17 Medicine & Nursing
Book Collections & Textbooks
- Open Textbook Library: Medicine
- Cell Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry for Pre-Clinical Students; Public Health in Pharmacy Practice: A Casebook; Nursing Skills; Nursing Fundamentals; A Guide to the Principles of Animal Nutrition; Nutrition: Histology and Embryology for Dental Hygiene; Transitions to Professional Nursing Practice; Safety, Health, and Nutrition in Early Childhood Education; Nursing Pharmacology; The Complete Subjective Health Assessment; & more.
- Medicines by Design
- a science education booklet that discusses the different ways medicines work in the body and how this information guides the hunt for drugs of the future. [NIH; fed gov’t site]
- Vital Sign Measurement Across the Lifespan
- the purpose of this textbook is to help learners develop best practices in vital sign measurement. Using a multimedia approach, it will provide opportunities to read about, observe, practice, and test vital sign measurement. [CC BY-SA]
- Allied Health Chemistry
- introduces students to the foundations of General, Organic and Biological Chemistry; prepares students to be successful in health-related degree programs; textbook focuses on the basic fundamentals of measurements in chemistry, the scientific method, an introduction into atoms, elements and trends of the periodic table, chemical bond formation, stoichiometry and chemical reactions, an introduction to organic chemistry, and the relationship of concepts to biological systems is carried throughout the text with a focus on medical and health-related aspects; available in word, pdf, online [CC BY-NC-SA]
- Nursing Fundamentals
- developed for entry-level nursing students; introduces the entry-level nursing student to the scope of nursing practice, various communication techniques, and caring for diverse patients; 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. Care for patients with integumentary disorders and cognitive or sensory impairments is also discussed. Learning activities have been incorporated into each chapter to encourage students to use critical thinking while applying content to patient care situations.[CC BY]
- Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing
- designed for a single-semester introduction to the professional nurse’s leadership role as both a care provider and a formal leader. An assortment of authors with diverse nursing leadership roles across Saskatchewan and Canada have contributed to this textbook. [CC BY]
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designed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students. It explains basic concepts of pharmacology and describes common medication classes. This book is not intended to be used as a drug reference book, but direct links are provided to DailyMed; [CC BY]
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Journals
- Progress in Preventive Medicine
- open acce