AUGUST 2011 ANC CLASS
INITIAL TEXTBOOKS LISTING
Please note that this is not a comprehensive list for the entire ANC Curriculum but constitutes the bulk of your investment and will be used throughout the year. As you progress through the curriculum, you will be required to purchase a few additional textbooks each of the other two semesters.
NUR 252: Pathophysiology
Huether, S. & McCance, K. (2008). Understanding pathophysiology. (4thed.). St. Louis: Mosby.
ISBN: 978-0-323-04990-0
NUR 288/289: Health Assessment
Wilson, S.F. Giddens, J.F. (2009). Health assessment for nursing practice. (4thed.). St. Louis: Mosby.
ISBN: 978-0-323-05322-8
NUR 341: Pharmacotherapy
Lehne, R.A. (2010). Pharmacology for nursing care. (7thed.). Philadelphia: Saunders.
ISBN: 978-1-4160-6249-3
NUR 290/291: Care Management
*Items marked with an asterisk (*) are Pearson products. For Pearson products, Pearson offers a Creighton Nursing Portal Page. The web address is:
On this webpage you will find links to your textbook resources, Real Nursing Skills Videos, and BlueLine links for Fundamentals of Nursing, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Medication Calculation/Math, Pediatrics, and Maternal/Newborn Nursing. You will also have an opportunity to purchase your textbook packages from Pearson. Pearson provides Free Fed Ex Shipping.
Fundamentals of Nursing:
*Berman, A.J., Snyder, S. (2012). Kozier & Erb’s fundamentals of nursing. Concepts, process, and practice.(9thed.). Upper Saddle River: Pearson/Prentice Hall
ISBN: 978-0-13-802461-1
*Prentice Hall's Real Nursing Skills 2.0: Skills for the RN Access and Welcome Portal Card(for book website). (2010). Upper Saddle River: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Fundamentals text packaged with Real Nursing Skills: ISBN: 1256069051 (available from Creighton Nursing Portal Page and CU Bookstore only. You will not find this package on Amazon).
If you choose to purchase them separately, you will need to purchase aPrentice Hall’s Real Nursing Skills 2.0: Skills for the RN Access Code Access Code directly from the Pearson Website:
Medication Calculation/Math:
*Giangrasso, A.P. & Shrimpton, D. M. (2010). Ratio & proportion dosage calculations. Upper Saddle River: Pearson.
ISBN: 978-0-55-866781-8
Medical Surgical Nursing
*Osborn, K. S., Wraa, C. E., & Watson, A. B. (2010). Medical surgical nursing: Preparation for practice. Volume one. Upper Saddle River: Pearson.
ISBN: 978-0-13-159714-3
*Osborn, K. S., Wraa, C. E., & Watson, A. B. (2010). Medical surgical nursing: Preparation for practice: Volume two. Upper Saddle River: Pearson.
ISBN: 978-0-13-615738-0
ISBN for Vol 1 & 2 packaged together: 9780558698867
Child Health/Pediatric Nursing
* Ladewig, P. A., London, M. L., & Davidson, M. R. (2009).Contemporary maternal-newborn nursing. (7thed.). Upper Saddle River: Pearson.
ISBN: 978-0-55-871454-3
*Ball, J.W., Bindler, R.C., & Cowen, K.J. (2009). Child health nursing: Partnering with children & families. (2nded.). Upper Saddle River: Pearson.
ISBN: 978-0-55-866527-2
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
*Kneisl, C.R. & Trigoboff, E. (2008). Contemporary psychiatric-mental health nursing. (2nded.). Upper Saddle River: Pearson.
ISBN: 978-0-55-869874-4
Classroom & Clinical Resources used in all Care Management Courses
**Deglin, J.H., Vallerand, A.H., & Sanoski, B. S. (2010). Davis’s drug guide for nurses. (12thed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.
ISBN: 978-0-8036-2310-1
**Van Leeuwen, A. M., Poelhuis-Leth, D., & Bladh, M. L. (2011). Davis’s comprehensive handbook of laboratory and diagnostic tests with nursing implications. (4thed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.
ISBN: 978-0-8036-2304-0
Doenges, M. E., Moorhouse, M.F. & Murr, A.C. (2010).Nursing diagnosis manual: Planning, individualizing, and documenting client care.(3rd ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.
ISBN: 978-080-3622210
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (6thed.). (2nd Printing.). Washington D. C.: American Psychological Association
ISBN: 978-1-4338-0562-2
Community Health Nursing
Stanhope, M. & Lancaster, J. (2010). Foundations of nursing in the community: Community-oriented practice. (3rded.). St. Louis: Mosby.
ISBN: 978-0-323-6655-6
NCLEX-RN Review
Hogan, M. (2011). Comprehensive review for NCLEX-RN: Reviews and rationales. (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall [2nd edition coming in July 2011]
ISBN: 013262107X
**These texts - Deglin et al. (2010) & VanLeeuwen et al. (2011) - are also available as applications for several electronic devices. It is suggested that you use the electronic versions because they are updated throughout the year, are actually faster to access (once you learn how), and are much less to carry with you in clinical. The electronic versions can be purchased individually, but a good way to get them is by purchasing “Nursing Central,” which includes these two books plus a medical dictionary and a quick reference called Diseases and Disorders. You can read about this application and the platforms on which it runs at Be aware that you will not have WiFi available in every clinical facility, so it is better to use this with a device to which you can download the application. Once you are a School of Nursing student, we will be able to give you a link to obtain this application for 15% less than the listed price. If you have questions about the electronic version, please contact Dr. Janet Graves, Director of eLearning ( / 402-280-2007).
For a list of available resources at the Health Science Library, please view the following link:
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