Books for Nurses

 A Daybook for Critical Care Nurses
by Ellen Gallen Bademan, BSN, RN

A Daybook for Critical Care Nurses offers day-by-day inspiration with quotes, ideas, and clinical tips. Journaling space allows for recording daily meditations and reflections. You’ll also find monthly essays and clinical pearls on topics including compassion, moral distress, leadership, gratitude, novice nurses, what it means to be a critical care nurse. 
Compiled in conjunction with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). 

Fit Nurse: Your Total Plan for Getting Fit and Living Well
by Gary Scholar, M.Ed.

As a nurse, you make a difference in the lives of your patients every day—but do you sacrifice your health and fitness goals in the process? Are you caught in the sleep-deprivation trap? Do you plan to hit the gym, but then skip your workout because you are exhausted or out of time? Do you urge your patients to eat well, sleep well, and exercise every day, yet seldom do so yourself? You’re not alone! 

 
How to Manage Pain in the Elderly 
Yvonne D’Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS

Do you need practical solutions for managing pain in elderly patients?How to Manage Pain in the Elderly provides nurses a practical, clinical approach to ease suffering in older patients. This solutions-oriented handbook delivers clinical tips, case studies, and assessment questions to apply the methods within the book. You will find practical advice to geriatric nurses on pain assessment, medication management, complementary methods for pain relief, interventional pain management and palliative care   This book follows U.S. guidelines on pain. 

You'll Know You're a Nurse When ...
Nurses share a common bond — a wealth of experiences that sets their work apart from any other profession. They also all have a moment, that moment, when they know: They don't just do the work of a nurse, they are a nurse. You'll Know You're a Nurse When ... shares these moments — humorous, touching, compelling, slightly crazy and everything in between.