Nursing Resources
Textbooks
Open Textbooks which are adapted and created by BC faculty.
MERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community. This link specifically looks at results for Nursing.
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) an OER search database with textbooks, courses and more. It is being developed by SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library. You can conduct a basic search or search by subject. Like all of these OASIS is constantly being added to.
A database of OER textbooks of various subjects and different creative commons licenses. Run through the University of Minnesota with over 1600 textbooks to look through. Open Textbook Library is constantly updated with new materials and editions being added regularly.
A large OER database that has various resources. There are options for peers to review work and provide feedback however the quality of these materials can vary.
Run through Rice University OpenStax has a wide selection of peer reviewed materials on various subjects. All of these works are under an CCBy license which means they are open to be modified and changed. The nursing collection currently offers two textbooks on fundamentals and one on maternal-newborn nursing.
Nursing Assessment Tools
Healthcare professionals are using the latest and hottest technology's ,as well as, recommending them to their patients. Here are a few of the tools they are using.
This app helps track the factors that influence blood sugar, monitor fluctuations, plan ahead accordingly in regards to the persons diabetic needs, and share the information with their doctor.
This application provides a good reference for people who want to know more about Human Anatomy or study in General Human Anatomy.
Good website for information on infection control. Interactive, Multimedia website with several educational games such as, hangman, crossword puzzles, and flashcards. Includes quizzes and test on infection control.
A wonderful video compilation of healthcare and medicine topics: Lungs, The heart, and influenza are few posted.