitness and Wellness
Althea Moser, Christin Collins, et al
University System of Georgia 2018
Chapters: Healthy Behaviors, Fitness Principles, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Muscular Fitness, Flexibility, Body Composition, Nutrition, Weight Management, Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Substance Use and Abuse, Sexually Transmitted Infection.
Anatomy and Physiology
Brandon Poe, Dean H. Kruse, et al
Rice University 2022
A dynamic textbook for the two-semester human anatomy and physiology course for life science and allied health majors.
Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care
Glynda Rees Doyle, Jodie McCutcheon, et al
Bccampus 2015
Aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current.
Transitions to Professional Nursing Practice
Jamie Murphy
Open SUNY 2020
Provides a pivotal learning experience for students transitioning from an associate degree education to a baccalaureate degree. Content includes a broad overview of the nursing profession, the role of accrediting and professional organizations with a strong focus on the American Nurses Association’s foundational documents. The competencies of the Standards of Professional Practice and the Code of Ethics are weaved throughout the text.
Mental Health is a Verb: A Pocket Guide to Mental Health for Nursing Students
Jake Bush, Jill Van Der Like
University of West Florida Pressbooks 2023
Opens with a foundational module, that provides a brief history of mental health treatment, pertinent theorists, and the underpinning concepts of mental health versus mental illness, followed by a separate chapter on psychopharmacology. The heart of the text is arranged into the most common mental health diagnoses.
Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts
Kimberly Ernstmeyer, Elizabeth Christman, et al
Chippewa Valley Technical College 2022
Mental health and community health concepts are discussed while emphasizing stress management techniques, healthy coping strategies, referrals to community resources, and other preventative interventions. Nursing care for individuals with specific mental health and substance use disorders is examined, and the nurse’s role in community health needs assessments and caring for vulnerable populations is introduced.
Anatomy and Physiology
J. Gordon Betts, Kelly A. Young, et al
OpenStax 2022
A dynamic textbook for the two-semester human anatomy and physiology course for life science and allied health majors. The book is organized by body system and covers standard scope and sequence requirements.