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Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care
Doyle and McCutcheon · British Columbia Institute of Technology
The checklist approach, used in this textbook, aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current. Each skill/procedure is covered in a chapter that has learning objectives, a brief overview of the relevant theory, checklists of steps for procedures with the rationale behind each step of the process, and a summary of key takeaways.
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Nutrition for Nurses
Openstax · LibreTexts
Nutrition for Nurses is structured to support the flexible integration of nutrition content across both system-based and nursing competency-based curricula. It can be used whether nutrition is taught as a standalone course or part of another nursing course. The text emphasizes evidence-based practice and holistic assessment to facilitate the integration of nutritional awareness for pre-licensure nursing students in the provision of client-centered care.
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Chemistry 100: Fundamentals of Chemistry
Fred Garces · San Diego Miramar College
This course is an introductory study of the language and tools of chemistry. Basic concepts of the structure, properties, interactions and changes of matter and energy are studied, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Applications to everyday experiences are considered. This course is taken by students majoring in nursing or allied health sciences and provides a foundation for further coursework in chemistry.
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TIP 57: Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · LibreTexts
This manual helps behavioral health professionals understand the impact of trauma on those who experience it. The manual discusses patient assessment and treatment planning strategies. These strategies support recovery and the development of a trauma-informed care workforce.
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Health Case Studies
Rees, Kruger, and Morrison · British Columbia Institute of Technology
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. Associated with each case is a set of specific learning objectives to support learning and facilitate educational strategies and evaluation.
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Public Health Ethics - Cases Spanning the Globe
Drue H. Barrett, Angus Dawson & Leonard W. Ortmann · University of Sydney & CDC
Broadly speaking, public health ethics helps guide practical decisions affecting population or community health based on scientific evidence and in accordance with accepted values and standards of right and wrong. In these ways, public health ethics builds on its parent disciplines of public health and ethics. Public health ethics shares with other fields of practical and professional ethics both the general theories of ethics and a common store of ethical principles, values, and beliefs.
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An EKG Interpretation Primer
Jacqueline Christianson et al. · Nurses International Team
This book teaches healthcare professionals the basics of EKG interpretation.
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Strategies for Success in a Health Career
OpenStax · LibreTexts
In the contents: 7.08: Taking Tests Quizzes and Nursing School Tests · 8.07: Critical Thinking Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Profession · 14: Nursing school Specific ..... most applies to other healthcare specialites too
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Population Health for Nurses
OpenStax · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.03: Population-Based Practice in Nursing · 3.01: Defining Public Community Health Nursing · 3.02: Public Community Health Nursing Scope of Practice Core Competencies and Function
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Pharmacology - Principles and Application for Medical Assistants
Anna Jannak · Moraine Valley Community College
In the contents: 1.6.03: Nursing Drug References Books and Websites
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WCC: BIOC 141 Fundamentals of Biochemistry
Colmenares and Ashburn · Windward Community College
BIOC 141- Biological chemistry focusing on the integration of concepts from general, inorganic, and biochemistry and their application to living systems. Satisfies the one-semester chemistry requirement for pre-nursing and pre-dental hygiene majors.
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CHM 120: Survey of General Chemistry
Jesse Crandall · Grand Rapids Community College
GRCC CHM 120 (Survey of General Chemistry) is an introductory college chemistry course covering fundamental principles including atomic structure, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, gas laws, solutions, kinetics, and equilibrium. It is designed for students requiring a foundational understanding, often serving nursing or allied health tracks.
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Chemistry 110: An Introduction to General, Organic and Biological Chemistry
Garima Garg · Rio Hondo College
This text takes up the fundamental concepts of general, organic, and biological chemistry. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between chemistry and the health/medical sciences, so the course is especially appropriate for students who intend to pursue a career in nursing and other health-related professions, including kinesiology and psychology.
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CHE 125: GOB Introductory Chemistry
Erin O’Connell · UW-Milwaukee/Washington County & Waukesha
In this book you will be learning about the fundamental concepts of chemistry. These concepts are meant to help you understand more about the world around you, and to prepare you for the second semester of this course on organic and biochemistry. This is the first semester of two part course on nursing chemistry.
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Pharmacology for Nurses
Openstax · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.01: Pharmacology Interdisciplinary Teams and Nursing Practice · 2.01: Drug Administration and the Nursing Process
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CHEM 309 General, Organic, & Biochemistry
Dianne Bennett · Sacramento City College
This course is an intensive survey of general, organic, and biological chemistry specifically designed for nursing majors and other health related fields. Topics include general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biological chemistry as applied to the chemistry of the human body.
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Chem 100: Fundamentals of G(OB) Chemistry
Fred Garces · San Diego Miramar College
This course is a one-semester survey of general, organic, and biological chemistry for nursing and other health-related fields. Topics include general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biological chemistry as they apply to the human body. This course is intended for students majoring in nursing, nutrition, or allied health fields.
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BIOL 250: Human Anatomy
Yancy Aquino · Skyline College
Gross and microscopic structure of the human body through lecture and laboratory study of dissections, histology slides, anatomy models, and prosected human cadavers. Primarily intended for Nursing, Respiratory Care, Allied Health, Surgical Technology, Kinesiology, and other health-related fields.
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BIO 50: Anatomy and Physiology (Zingg)
Barbara Zingg · Las Positas College
This textbook is designed for an introductory, college-level Human Anatomy and Physiology course. It serves students pursuing allied health programs and those completing a general education science requirement. Written for students with little prior biology background, it also provides foundational preparation for more advanced coursework, including the pre-nursing anatomy and physiology sequence.
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Chem 410: Chemistry for Health Sciences
Skyline
Survey of the principles of general, organic, and biochemistry. The physical and chemical properties of inorganic, organic, and biomolecules. Includes a study of equilibrium in chemical systems with special emphasis on chemical processes in the body. The laboratory component introduces qualitative and quantitative techniques of chemical study and manipulations with inorganic, organic, and biochemical reactions. Designed for Health Science majors (e.g. respiratory therapy, nursing).