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Optimizing Population Health: Strategies for Advanced Level Nurses - 2e

Author: Andresen

Publisher: University of West Florida Pressbooks

License: CC BY-NC-SA

This resource provides an overview of population health concepts along with health promotion strategies utilized by advanced practice nurses. Resources are intended to be exemplary, but not exhaustive and introduce the reader to strategies that can be practiced while in graduate school as well as in healthcare settings.

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Community and Public Health Nursing: A Call to Action

Authors: Reed, Tremblay, Gross, Smith, Wiersma, Martin, Fruiterman, and Brown

Publisher: Virginia's Academic Library Consortium (VIVA)

License: CC BY

Community and Public Health Nursing: A Call to Action is a primer exploring the diverse roles of community and public health nurses through a social justice lens. Students will gain the fundamental knowledge and skills to work with community members and other stakeholders to promote health and well-being and to prevent disease. This textbook examines key issues such as health disparities, access to care, cultural competence, and the impact of social determinants on public health outcomes. Students will gain knowledge, practical skills, and insight into how nurses can improve community health, advocate for health-related policies, and promote health equity at the individual through systemic levels. The textbook also maps the content to the AACN New Essentials for Baccalaureate Nursing Education.

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Population Health for Nurses

Authors: Ochs, Roper, and Schwartz

Publisher: OpenStax

License: CC BY

Population Health for Nurses prepares nurses to develop interventions, policies, and practices that promote health equity and improved health outcomes across the health care delivery continuum. The text emphasizes the social determinants of health and how nurses can plan and implement health promotion and disease prevention interventions. It takes a holistic perspective, connecting human health behavior to the dynamic, ongoing interactions of the person, social factors, and the physical environment in which people are born, live, learn, play, work, and age.

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Digital Health for Nursing and Midwifery in Australia

Editors: Davis and McKenna

Publisher: Council of Australian University Librarians

License: CC BY-NC-SA

This peer reviewed open text covers the foundations of evidence-based digital health for undergraduate nursing and midwifery students. It grounds digital health nursing concepts in concrete practices and enables students to explore these through practical online learning activities, designed around the five domains of the National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework (2020). The resource provides core content for the undergraduate nursing and midwifery curriculum at Australian universities, reflecting contemporary best practice in digital health. It will also be beneficial to postgraduate courses focusing on digital health.

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Neonatal Care Essentials for Nursing and Midwifery

Author: Mcgregor

Publisher: Deakin University

License: CC BY-NC

This resource is aimed at providing student midwives and nurses an entry level understanding of the role of the nurse/midwife in the neonatal environment. The book is divided into chapters following the notions of warm, sweet, pink and calm with an overview of transition to the extrauterine environment. It is paramount that we ask ourselves when caring for premature or haemodynamically unstable term infants, are they warm, are they sweet, are they pink, and finally are they calm. This resource will provide you with an entry level understanding of the pathophysiology behind some of the more commonly seen presentations in the neonatal special care nursery, and more importantly the resource will provide you with management strategies following the warm, sweet, pink and calm concepts.

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Health Promotion in Health Care – Vital Theories and Research

Editors: Haugan and Eriksson

Publisher: Springer

License: CC BY

This open access textbook represents a vital contribution to global health education, offering insights into health promotion as part of patient care for bachelor’s and master’s students in health care (nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, radiotherapists, social care workers etc.) as well as health care professionals, and providing an overview of the field of health science and health promotion for PhD students and researchers.

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Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

Authors: Puchkors, Saunders, and Sharp

Publisher: OpenStax

License: CC BY

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing is designed to support a one-semester psychiatric-mental health nursing course offered at both two-year and four-year institutions. Serving students specializing in psychiatric nursing and those from other health disciplines, this learning resource integrates evidence-based practices with practical strategies for communication, readying students to build therapeutic relationships with patients and caregivers.

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Maternal-Newborn Nursing

Authors: Giles, Prusinski, and Wallace

Publisher: OpenStax

License: CC BY-NC-SA

Maternal-Newborn Nursing introduces students to the concepts and skills related to pregnancy, birth, postpartum, newborn care, reproductive health, and social determinants related to those topics. Written and thoroughly reviewed by experienced nurse educators, the material focuses on patient safety, mental health, and inclusive care, and offers robust real-world scenarios and situational patient education experiences to apply concepts to practice.

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Clinical Nursing Skills

Author: Bowen

Publisher: OpenStax

License: CC BY-NC-SA

Clinical Nursing Skills is designed to equip nursing students with the practical knowledge and hands-on skills necessary to provide comprehensive patient care. The material emphasizes the application of clinical judgment in a variety of settings, ensuring that students are prepared to deliver high-quality care across different patient populations and clinical scenarios. The content utilizes concepts promoting the development of clinical judgment by building upon the systematic model developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).

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Pharmacology for Nurses

Authors: Barbour-Taylor, Mueller (Sabato), Paris, and Weaver

Publisher: OpenStax

License: CC BY-NC-SA

Pharmacology for Nurses is intended for nursing students in an introductory program. It provides a fundamental understanding of the therapeutic use of drugs, so the nurse can provide safe and effective care to the client. Along with a discussion of each body system, the text also reviews the pathophysiology of various disease processes and medications used in treatment. The table of contents presents 40 chapter topics, organized into 11 units. The first unit, consisting of 3 chapters, provides a broad overview of pharmacology, with the following 10 units focused on specific body systems.

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