Nursing

- used at CCAC - includes homework system - includes assessments - includes slides - includes lab manual

OER Portals for Textbooks & More

OpenStax Course Materials for Nursing
OpenStax and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) have developed a series of textbooks to address shortages in the nursing profession and reduce existing financial barriers for nursing students.
Simple to use, simple to adopt, OpenStax nursing textbooks are designed to meet the standard scope and sequence requirements of their respective courses – and are 100% free online. Complete with free resources for educators (like Blackboard course shells, lecture slides, instructor answer keys, and more), all OpenStax textbooks are fully customizable.

OpenStax Cinical Nursing Skills
Clinical Nursing Skills provides detailed instructions on basic procedures such as hygiene, mobility, vital signs assessment, medication administration, and wound care. It also guides students through more complex skills, including intravenous therapy, catheterization, tracheostomy care, and emergency interventions.
Fundamentals of Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing aligns with the outcomes and competencies of a nursing fundamentals course. It is designed to provide students with the foundational knowledge and practical expertise essential for delivering holistic and patient-centered care.
Maternal-Newborn Nursing
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.
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Medical-Surgical Nursing is a comprehensive and engaging resource for nursing students, equipping them with the essential knowledge and skills required to provide high-quality care. Building on the foundational knowledge and skills acquired in previous nursing courses, this textbook expands students’ learning with concepts in medical-surgical nursing.
OpenStax Nutrition for Nurses
Nutrition for Nurses is structured to support the flexible integration of nutrition content across both system-based and nursing competency-based curricula. It can be used whether nutrition is taught as a standalone course or part of another nursing course. Free OpenStax resources include an electronic textbook, PowerPoint slides, a Blackboard package, and more.
OpenStax Pharmacology for Nurses
Pharmacology for Nurses is intended for pre-licensure 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.
OpenStax Population Health for Nurses
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.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
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.

Open RN™ Project Textbooks
The Open RN™ project is funded by a $2.5 million dollar grant from the Department of Education to create five OER Nursing Textbooks with 25 associated Virtual Reality Scenarios.

LibreTexts Bookshelves - Nursing
LibreTexts Bookshelves contain texts that are curated by the LibreTexts Development team.
LibreTexts Bookshelf - Nursing Textbooks
Textbooks include Nursing Assistant (Reuter), Nursing (Ulutasdemir), Caregiving for the Human Condition - An OER for Nursing Assistant Instruction, Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care (Doyle and McDutcheion), Public Health Ethics - Cases Spanning the Globe (Barrett, et. al), Vaccine Practice for Health Professionals (St-Amant, et. al), Physical Assessment, and much more.
LibreTexts Bookshelf - Anatomy & Physiology Textbooks
Textbooks include Human Anatomy and Physiology Preparatory Course (Liachovitzky), Anatomy and Physiology (Boundless), Acid-Base Physiology (Brandis), Fluid Physiology (Brandis), Labs: A Mixed Course Based Research Approach to Human Physiology (Whitmer), Human Anatomy (OERI), Human Anatomy Laboratory Manual and Anatomicla Illustrations (Most et.al).
LibreTexts Bookshelf - Nutrition Textbooks
Textbooks include An Introduction to Nutrition (Zimmerman), Nutrition Science and Everyday Application (Callahan, et. al), Realities of Nutrition (Morril), Intermediate Nutrition (Lindshield), and more.
GW School of Nursing OER
A collection of Open Educational Resources (OERs) for use by nurse educators worldwide. These interactive multimedia learning materials are outcomes of several grant-funded research projects sponsored by the US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), including the Advanced Nursing Education, Geriatric Education using a Palliative Care Framework (GEPaC), and the Teaching and Transforming through Technology (T3) projects.
NCBI Bookshelf
From the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), National Library of Medicine. Bookshelf provides free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.
Open Textbook Library - Nursing Textbooks
The Open Textbook Library is supported by the Open Education Network. The Open Education Network is based in the Center for Open Education in the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development. Many resources include faculty reviews, using a 10-point rubric.
Open Textbook Library - Medicine Textbooks
Merlot - Nursing Textbooks
Many Merlot online learning and support materials include faculty reviews.
BCcampus - Nursing Resources
The Nursing package includes textbooks, simulations, videos and case studies.
OER Commons - Nursing Resources
OER Commons provides a comprehensive collection of textbooks and other materials.
Pressbooks - Nursing Textbooks
Pressbooks Directory is a free, searchable catalog that includes 5,571 open access books published by 155 organizations and networks using Pressbooks.

Additional Materials

Anatomy TV: 3D Atlas/Anatomy & Physiology
Manipulate highly detailed 3D anatomical models that have many interactive functions; rotate and tip the models; add or remove layers of anatomy from bone to skin. View narrated animations, and a comprehensive atlas of micro-anatomy, histology and dissection images.
Culturally Competent Nursing Care: A Cornerstone of Caring from HHS
An e-learning program from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will equip students with the knowledge, skills, and awareness to provide the best care for all patients, regardless of cultural or linguistic background.
WISC Online - Nursing Resources
Mobile optimized, interactive learning objects that expand knowledge, display technical animation, increase problem solving skills, generate ideas, and provide workforce training. (This page may require several minutes to load.)

Images & Videos

Head-to-Toe Assessment Nursing
This video provides an indepth overview of how to perform a nursing head-to-toe assessment. This video is particularly helpful for new nursing students and those who want to refresh their memory on this skill.
CDC Pulbic Health Image Library
Level Up RN
Cathy Parkes, BSN, RN, CWCN, PHN reviews what we changed in our Ultimate Nursing School Survival Kit (previously, the NCLEX Pack), Edition 3, based on your feedback, and what great stuff stayed the same! If you love our flashcards, we think you'll find that our new ones have Leveled Up.
RegisteredNurseRN
Nurse Sarah provides NCLEX reviews, skills, school tips, & career help for students and nurses via RegisteredNurseRN.com. See the Medication Administration videos.