Nursing Subject Guide

Patient Education

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Books - Alvernia's Catalog

 Useful terms for finding books on related to patient education include:

1. Patient education
2. Patient education - Handbooks
3. Health education
4. Communication in nursing

Examples of books in the Alvernia Library;

Antai-Otong, D. (2007). Nurse-client communication: A life span approach. 610.73 A627

Bastable, S.B. (2008). Nurse as educator: Principles of teaching and learning for nursing practice. 613 B324

Bastable, S.B. (2006). Essentials of patient education. 615.5 E78

Dreeben, O. (2010). Patient education in rehabilitation. 615.8515 D771

Gibert, G. G., Sawyer, R. G., & McNeill, R. B. (2011). Health education: Creating strategies for school and community health. 613.07 G464

Jackson, M. (2009). Pocket guide for patient education. 615.5071 J13

Lowenstein, A.J.. Foord-May, L., & Romano, J. (2009). Teaching strategies for health education and health promotion; Working with patients, families, and communities.  613.071 L917

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NetLibrary eBooks

A collection of over 15,000 eBooks is now accessible from NetLibrary. This database contains more than 180 nursing books.

 Useful terms for finding books on related to patient education include:

1. Patient education
2. Health education

eBooks are full text electronic versions that are great for reference and research. Access is limited to one user at a time.  If an ebook of interest is being viewed by another user, you can request to be notified when the ebook becomes available.  Books are automatically returned for access when there is no activity for a period of 15 minutes in a browser where the book is being viewed.

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Medline Plus

MedlinePlus is an excellent source for patient education information.  The search cloud widget displays the most frequently searched terms on MedlinePlus.

 

 

MedlinePlus in Spanish