Required Textbook Resources for Accelerated Nursing
January 2024 Textbook List
Please note that Creighton College of Nursing reserves the right to change or add texts at any time.
The choice of textbook delivery is at the discretion of each student. Please consider that purchasing ebooks may come at
a significant discount and included benefits such as increased portability, automatic updates, lifetime access, and online
features with additional resources.
All ABSN Courses: These books are required for all of your courses and will be used throughout the program and must
be purchased prior to the first day of class. It is strongly recommended that students purchase all required
textbooks at the start of the program. If you have questions regarding textbook needs in your courses, please speak
with your advisor.
1) Ackley, B.J., Ladwig, G. B., Flynn Makic, M.B., Martines-Kratz, M., Zanotti, M. (2023). Nursing diagnosis
handbook: An evidence-based guide to planning care. (13th Ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby. HARD COPY
REQUIRED
All ABSN Courses
2) American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. (2nd ed.). American
Nurses Association: Silver Springs, MD.
NUR 436
3) American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th
ed.). Washington D. C.: Author.
All ABSN Courses
4) Betts, J. B. & Rich, K. L. (2023). Nursing ethics: Across the curriculum and into practice. (6th ed.). Jones & Bartlett:
Burlington, Massachusetts.
NUR 436
5) Frandsen, G. & Pennington, S.S. (2021). Abrams’ clinical drug therapy: Rationales for nursing practice (12th
ed.). Philadelphia, PA:
Wolters Kluwer.
All ABSN Courses
6) Vallerand, A. H., & Sanoski, B. S. (2022). Davis’s drug guide for nurses. (18th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis
Company.
All ABSN Courses
7) Giddens, J. F. (2020). Concepts for nursing practice. (3rd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby
All ABSN Courses
8) Hockenberry, M. J. & Wilson, D. (2023). Wong’s nursing care of infants and children. (12th ed.). St. Louis, MO:
Elsevier Mosby
NUR 343, NUR 344
9) Harding, M., Kwong, J., Roberts, D., & Hagler, D. (2023). Lewis’s medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and
management of clinical problems. (12th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby
All ABSN Courses
10) LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Haber, J. (2022). Nursing research: Methods & critical appraisal for evidence-based
practice. (10th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby
NUR 312, NUR 450
11) Lowdermilk, D.L., Perry, S.E., Cashion, M.C. & Alden, R., Olshansky, E. (2023). Maternity & women’s health care.
(13th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby
NUR 243 NUR 244
12) Mack, A. N. & Camosy, C. C. (2022). Bioethics for nurses: A Christian moral vision. WM.B. Eerdmans Publishing
Co: Grand Rapids, Michigan.
NUR 436
13) Stanhope, M., & Lancaseter, J. (2022). Foundations for population health in community/public health nursing. (6th
ed.) St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby
NUR 258, NUR 338, NUR 480. NUR 244, NUR 344, NUR 444
14) Sorenson, M., Quinn, L., & Klein, D. (2019). Pathophysiology: Concepts of Human Disease. Hoboken, NJ:
Pearson
All ABSN Courses
15) Potter, P., Perry, A. G., Stocker, P., Hall, A. (2022). Fundamentals of nursing. (11th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier
Mosby
All ABSN Courses
16) Townsend, M. C. & Morgan, K. I. (2023). Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based
Practice. (11th ed). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis
NUR 343, NUR 344
17) Townsend, M. C. & Morgan, K. I. (2023). Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Nursing (12th ed). Philadelphia, PA: F. A.
Davis HARD COPY REQUIRED
NUR 343, NUR 344
18) Wilson, S. F. & Giddens, J. F. (2022). Health assessment for nursing practice. (7th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier
Mosby.
NUR 235, NUR 236
19) Huston, C. (2023). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters
Kluwer.
NUR 323