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Open RN Collection of OER Nursing textbooks and associated VR scenarios funded by a $2.5 million dollar grant from the Department of Education. Textbooks based on the State Nursing curriculum established by the Wisconsin Technical College System, and include: Pharmacology, Nursing Skills, Nursing Fundamentals, and more!
Open Stax: Nursing Collection Collection of eight Open Nursing Textbooks from Open Stax (an initiative of Rice University). Easy to use and adopt, the resources include full textbooks as well as ancillary resources (lecture slides, test banks and more). Titles include:
Nursing Textbooks
Health Case Studies 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.
Nursing Pharmacology Designed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students. It explains basic concepts of pharmacology and describes common medication classes.
Transitions to Professional Nursing Practice Content includes a broad overview of the nursing profession, the role of accrediting and professional organizations with a strong focus on the American Nurses Association’s foundational documents. The competencies of the Standards of Professional Practice and the Code of Ethics are weaved throughout the text.