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Nursing: Books/eBooks

A selection of excellent Nursing resources to help you with your studies

Clinical Key ebook collection and more

Accessing Clinical Key For The First Time At Ara
  • Clinical Key is the database with most of the nursing textbooks.
  • If you are on an Ara campus, on your own device, check you are logged in to Ara Wifi and not Ara Guest or CDHB wifi.
  • For first time access click on "Register here" from this Clinical Key link.
  • Use your Ara student email address as your username and set up a password. 
  • We recommend you use your Ara network password so you don't need to remember a different password, but do not use an underscore in your password.
  • Here are the instructions in full to access Clinical Key for the first time.
  • Once you set up your Ara email and password access you can download the Clinical Key Student Bookshelf app from GooglePlay or Apple and choose "Nursing student" to see all your books. Please note that you can use the CK Bookshelf app on one device only. Once you save a book to the Bookshelf App you can click on it to download the book into the App and after that you can view it offline from within the Bookshelf app. Find out more about the features in Bookshelf here. If you install it on two devices you will need to log out of one of them to use the other. If you are not using the Bookshelf app you can also enter Clinical Key For Student from the A-Z Databases link once you have registered and set up your password at the previous steps.
  • NOTE: If you still have access issues, log in to an Ara computer first and go to My Ara / Library Search/ Databases A-Z / Clinical Key or chat with a librarian on Ask Live.

 

Accessing Clinical Key After Registering For The First Time At Ara

 

  • Subsequent access to Clinical Key after you have registered for the first time is from the A-Z Databases link.

 

Using Clinical Key

 

 

Other places to find ebooks 
Books by topic on this page 

Some required textbooks for Year 1

Some recommended texts for year 3

State Final Examination Practice

As well as the books below you can also access sample examinations on the Nursing Council of New Zealand website.

Wound Care

Communication skills

Diabetes

Wolters Kluwer Vital Source Ebook Collection

  • Access this collection from the Databases A-Z and choose Wolters Kluwer Vital Source Collection.
  • To read the book online click on Continue without an account. 
  • Tick I agree to the Terms of Use ...
  • Click Continue
  • Hover over the ebook and click Borrow to access the ebook

Note:

  • Clinically Oriented Anatomy is restricted to 3 concurrent users so you may need to try again later if all copies are in use.  Viewing time is for 4 hours at a time.
  • The other four titles are restricted to 5 concurrent users. Viewing time is also 4 hours at a a time.

Return the ebook

  • We ask that you return the ebook online when you finish to enable others to access it straight away as there are limited copies. 
  • To return your book click the Back to the Library arrow in the top left corner.Return Ebook
  • Then click Return 
  • To return your book in the Bookshelf app click the Menu icon ; Click Explore; Choose Return.

This ebook collection includes the titles below.

 

Critical Thinking and Reflective Writing

Pathophysiology

Mental Health nursing

Anatomy and physiology

Māori and nursing - Mahi tapuhi

If accessing the Wepa (2015) ebook, choose Read online then Continue with read-only access. To print a chapter, choose Register to enable greater functionality. See this PDF  on accessing Cambridge ebooks.

Nursing Research