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Nursing & Health Sciences: Find Books

A guide for resources such as books and articles about nursing and health science

Recommended Books on Research & Study Skills

Care Skills for Nurses by Claire Boyd
ISBN: 9781118657386

Publication Date: 2013-12-31
Medicine Management Skills for Nurses by Claire Boyd
ISBN: 9781118448854

Publication Date: 2013-05-06
Clinical Skills for Nurses by Claire Boyd
ISBN: 9781118448779

Publication Date: 2013-05-13
Calculation Skills for Nurses by Claire Boyd
ISBN: 9781118448892

Publication Date: 2013-05-06
Study Skills for Nurses by Claire Boyd
ISBN: 9781118657409

Publication Date: 2014-08-04
A Nurse's Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Dissertation or Scholarly Project by Karen Roush; Sigma Theta Tau International Staff (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781948057127

Publication Date: 2018-10-01
Study Skills for Nursing and Midwifery Students by David A. Guest; Philip A. Scullion
ISBN: 9780335222209

Publication Date: 2007-08-01
Getting Started in Health Research by David Bowers; Allan House; David Owens
ISBN: 9781118292983

Publication Date: 2011-11-22
Proposal Writing for Nursing Capstones and Clinical Projects by Wanda E. Bonnel; Katharine Vogel Smith
ISBN: 9780826108630

Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Research for Advanced Practice Nurses by Beth A. Staffileno (Editor); Marcia Pencak Murphy (Editor); Susan Buchholz (Editor)
ISBN: 9780826151322

Publication Date: 2021-01-28

Medical Dictionaries and Reference Books

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary by Donald Venes
ISBN: 9781719650670

Publication Date: 2025-02-12
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary by Merriam-Webster, Inc. (Created by)
ISBN: 0877792941

Publication Date: 2016-03-01
Black's Medical Dictionary by Harvey Marcovitch
ISBN: 1472943074

Publication Date: 2017-10-24
The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health by Jacqueline L. Longe (Editor)
ISBN: 9781535875486

Publication Date: 2023-03-31
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick
ISBN: 0826133045

Publication Date: 2017-08-28

Scope & Standards of Practice Books

Nursing : Scope and Standards of Practice by American Nursing Association Staff
ISBN: 9781558106192

Publication Date: 2021
Vascular Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice by American Nurses Association
ISBN: 9781558106482

Publication Date: 2016-04-01
Pain Management Nursing : Scope and Standards of Practice
ISBN: 9781558106604

Publication Date: 2016
Nursing Administration: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition by Kathleen M. White and Elaine Scott
ISBN: 9781558106444
Faith Community Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice by American Nurses Association
ISBN: 9780972608831

Publication Date: 2025
Gerontological Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice 2nd Ed by American Nurses Association
ISBN: 9781947800359

Publication Date: 2019-06-01
Forensic Nursing : Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition by American Nurses Association
ISBN: 9781558106994

Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Holistic Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice 3rd Edition by American Nurses Association; American Holistic Nurses Association
ISBN: 9781947800397

Publication Date: 2019-06-01
Neuroscience Nursing by American Nurses Association; American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
ISBN: 9781947800212

Publication Date: 2018-11-01
Rheumatology Nursing by American Nurses Association; Rheumatology Nurses Society
ISBN: 9781947800311

Publication Date: 2019-04-01
Public Health Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition by American Nurses Association
ISBN: 9780999308844

Publication Date: 2021-10-01
Nurse Life Care Planning Scope and Standards of Practice by American Association American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners; Patricia Rapson, , LMT, CCM, CLCP, CNLCP, MSCC, LNCC; Anne Sambucini, , CCM, CDMS, CNLCP, MSCC; Joan Schofield, MBA, BSN, , CNLCP; Nancy Zangmeister, , CRRN, CCM, CLCP, MSCC, CNLCP; Becky Czarnik, MS, , CLNC, LNCP-C, CMSP; Lori Dickson, MSN, , MSCC, CLCP, CNLCP; Jacquelyn Godlove-Morris, , BSN, CRRN, CNLCP; Wendie Howland, MN, -BC, CCRN, CCM, CNLCP, LNCC; Shelly Kinney, MSN, , CNLCP, CCM; Victoria Powell, , CCM, LNCC, CNLCP, CLCP, MSCC, CBIS, CEAS II
Call Number: RT85.5 .N87 2015

ISBN: 9780692622223

Publication Date: 2016-01-28
Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Telehealth Nursing by American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
ISBN: 9781940325545

Publication Date: 2018-06-01
Neurovascular Nursing by American Nurses Association; Association of Neurovascular Clinicians
ISBN: 9781953985651

Publication Date: 2023-02-19

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