Clients with Acute and Chronic Illness (NURS50007) // Further information

Further information

• Texts

  Prescribed texts

  Ackley, B, J., & Ladwig, G. B. (2013). Nursing Diagnosis, An evidence based guide to planning care (10 th ed.). St Louis: Mosby

  Brown, D., Edwards, H., Seaton, L., Buckley, T., Lewis, S. L., Dirksen, S. R., . . . Bucher, L. (Eds.). (2015). Lewis' medical-surgical nursing. Assessment and management of clinical problems (4th ed.). Sydney: Mosby Elsevier.

  Bullock, S., Manias, E., & Galbraith, A. (2014). Fundamentals of pharmacology (7 th ed.). Australia: Frenchs Forest: Pearson Education.

  Crisp, J., Taylor, C., Douglas, C., & Rebeiro, G. (Eds.). (2013). Potter and Perry's fundamentals of nursing / Australian adaptation (4th ed.). Chatswood, N.S.W: Elsevier Australia

  Intellilearn (2015) MedSafe www.medsafe.com.au (Medication calculation)

  Tollefson, J. (2012). Clinical psychomotor skills: Assessment skills for nurses (5th ed.). Melbourne: Cengage learning.

   

  Recommended texts and other resources

  Brotto V, Rafferty K. (2012). Clinical dosage calculations: for Australia and New Zealand. Cengage Learning.

  Lapham, R. & Agar, H. (2009). Drug calculations for nurses: a step-by-step approach. (3 rd ed.). London: Hodder Arnold.

  Levett-Jones, T. & Bourgeois, S. (2010). Clinical Placement (3 rd ed.).. Sydney: Churchill-Livingstone/Elsevier.

  Perrin, R. (2015). Pocket guide to APA style (5 th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin College

  Reid-Searl, K., Dwyer, T., Ryan, J., & Moxham, L. (2008). Student Nurse: Clinical survival guide. Australia: Pearson Education.

  Stedman’s medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing. (7 th ed.). (2011). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.

• Related Handbook entries

  This subject contributes to the following:

  Type	Name
  Course	Master of Nursing Science

• Links to additional information

  http://www.nursing.unimelb.edu.au/

Last updated: 11 July 2025