Required and Optional Text-Additional Resources

Required:

1. Medical-Surgical Nursing Critical Thinking in Client Care (4th edition)
   Priscilla LeMone and Karen Burke
   Pearson/Prentice Hall
   ISBN-13: 9780131713086
   ISBN-10: 0131713086
   
   
2. Pharmacology A Nursing Process Approach (6th edition)
   Kee, Hayes, McCuistion
   Saunders
   ISBN: 978-1-4160-4663-9 
   
   
3. Clinical Nursing Skills Basic to Advanced Skills (7th edition)
   Smith, Duell, Martin
   Pearson/Prentice Hall
   ISBN-13: 9780132243551
   ISBN-10: 0132243555
   

Optional Text:

1. Medical / Nursing Dictionary- Mosby's or Webster's
2. Nursing Drug Handbook 
3. Dosage Calculations book for practice 

Book Publishers/Sellers:

• www.amazon.com (book seller)
  
• www.barnesnoble.com (book seller)
  
• www.borders.com (book seller)
  
• www.delmarhealthcare.com
  
• www.lww.com (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins)
  
• www.prenhall.com (Prentice Hall)
  
• www.us.elsevierhealth.com (Saunders, Mosby)
  
• www.abebooks.com (book seller,used)
  

Additional Resources:

Nursing Publications:

1. NurseWeek. www.nurseweek.com/subscribe. Biweekly, free if you are actively licensed
   
   
2. ADVANCE for Nurses. www.advancefornurses.com. Biweekly, free is you are actively licensed.
   
   

Websites:

• www.allnurses.com. A search engine specifically for nurses.
  
  
• www.cdc.gov. The Centers for Disease Control, the federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people.
  
  
• www.nih.gov. the National Institutes of Health, the federal agency for health research.
  
  
• www.fda.gov. the Food and Drug Administration, the federal agency for enforcing the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Responsible for overseeing the regulation of food, medicine, cosmetics, etc.
  
  
• www.drugs.com an Internet source for over-the-counter and prescription drugs.
  
  
• www.nlm.nih.gov National Library of Medicine
  
  

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