Educational Resources: Textbooks Plus
On this page, I list my favorite and highly recommended educational resources textbooks and journals for general nursing topics and specialty areas. Other services related to reading, listening, and enjoying music for lifelong learning, entertainment, and relaxation are included.
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Textbook Recommendations on the following topics:
Dimensional Analysis and Medication Calculation
General Nursing
Nursing Career
Evidence-Based Practice
Nursing Research & Statistics
Nursing Education
Clinical Nurse Specialist education
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Educational Resources: Textbooks and Journals
Dimensional Analysis and Medication Calculation
Calculating Dosages Safely: A Dimensional Analysis Approach
Medical Dosage Calculations: A Dimensional Analysis Approach
Clinical Calculations Made Easy: Solving Problems Using Dimensional Analysis (6th ed.).
Curren’s Math for Meds: Dosages and Solutions
General Nursing
As a nursing educator, I have relied on Lippincott Williams & Wilkins textbooks and Journals (e.g., Nursing2019, Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, Nurse Educator, JONA) for my students in my courses for nursing education, clinical nurse specialist education, evidence-based practice, change leadership, nursing research, and acute and critical care nursing.
Their Incredibly … series and Nursing Know-How handbooks are popular with students and practicing nurses.
I also use Springer textbooks for my nursing classes. My recommendations are in their respective sections. Springer Publishing Company
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Nursing Career
Going Back to School?
You mi
ght want to pick up Debra A. Wolff’s new book: Advancing Your Nursing Degree – The Experienced Nurse’s Guide to Returning to School. It’s full of practical tips, checklists, resources, and sage advice for preparing for and advancing your nursing career.
Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-Based Teaching in Nursing: Foundation for Educators
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice
Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice. Model and Guidelines
Nursing Research & Statistics
Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice
Nursing research: Methods, critical appraisal, and utilization
Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice
Research Methods: The Essential Knowledge Base
Research Essentials: Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice.
Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice
Nursing Research: Reading, Using and Creating Evidence
Introduction to Nursing Research: Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice
Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice
Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches
Qualitative Research
Nursing Research: A Qualitative Perspective
The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research
Qualitative Research: Bridging the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological
Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice
Stats
Munro’s Statistical Methods for Health Care Research
Statistics for Nursing Research – E-Book: A Workbook for Evidence
Statistics for Nursing: A Practical Approach
For Nursing Education classes on Evaluation of Teaching and Learning
Teaching in Nursing and Role of the Educator: The Complete Guide to Best Practice in Teaching, Evaluation, and Curriculum Development
Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education
The Nurse Educators Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes
Clinical Teaching Strategies in Nursing
Evidence-Based Teaching in Nursing: Foundation for Educators
For Nurse Educators, new (and not) to the Educator role and looking to get certified, including the new review manual written for nurse educators who seek certification as a Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) specializing in the Clinical Learning Environment (CLE).
Certified Nurse Educator Exam Secrets Study Guide: CNE Test Review for the Certified Nurse Educator Examination
Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) Review Manual, Third Edition
Certified Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) Review Manual
Nurse Certified Educator: Specialty Review and Self-Assessment (StatPearls Review Series Book 388)
Clinical Nurse Specialists
As a CNS, I definitely am a member of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) and have a subscription to the Clinical Nurse Specialist journal, a member benefit. (I also edited the Educator’s Corner in that journal for many years.) Here are some of my favorite journals and texts for CNS Education:
Clinical Nurse Specialist: The International Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice
Foundations of Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice
Clinical Nurse Specialist Toolkit: A Guide for the New Clinical Nurse Specialist
The Clinical Nurse Specialist Handbook
Munro’s Statistical Methods for Health Care Research
More to Come!
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