Library Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Nursing and Health Sciences

Health Sciences & Nursing Resources

Building a Medical Terminology Foundation
Building a Medical Terminology Foundation is an OER that focuses on breaking down medical terms into their word parts, pronouncing medical terms, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of introductory anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for health office administration and health services students in the first year of their college programs.
Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions
Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on breaking down, pronouncing, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of anatomy and physiology.

Healthcare / Healthcare Administration

Career Cornerstones: Establishing a Foundation for a Career in Healthcare
This book is designed to help students be successful not only in their health profession’s educational program, but also as they start to intern or work in healthcare settings. It covers scholarly research, careers in healthcare, job skills, ethics, and communication.
Exploring the U.S. Healthcare System
This book is an adaptation of Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System by Thomas A. Clobes with revisions and additions in text for clarification and flow
Healthcare in the United States: Navigating the Basics of a Complex System
Readers of this text will learn a brief history of our healthcare system and explore the current state of health in the U.S.
Perspectives on Bias in Medicine: As Experienced by Health Professionals and Patients
This book will allow the medical learner to identify and acknowledge bias in the medical setting through the eyes of patients, medical professionals, and content experts who discuss their experiences with this subject. Learners will use self-assessment via the Implicit Bias Test created by Harvard University's Project Implicit, and reflection through knowledge checks, to solidify learning.
The Fundamentals of Healthcare Administration: Navigating Challenges and Coordinating Care
This book is written for those interested in acquiring a thorough knowledge base relative to the intricacies of the organizational theories, customs, and insights significant to the management of health service organizations.

Pre-Med/Pre-Clinical

Cell Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry for Pre-Clinical Students
Cell Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry for Pre-Clinical Students is an undergraduate medical-level resource for foundational knowledge across the disciplines of genetics, cell biology and biochemistry.
Pulmonary Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students
This text is designed for a course pre-clinical undergraduate medical curriculum and it is aligned to USMLE(r) (United States Medical Licensing Examination) content guidelines.
Cardiovascular Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students
Cardiovascular Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students, is an undergraduate medical-level resource for foundational knowledge of common cardiovascular diseases, disorders and pathologies.

Nursing

OpenStax Nursing Collection
A series of 8+ textbooks covering clinical skills, pharmacology, population health, mental health, and other topics relevant to the nursing student.
Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care
This 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 practiced in the clinical setting.
Nursing Pharmacology
This 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.
Social Determinants of Health in Nursing Education: Integrating Into Curriculum and Practice
This workbook was established with nurse educators and nursing students in mind to provide knowledge, guidance, and support for integrating social determinants of health (SDOH) across the nursing education spectrum. Contents from this workbook are applicable to pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing programs, RN-to-BSN programs, and graduate education.
Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts
This textbook was developed specifically for prelicensure nursing students. 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 Management and Professional Concepts
This book introduces concepts related to nursing leadership and management, prioritization strategies, delegation and supervision, legal implications of nursing practice, ethical nursing practice, collaboration within the interprofessional team, health care economics, quality and evidence-based practice, advocacy, preparation for the RN role, and the avoidance of burnout with self-care.
Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing
Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing is designed for a single-semester introduction to the professional nurse’s leadership role as both a care provider and a formal leader. An assortment of authors with diverse nursing leadership roles across Saskatchewan and Canada have contributed to this textbook.
Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Manual for Nursing and Allied Health
A basic laboratory manual covering anatomy & physiology, with a focus on systems in the human body.

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