Library Resources for Allied Health
We provide access to content such as online books, journals, videos and image collections that can be used to lower or remove student textbook costs for students. To learn more, see the following:
Databases & Journals
Here is a sample of some of the journals, ebooks, videos, etc that may be used as class texts or as supplemental materials.
- CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
- Journals@OVID This link opens in a new window
- MEDLINE Complete This link opens in a new window
Allied Health
On this page you will find several open Nursing textbooks along with supplemental material. Many more may be found under Open Textbook Collections.
The purpose of these discipline specific pages is to showcase content that might be of interest to faculty who are considering adopting open educational resources for use in their classes. This list of content is by no means exhaustive. The nature of open educational resources is very collaborative and it is in that spirit that we encourage any comments about the content featured on this page or recommendations of content that are not already listed here.
Textbooks
- Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient CareThis open educational resource (OER) was developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practised in the clinical setting. The checklist approach, used in this textbook, aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current.
- Health Case StudiesHealth 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. Associated with each case is a set of specific learning objectives to support learning and facilitate educational strategies and evaluation.
- A Laboratory Guide to Clinical HematologyA textbook which can be used for the field of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, featuring digitized scans of laboratory slides which enables students to learn clinical hematology without access to a laboratory.
- Nursing: Mental Health and Community ConceptsContent is based on the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Mental Health and Community Concepts course (543-110), the NCLEX-RN Test Plan,[1] and the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Education Council’s Crosswalk Toolkit: Defining and Using Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Skills in Undergraduate Nursing Education.[2] Mental health and community health concepts are discussed while emphasizing stress management techniques, healthy coping strategies, referrals to community resources, and other preventative interventions. Nursing care for individuals with specific mental health and substance use disorders is examined, and the nurse’s role in community health needs assessments and caring for vulnerable populations is introduced.
- Nursing PharmacologyThis open access Nursing Pharmacology textbook is designed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students. It explains basic concepts of pharmacology and describes common medication classes. This book is not intended to be used as a drug reference book, but direct links are provided to DailyMed, which provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States.
- Open RNThe OER Nursing textbooks are written based on the State Nursing curriculum established by the Wisconsin Technical College System, and include: Pharmacology, Skills, Nursing Fundamentals, Mental Health & Community Concepts, and Management & Professional Concepts.
- Vital Signs Measurement Across the LifespanThe purpose of this textbook is to help learners develop best practices in vital sign measurement. Using a multi-media approach, it will provide opportunities to read about, observe, practice, and test vital sign measurement.
Supplemental Material
- Centers for Disease Control - Data & StatisticsAs the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish the CDC mission, the CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.
- HEAL Health Education Assets LibraryThe Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education. The collection is now housed at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Digital Library.
- Nursing - Wisc-Online OERInteractive tutorials in the area of nursing. You will find 25 free learning objects that can help you learn, study, or teach Nursing.
- Nursing OpenLocate free information for healthcare careers including activities, audio, video, free courses, and community.
- Nursing Simulation Scenario Library - Montgomery CollegeA collection of video simulations and accompanying documents for use by nursing educators.
- SAGE Open Medical Case ReportsA publication home for short case reports which often do not find a place in traditional primary research journals, but provide key insights into real medical cases that are essential for physicians, and may ultimately help to improve patient outcomes.
License
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