Course Summaries
NURS 209: Students are introduced to nursing care of adults and elderly experiencing a variety of health disturbances related to neurological, respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, metabolic and endocrine, and, renal and urological systems. Emphasis is on the nursing process and tertiary prevention.
NUPR 209: Students utilize the nursing process in this sequential course to provide holistic care to adults and the elderly. Emphasis is on tertiary care and prevention of health care disturbances affecting body systems.
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Journals
The University of The Bahamas subscribes to thousands of journals in full text from EbscoHost. Titles of interest for students in Adult Nursing include:
American Journal of Nursing
British Journal of Nursing
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy
Nursing Management
MedSurg Nursing
Required Texts
Hinkle, J. L., & Cheever, K. H. (2018). Brunner and Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing. (14th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health. ISBN 978-1496347992 HBL RESERVE RT41 .T46 2018
Study guide for Brunner and Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing. (14th ed.). (2018). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health. ISBN 978-1496355096
Supplemental Resources
Carpenito, L. J. (2017). Nursing care plans: Transitional patient & family centered care. (7th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer.
Gulanick, M. & Myers, J. L. (2017). Nursing care plans: Diagnoses, interventions & outcomes. (9th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby/Elsevier.
Herdman, T. H. (2018). Nursing diagnoses: Definitions and classification, 2018-2020. (11th ed.). New York: Thieme.
Lewis, S. M., Bucher, L., Heitkemper, M. M., Harding, M. M. (Eds.). (2017). Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems. (10th ed.). St. Louis: Elsevier.
Lynn, P. (2015). Taylor’s clinical nursing skills: A nursing process approach. (4th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Nettina, S. M. (2013). Lippincott manual of nursing practice. (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health.
EBSCOhost ebooks
Related Library Book Call Numbers
* RT41 for textbooks
* RT51 for specialized books
* RC Internal Medicine section for specific body systems
* RD Surgery section for Perioperative Nursing and Wound Care
* RE Eye
* RT41 Medical-Surgical Nursing textbooks
