SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY
School of Nursing
Fall 2015
Textbook List - SENIOR I
Updated 4/1/2015
All books are required unless otherwise noted.
Course #
NURS
4030
NURS
4420
and
NURS
4440
Course
Community
Care Infants, Children,
Adolescents
and
Maternal Newborn
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Textbooks – Title with ISBN #
Clark, M.J., (2015). Population and Community Health
Nursing (6th ed.). Pearson ISBN: 9780133859591
McKinney, E.S. James, S. R., Murray, S.S., Nelson, K.
A. & Ashwill, J. W. (2012). Maternal-Child Nursing (4th
ed.). MO, Saunders: Elsevier. ISBN: 978-1-4377-2775-3
Ogden, S.J. & Fluharty, L. (2012). Calculation of Drug
Dosages (9th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby. ISBN: 978-03230-7753-8
Publisher
Textbook
Price
$139
$78.95
RECOMMENDED
NCLEX-RN Prep book – you choose what works for you. It
should include comprehensive information, summarize
content, have lots of questions (written & electronic), and
provide rationales for all answer options for the questions.
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(2014) Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEXRN Examination (6th ed.), Elsevier ISBN:
9781455727551
Required Books that were Previously Purchased: (these will be needed throughout the curriculum)
Myers, E. (2010). RNotes: Nurse’s Clinical Pocket Guide (3rd Ed.). F. A. Davis Company. ISBN: 9780803623132
Ackley, BJ & Ladwig, GB. (2014). Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidenced Based Guide to Planning Care
(10th ed.). St. Louis, MO.: Mosby Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323085496. E-book option ISBN: 9780323100663
Pagana, K.D. & Pagana, T.J. (2014). Mosby’s manual of diagnostic and laboratory tests (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO:
Mosby, ISBN: 978-0-323-08949-4
Kizior, R. & Hodgson, B. (2014). Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2015. St. Louis, MO: Saunders. ISBN: 9780-323-28013-6
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.) (2010). American Psychological
Association: Washington, D.C. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5
Wilson, S.F. & Giddens, J.F. (2013). Health Assessment for Nursing Practice (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
ISBN: 9780323091510, E-book option ISBN: 9780323083720
Silvestri, L.A. (2014). Saunder’s Strategies for Test Success: Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX Exam (3rd
ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier. ISBN: 9781455733194 E-book option ISBN:
Recommended Mobile Applications
There are free versions of the following apps which you will find helpful throughout the curriculum.
Medical Dictionary
ePocrates
Micromedex
ClinLab Navigator