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Nursing Orientation Guide

An introduction to the library for Bachelor of Nursing and Postgraduate Nursing students

Required reading

The Library's Reading Lists index provides direct access to required/suggested readings for your units*

* Some units may not have a reading list. If you do not see a list for your unit here at the start of semester, please contact your Unit Coordinator.
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Try it

  • From www.utas.edu.au/library
  • Click the Reading Lists link
  • Search for NUR132 Foundations of Nursing 1
  • Notice that the list is split into several modules, and for each module there are two sections - Texts and Readings

 

In the Texts section of Module 1

  • Find the book Skills in Clinical Nursing by Audrey T. Berman; Shirlee Snyder; Tracy Levett-Jones; Trish Burton; Nichole Harvey
  • Click on the book title to see which UTAS libraries hold copies of this text

 

In the Readings section of Module 1

  • Find the article Empathy in patient care: from ‘Clinical Empathy’ to ‘Empathic Concern’
  • Notice that this article comes from a journal called Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
  • Click the VIEW ONLINE link to open this journal article

 

In the Texts section of Module 3 & 4

  • Find the ebook Social Determinants of Health by Pranee Liamputtong
  • Click the VIEW ONLINE link to open this ebook
  • Find the subsection Determinants of Health in Chapter 1
  • From www.utas.edu.au/library
  • Click the Reading Lists link
  • Search for CNA750 Healthy Aging
  • Notice that the list is split into several topics, and each one lists a mixture of texts, articles, webpages, etc.

 

Under Topic 2: Patterns of health, illness and ageing in Australia and worldwide

  • Find the book Care of older adults: a strengths-based approach by Wendy Moyle; Deborah Parker; Marguerite Bramble
  • Click on the book title to see which UTAS libraries hold copies of this text on the shelves

 

Under Topic 3: Theories of ageing and the well older adult

  • Find the ebook Caring for older people in Australia by  Amanda Johnson
  • Click the VIEW ONLINE link to open this ebook
  • Find subsection 2.4 Psychosocial theories of aging

 

Still under Topic 3:

  • Find the article Critical perspectives on successful aging: does it "appeal more than it illuminates?" by Stephen Katz; Toni Calasant
  • Notice that this comes from a journal called Gerontologist
  • Click the VIEW ONLINE link to view the article

 

Subjects: Nursing