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Health Case Studies 

Health Case Studies is composed of eight separate health case studies. Each case study includes the patient narrative or story that models the best practice (at the time of publishing) in healthcare settings.

 Multi-Course Case Studies in Health Sciences

Public Health Ethics: Global Cases, Practice, and Context

 Nursing Virtual Case Studies

Nursing : Nilgun Ulutasdemir (editor) : 9781789237764 : Blackwell's Nursing 

This book covers topics from nursing history and philosophy, communication and ethics in nursing, nursingand culture.

Colonial caring Colonial caring: A history of colonial and post-colonial nursing 

Book on the history of nursing

Body Physics: Motion to Metabolism 

Introduction to Nursing (GHC) Introduction to Nursing (GHC)

This LibGuides-based open textbook was created through a Round 13 Textbook Transformation Grant. The text covers an overview of nursing history, professional roles, professional education, legal and ethical considerations, evidence-based practice, caring, the culture of nursing, technology and informatics, and nursing theories

Cover image for Introduction to Communication in Nursing Introduction to Communication in Nursing

An EKG Interpretation Primer (Christianson et al.)An EKG Interpretation Primer (Christianson et al.)

Cover of The Future of NursingThe Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. 

Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing

 Transitions to Professional Nursing Practice 

Transitions to Professional Nursing Practice 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.

 Cover image: “Doctor Nursing Hospital Nurse Bless You Medicine” available from Max Pixels is … Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing 

Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing is designed for a single-semester introduction to the professional nurse’s leadership role as both a care provider and a formal leader.

textbook cover image Creative Clinical Teaching in the Health Professions 

This peer reviewed e-book is a must-read for nurses and other health professionals who strive to teach with creativity and excellence in clinical settings. Each chapter presents current evidence informed educational practice knowledge.

Teaching and Learning in Nursing: Pajnkihar, Majda, Vrbnjak, Dominika,  Stiglic, Gregor: 9789535131533: Amazon.com: Books Teaching and Learning in Nursing 

A significant body of knowledge is the basis for a holistic, caring and scientific evidence-based nursing education in practice for professional development.

Cover image for Finding Evidence-based Information for Health Sciences Students Finding Evidence-based Information for Health Sciences Students

 Leadership for Nurses in Clinical Settings

 Strategies for Success in Nursing School: From Start to Finish

Cover image for Nursing Management and Professional Concepts Nursing Management and Professional Concepts

textbook cover image Microbiology 

"This Microbiology textbook, adapted from the Boundless version, is intended to provide health care professionals with a working knowledge of infectious disease.

Read more about General Microbiology - 1st Edition General Microbiology - 1st Edition

Microbiology: A Laboratory Experience Microbiology: A Laboratory Experience Author(s): Holly Ahern

Project Hero Cover Microbiology for Allied Health Students

book-cover Boundless Microbiology

Read more about Microbiomes: Health and the Environment Microbiomes: Health and the Environment

Nursing Skills 

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. It is based on the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Skills course (543-102), the 2019 NCLEX-RN Test Plan, the 2020 NCLEX-PN Test Plan, and the Wisconsin Nurse Practice Act.

Nursing Fundamentals 

This Nursing Fundamentals textbook is an open educational resource with CC-BY licensing developed for entry-level nursing students. Content is based on the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Fundamentals course (543-101), the 2019 NCLEX-RN Test Plan, the 2020 NCLEX-PN Test Plan, and the Wisconsin Nurse Practice Act.

The Art and Science of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing front cover The Art and Science of Evidence-based Practice in Nursing 

The Art and Science of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing is an interactive open textbook that focuses on the key areas for a nurse to know when developing skills in evidence-based practice. An introductory special focus is on the muddy points of evidence-based practice content.

Cover image for Vital Sign Measurement Across the Lifespan - 1st Canadian edition Vital Sign Measurement Across the Lifespan – 1st Canadian edition 

The purpose of this textbook is to help learners develop best practices in vital sign measurement. Using a multi-media approach, it will provide opportunities to read about, observe, practice, and test vital sign measurement.

 The Complete Subjective Health Assessment 

This textbook is designed for the novice learner who is seeking to develop a foundational understanding of the complete subjective health assessment in the context of health and illness.

 Nurse Practitioner Student's Pocket Guide to Clinical Guidelines  pdf copy

Fundamentals of Nursing - E-Book

By Patricia A. Potter, Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Stockert, Amy Hall · 2020 

Professional Practice in Nursing 

Introduction to Health Assessment for the Nursing Professional

Cover of Patient Safety and Quality Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses 

you will find peer-reviewed discussions and reviews of a wide range of issues and literature regarding patient safety and quality health care. Owing to the complex nature of health care, this book provides some insight into the multiple factors that determine the quality and safety of health care as well as patient, nurse, and systems outcomes.

 Nursing Care at the End of Life: What Every Clinician Should Know 

Nursing Care at the End of Life: What Every Clinician Should Know should be an essential component of basic educational preparation for the professional registered nurse student.

Critical Care Nursing of Infants and Children 

This publication of the second edition of Critical Care Nursing of Infants and Children is another important milestone in the evolving development of pediatric critical care nursing.

Cover of The care of dying people in nursing homes and intensive care units: a qualitative mixed-methods study The care of dying people in nursing homes and intensive care units: a qualitative mixed-methods study

Foundations for Assisting in Home Care Foundations for Assisting in Home Care

Read more about Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care

 Health Assessment Guide for Nurses

Essentials of Patient Education Essentials of Patient Education

Physical Therapy Applications for Individuals with Neurologic Dysfunction Physical Therapy Applications for Individuals with Neurologic Dysfunction 

Topics include interventions and assessment for patients with Guillain-Barre and spinal cord injury, respiratory assessment and interventions, and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation.

Additional Resources

Johns Hopkins Bloombery School of Public Health Open Courseware Initiative 

A collection of open public health courses and course material

MedEdPORTAL

Publications promoting educational scholarship and collaboration by facilitating the open exchange of peer-reviewed health education teaching and assessment resources.

OPENPediatrics

OPENPediatrics is an open access educational platform and online community of clinicians sharing best practices from all resource settings around the world through innovative collaboration and digital learning technologies.

Health and medicine 

Khan Academy tutorial videos on Health and Medicine

Nursing 

WISC-Online learning

CSO (Clinical Skills Online) 

Online video tutorials from youtube

EM SIM CASES Peer-reviewed simulation cases for Emergency Medicine programs available in FOAMed spirit. 

simulation cases

Nursing Simulation Scenario Library 

The Nursing Simulation Scenario Library is a resource for nursing educators in all settings and made possible by the generosity of the Healthcare Initiative Foundation.

TheSimtech 

Simulations for clinicals. Medical Simulation Scenarios are text documents outlining the various details of a simulation - everything from patient simulator settings to debriefing notes.

HEAL Collection 

The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education.

Advancing Career and Training for Healthcare (ACT) 

Resources, materials, and Arise Simulations

Massachusetts Nursing Initiative - Simulation Scenario Library

Scenarios available for download on this site were developed by academic/practice partnerships with grant funding provided by the Nursing Initiative. The scenarios on this site are available for download to registered users at no cost.

Open RN

Contains simulations and peer-reviewed textbooks

Data & Statistics - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Data and statistics provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is a public domain Web site, which means you may link to CDC.gov at no cost and without specific permission.

Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)

Nursing Videos