Educational Resources: Textbooks Plus

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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.).

Clinical Nursing Calculations

Curren’s Math for Meds: Dosages and Solutions

Dosage Calculations for Nursing Students: Master Dosage Calculations The Safe & Easy Way Without Formulas! (Dosage Calculation Success Series)

Nursing Dosage Calculation Workbook: 24 Categories of Problems From Basic To Advanced! (Dosage Calculation Success Series)


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.

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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 miwolffbook2016ght 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.

Debra A. Wolff DNS, PCNP, RN

ISBN-13: 9780826132864

 

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

Study Guide for Nursing Research – E-Book: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice

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

     

 

Nursing Education

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

Clinical Nurse Specialist™?max=230  Theory and Reasoning in Nursing 

More to Come!