ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING

Chosen by V. Jude Forbes, MSN, RN-BC, FNP-C, family NP, Correctional Managed Care, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.

2. Oncology Nursing Secrets

Figure. 1. Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession.

By Rose A. Gates and Regina M. Fink. 3rd edition. St. Louis, Mosby Elsevier.

3. Perianesthesia Nursing: A Critical Care Approach

By Cecil B. Drain and Jan Odom-Forren. 5th edition. St. Louis, Saunders Elsevier.

COMMUNITY-PUBLIC HEALTH

Barbara Glickstein, MPH, MS, RN, independent broadcast journalist, New York, the judge for this category, selected no winners this year.

CONSUMER HEALTH

Chosen by Pamela J. Haylock, PhD, RN, cancer care consultant, Medina, TX.

2. Helping Teens Who Cut: Understanding and Ending Self-Injury

Figure. 1. Conquer Back and Neck Pain: Walk It Off!!

By Michael Hollander. New York City, Guilford Press.

3. What Works for Bipolar Kids: Help and Hope for Parents

By Mani Pavuluri. New York City, Guilford Press.

CRITICAL CARE-EMERGENCY NURSING

Chosen by Polly Gerber Zimmermann, MS, MBA, RN, CEN, FAEN, assistant professor, Harry S. Truman College, Chicago.

2. Critical Care Nursing in a Flash

Figure. 1. AACN Advanced Critical Care Nursing.

Ambler, PA, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

3. AACN-AANN Protocols for Practice: Monitoring Technologies in Critically Ill Neuroscience Patients

Edited by Linda R. Littlejohns and Mary Kay Bader. Sudbury, MA, Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

ELECTRONIC MEDIA

Chosen by Lissi Hansen, PhD, RN, assistant professor, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.

2. Community/Public Health Nursing Online for Stanhope and Lancaster, Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community

Figure. 1. Mosby's Nursing Video Skills: Care of Infants and Children.

By Penny Leake. 7th edition. St. Louis, Mosby Elsevier.

3. Calculating Drug Dosages: An Interactive Approach to Learning Nursing Math

By Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo and Maryanne Werner-McCullough. Philadelphia, F. A. Davis Company.

GERONTOLOGIC NURSING

Chosen by Mary H. Palmer, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

2. The Caregiver: A Life with Alzheimer's

Figure. 1. Toward Healthy Aging: Human Needs and Nursing Response.

By Aaron Alterra. Ithaca, NY, ILR Press.

3. Bathing Without a Battle: Person-Directed Care of Individuals with Dementia

Edited by Ann Louise Barrick, Joanne Rader, Beverly Hoeffer, Philip D. Sloane, and Stacey Biddle. 2nd edition. New York City, Springer Publishing Company.

HEALTH POLICY

Chosen by Joyce Pulcini, PhD, PNP-BC, FAAN, FANP, associate professor, Boston College Connell School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA.

2. Capturing Nursing History: A Guide to Historical Methods in Research

Figure. 1. The Future of the Nursing Workforce in the United States: Data, Trends, and Implications.

Edited by Sandra B. Lewenson and Eleanor Krohn Herrmann. New York City, Springer Publishing Company.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Chosen by Jo Manion, PhD, RN, CNAA, FAAN, founder and senior consultant, Manion and Associates, Oviedo, FL.

2. Decision-Making in Nursing: Thoughtful Approaches for Practice

Figure. 1. Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care.

By Sandra B. Lewenson and Marie Truglio-Londrigan. Sudbury, MA, Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

2. Healing with Heart: Inspirations for Health Care Professionals

By Martin Helldorfer and Terri Moss. Orinda, CA, Moss Communications.

3. Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses

Edited by Ronda G. Hughes. Rockville, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Free download or ordering information available athttp://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk.

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

Chosen by Margaret Comerford Freda, EdD, RN, CHES, FAAN, professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology and women's health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.

2. Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing

Figure. 1. Maternal-Neonatal Nursing in a Flash.

By David Wilson and Marilyn J. Hockenberry. 7th edition. St. Louis, Mosby Elsevier.

3. Intrapartum Management Modules: A Perinatal Education Program

Edited by Betsy B. Kennedy, Donna Jean Ruth, and E. Jean Martin. 4th edition. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING

Chosen by Linda Honan Pellico, PhD, APRN, assistant professor, Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT.

2. Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Management for Positive Outcomes

Figure. 1. Evidence-Based Nursing Care Guidelines: Medical-Surgical Interventions.

By Joyce M. Black and Jane Hokanson Hawks. 8th edition. St. Louis, Saunders Elsevier.

3. Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses

Edited by Ronda G. Hughes. Rockville, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Free download or ordering information available athttp://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk.

NURSING EDUCATION

Chosen by Thomasine D. Guberski, PhD, CRNP, associate professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore.

2. Precepting in Nursing: Developing an Effective Workforce

Figure. 1. Creative Teaching Strategies for the Nurse Educator.

By Susan Ullrich and Ann Haffer. Sudbury, MA, Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

3. Human Centered Nursing: The Foundation of Quality Care

By Susan Kleiman. Philadelphia, F. A. Davis Company.

NURSING RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

Chosen by Marsha E. Fonteyn, PhD, RN, OCN, nurse scientist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.

2. Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

Figure. 1. Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses.

By Joan Halifax. Boston, Shambhala Publications.

3. Reviewing Research Evidence for Nursing Practice: Systematic Reviews

Edited by Christine Webb and Brenda Roe. Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishing.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Chosen by Joyce P. Griffin-Sobel, PhD, RN, AOCN, CNE, ANEF, acting assistant dean of curriculum and technology and director of undergraduate programs, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, New York City.

2. Mastering the Teaching Role: A Guide for Nurse Educators

Figure. 1. Clinician's Guide to the Soul.

By Barbara K. Penn. Philadelphia, F. A. Davis Company.

3. Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses

Edited by Ronda G. Hughes. Rockville, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Free download or ordering information available athttp://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk.

PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

Chosen by Charles Kaiman, MSN, APRN-BC, psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialist and NP, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque.

2. Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse

Figure. 1. Psychosocial Nursing for General Patient Care.

By Kathleen Wheeler. St. Louis, Mosby Elsevier.

3. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: An Introduction to Theory and Practice

Edited by Patricia G. O'Brien, Winifred Z. Kennedy, and Karen A. Ballard. Sudbury, MA, Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

PUBLIC INTEREST AND CREATIVE WORKS

Chosen by Raymond J. Bingham, BSN, RN, science writer and editor, Gaithersburg, MD.

2. Nurse: A World of Care

Figure. 1. Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care.

By Peter Jaret, photographs by Karen Kasmauski. Atlanta, Emory University.

3. Clinician's Guide to the Soul

By Veneta Masson. Washington, DC, Sage Femme Press.

Section Description

The most valuable texts as 2008, as chosen by AJN's panel of judges.