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Books for Nurses

Books published and distributed by the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International are written by, for and about nurses.

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Nursing Ethics in Everyday Practice
Nursing Ethics in Everyday Practice

By Connie M. Ulrich

Written specifically for nurses on the front lines of health care, Nursing Ethics in Everyday Practice explores the ethical challenges facing nurses today.

Author and clinical ethics expert Connie Ulrich, PhD, RN, FAAN, describes the most common ethical situations that nurses encounter. She promotes moral courage and describes practical steps to follow for a satisfactory resolution. 

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We offer authors the advantages of a small but talented and professional publishing program in an organization that is 100% focused on nurses. We welcome proposals for books that further the mission of the honor society. View our topic areas and book submission guidelines.

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Model and Guidelines, 2nd Edition
Edited by Sandra L. Dearholt and Deborah Dang

The first edition of Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Model and Guidelines is one of the most foundational books on evidence-based practice in nursing.

This second edition, fully revised and updated, maintains the strength of the first and builds on it.

The Nurse Manager's Guide to Budgeting & Finance
By Al Rundio

The second book in the Nurse Manager's Guide series serves as a primer for those who seek to understand the basics of budgeting and finance.

Author Al Rundio, PhD, DNP, RN, APRN, NEA-BC, DPNAP, provides practical tools, tips and strategies that address the economic reality of patient-staffing ratios, reports and accountants.

The Nurse's Grantwriting Advantage
By Rebecca Bowers-Lanier

Have you had to find project funding or contribute to a grant request? The Nurse’s Grantwriting Advantage offers a step-by-step guide for nurses who are writing a grant proposal for the first time or who have submitted previous grants but want to do so more effectively.

Bowers-Lanier explains the process and highlights the importance of adhering to the steps required for good proposal writing by putting the grantwriter in the shoes of the grantfunder.

Mastering Precepting: A Nurse's Handbook for Success
By Beth Ulrich

Nurse Preceptors have the power to make or break a career, and good ones can inspire a nurse to achieve greatness. But effective precepting programs depend on two critical groups – the nurses who support, teach and coach and the nurses who organize and manage the program. Learn more!

The Power of Ten, 2011-2013: Nurse Leaders Address the Professions 10 Most Pressing Issues

What are the biggest challenges the nursing profession currently faces? Technology? Implementing evidence–based practice? Health care reform? STTI's book and magazine editors asked 30 international nurse leaders to identify 10 of the most critical issues in the profession. Learn more.


Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: Real-Life Success Stories
By Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP, FAAN, and Ellen Fineout-Overholt, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN

In Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: Real-Life Success Stories, real clinicians, just like you, share their experiences with paradigm shifts to EBP, implementation of the EBP process to change practice and improve patient outcomes, personal experiences with evidence-based care, and transforming systems to an EBP culture. Learn more.


Volunteering at Home and Abroad: The Essential Guide for Nurses
By Jeanne Leffers, PhD, RN, and Julia Plotnick, MPH, RN, FAAN

Volunteering your time and talents to those in need can be a rewarding experience. Knowing that your efforts could improve the life of one person – or even the lives of a family or an entire community – can inspire you to reach out beyond your comfort zone. But how do you get started? This book serves as an excellent resource for finding a volunteer organization and selecting a program that is a good fit with your personal goals. Learn more.

 

When Nurses Hurt Nurses: Recognizing and Overcoming the Cycle of Bullying
By Cheryl Dellasega, PhD, RN, CRNP

Bullying among nurses is a vexing and serious problem within the profession – a problem that has the potential to destroy a nurse’s morale, interfere with the ability to trust colleagues and erode quality of care. This book confronts this problem by examining the causes and providing ways to diffuse a confrontational situation. Learn more.

 

 

Population-Based Public Health Clinical Manual
By Carolyn Garcia, RN, PhD; Marjorie Schaffer, RN, PhD; Pat Schoon, RN, MS

Nurses in the public health field face a daunting responsibility: monitoring and improving the well-being of entire communities. In 2001, The Henry Street Consortium was formed to better prepare nurses who were receiving bachelor’s degrees to be successful in the public health field. The consortium, a public and academic collaboration in Minnesota, formulated a set of core competencies used to guide the novice public health nurse. Learn more

The Nurse's Social Media Advantage
By Robert Fraser, BScN, RN

Social media has reached into every profession - and nursing is no exception. Almost daily, new research and publishing methods emerge. This fast-paced, ever-changing way of disseminating information will continue to evolve, whether nurses participate or not. Learn more!
A Daybook for Nurse Educators

This daybook is filled with 365 inspirational and thought-provoking quotes solicited from top nurse educators around the world. This book will give a lift to anyone who teaches, regardless of clinical or academic setting. Learn more.
You'll Know You're a Military NurseYou'll  Know You're a Military Nurse When ...

You will often hear military nurses say that their job is an affair of the heart. It takes a special kind of human being to not only put themselves in harm’s way, but to also care for both fellow soldiers and the enemies lying next to them. Military nurses truly understand the importance of teamwork, communication and excellence in nursing. For them, it can often be a matter of life or death. Learn more.
The Nurse's Communication Advantage

The Nurse's Communication Advantage 
by Kathleen D. Pagana, PhD, RN
 
The second book in the Nurse's Advantage series addresses the notion that communication is an essential career building block for anyone, including nurses. This book provides nurses with the tools to become business savvy communicators and addresses situations such as developing powerful presentation skills, facilitating productive meetings and utilizing social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to spearhead career growth. Learn more about the Nurse's Communication Advantage!

 
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