Textbooks for NUR 228
These are the required books that have been selected for the nurse refresher course.
The Online RN Refresher course is being offered in nursing modules. You need to decide which module will be your main course of study. The modules are
medical / surgical nursing, obstetrical nursing, pediatric nursing and/or psychiatric / mental health nursing
. The textbooks for each of these modules are listed below.
Students are only required to purchase those textbooks related to their module(s) of study and the skills textbook.
Required for all RN Refreshers:
Smith and Duell, Clinical Nursing Skills, Basic to Advanced, 7e AND Smith and Duell (2008), MyNursingLab access code (*bundled package). ISBN# 0-13-136315-8
Required for Medical-Surgical Nursing Track:
LeMone, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Critical Thinking in Client Care, 4e AND accompanying MyNursingLab access code (*bundled package). ISBN# 0-13-514221-0
Required for Pediatrics Specialty Nursing Track:
Ball, Pediatric Nursing: Caring for Children, 4e, AND accompanying MyNursingLab access code (*bundled package).
ISBN# 0-13-241865-7
Required for Obstetrics Specialty Nursing Track
Davidson, London, Ladewig, Olds’ Maternal-Newborn Nursing & Women’s Health Across the Lifespan, 8e AND accompanying MyNursingLab access code (*bundled package). ISBN# 0-13-206257-7
Required for Psychiatric/Mental Health Specialty Nursing Track
Fontaine, Mental Health Nursing, 6e AND accompanying MyNursingLab access code (*bundled package).
ISBN# 0-13-136315-8
* Please note, ISBN numbers are for bundled textbook packages only. If you choose to purchase your textbooks elsewhere, the ISBN numbers will differ from those listed above.
Optional Textbooks:
Adams, Pharmacology for Nurses: A Pathophysiological Approach, 2/e plus MyNursingLab access – ISBN# 0-13-236475-1 - $125
Drug Hand Book of you choice, AND
Laboratory Diagnostic Hand Book of your choice
When you take the clinical course, you may want to purchase a current drug handbook and a laboratory/diagnostic handbook. You may find it helpful to have these books available for reference as you take the NUR228.
Where To Purchase Textbooks:
Mesa Community College Bookstore – Purchase in person
480-461-7225
There are several ways to order books online:
Follet's Online
MyPearsonStore - Text book publisher
Amazon.com
Questions:
Email RN Refresher Coordinator - diane.dietz@mcmail.maricopa.edu
Please contact Diane Dietz for questions or corrections email |
