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Books by topic on this page
Some required textbooks for Year 1
For a complete list of required and recommended textbooks for nursing, refer to your specific programme handbook available in My Ara / Student Information / Programme Information Documents here.
Some of these textbooks are available as ebooks. For those that are only in hard copy you can access these in the High Use Collection at the Christchurch City and Manawa campuses and at Timaru Campus. Ask staff in the Library for assistance.
Pharmacology for Health Professionals by Call Number: RM300BRY 2019ISBN: 9780729542753Publication Date: 2019Ebook
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology by ISBN: 9780730355007Publication Date: 2019Ebook - 2nd Asia Pacific edition -3 simultaneous user access - Try again later if 3 people are already using this.
Principles of anatomy and physiology by ISBN: 9780730392026Publication Date: 2022Ebook - 3rd Asia Pacific edition -3 simultaneous user access - Try again later if 3 people are already using this.
Smeltzer and Bare's textbook of medical - surgical nursing - Volume 1 & 2 by ISBN: 9781496349125Publication Date: 2017Ebook
Understanding pathophysiology by Call Number: RB113CRA 2019ISBN: 9780729542647Publication Date: 2019
Wound Care
Psychology of Wounds and Wound Care in Clinical Practice by ISBN: 9783319096537Publication Date: 2014
Psychology of Wounds and Wound Care in Clinical Practice by ISBN: 9783319096520Publication Date: 2014
Communication skills
Communication Skills in Nursing Practice by Call Number: RT23NURISBN: 9781526489364Publication Date: 2020
Diabetes
Fast Facts: Type 2 Diabetes by ISBN: 9781912776337Publication Date: 2021To read online you need to register with RedShelf using your email address and create a password.
Some recommended texts for year 3
Conceptual foundations: the bridge to professional nursing practice by ISBN: 9780323266208Publication Date: 2011Ebook
Critical Thinking Skills for Healthcare by Call Number: RT81.5MCKISBN: 9781138787520Publication Date: 2016
Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care by ISBN: 9780335248001Publication Date: 2019Ebook
Pathophysiology
Understanding pathophysiology by Call Number: RB113 CRA 2015ISBN: 9780729541602Publication Date: 2015
Mental Health nursing
Fast Facts for Managing Patients with a Psychiatric Disorder by ISBN: 9780826177742Publication Date: 2017
Penina Uliuli: Contemporary challenges in mental health for Pacific peoples by ISBN: 9780824832247Publication Date: 2007Ebook
Physical healthcare and promotion in mental health nursing by ISBN: 9781473908840Publication Date: 2015Ebook
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing by Call Number: RC440PSY 2017ISBN: 0729542319Publication Date: 2017Ebook
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, an Issue of Nursing Clinics of North America by Call Number: RC440PSYISBN: 9780323446549Publication Date: 2016
Anatomy and physiology
Anthony's Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology by Call Number: QP34.5PAT 2019ISBN: 9780323528801Publication Date: 2019
Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology by Call Number: QP34.5MAR 2022ISBN: 9781292401942Publication Date: 2021
Gray's Anatomy for Students by Call Number: QM23.2 DRA 2020ISBN: 9780323393041Publication Date: 2020
Māori and nursing - Mahi tapuhi
Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy by Call Number: RA790.7.N5NIAISBN: 9781138230309Publication Date: 2017
Cultural Safety in Aotearoa New Zealand by ISBN: 9781107477445Publication Date: 2015Ebook. 3 user simultaneous access. Try again later if all copies are in use.
Māori health transformations by Call Number: RA790.7.N5 MAEISBN: 9781775502975Publication Date: 2017Ebook
Mauri ora : the dynamics of Māori health by Call Number: RA563.M56DURISBN: 019558418XPublication Date: 2001- Te Tiriti o Waitangi-based practice in health promotion byPublication Date: 2017This resource,
inspired by activist scholarship,
explores the ways in which
senior health promoters work
with the articles of te Tiriti and
its aspirations.
Nursing Research
Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence For Nursing Practice by ISBN: 9781496351296Publication Date: 2017Ebook
Mixed Methods Research for Nursing and the Health Sciences by ISBN: 9781405167772Publication Date: 2009Ebook
A Nurse's Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Dissertation or Scholarly Project by ISBN: 9781948057127Publication Date: 2018Ebook
Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice by ISBN: 9781975110642Publication Date: 2020Ebook
Qualitative Research in Nursing and Healthcare by Call Number: RT81.5HOL 2017ISBN: 9781118874493Publication Date: 2017ebook
Reading, Understanding, and Applying Nursing Research by ISBN: 9781719641821Publication Date: 2020Ebook
Understanding Research Methods for Evidence-Based Practice in Health by ISBN: 9780730369264Publication Date: 2020Ebook
Understanding Research for Nursing Students by Call Number: RT81.5 ELL 2022ISBN: 9781529779691Publication Date: 2022
