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Anatomy & Physiology

Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology is a textbook for biomedical, life science and health majors. The book is organised by body system and contains interactive resources to test your knowledge.

Medical Terminology

Building a Medical Terminology Foundation
Building a Medical Terminology Foundation is an OER that focuses on breaking down medical terms into their word parts, pronouncing medical terms, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of introductory anatomy and physiology.
The Language of Medical Terminology
The Language of Medical Terminology is an open educational resource (OER) that begins with a focus on the practice of breaking down medical terms into their component parts. This is practiced through the beginning of the book in order to develop a solid foundation on medical term parts, their meaning and how to understand the full meaning behind medical terminology as a whole. The OER then continues onto the use of abbreviations, anatomy and physiology, body systems, common tests and procedures and finishes with content focusing on medical professionals in health care. This OER serves to provide the basic knowledge necessary to work in the health care setting.
Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions
Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on breaking down, pronouncing, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for Healthcare Administration, Health Sciences, and Pre-Professional students.
Understanding Medical Words Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
This Flash-based tutorial is aimed at health consumers rather than health professionals, but you may find it a quick refresher on medical terms.

Pharmacology Resources

Calculating Safe Medication Dosage Ranges
Learning Practice Activities from OER
Liquid and Weight Conversion used for Medication Administration
Learning Practice Activities from OER
Merck Manual: Consumer Edition
Find information on medical topics, symptoms, drugs, procedures, news and more, written for the health care consumer
Merck Manual: Professional Edition
Find information of medical topics, symptoms, drugs, procedures, news and more, written for health care professionals
Quizlet: Pharmacology for Nurses
For each chapter you are provided with flash cards, definition quiz, spelling test, and two games: Scatter and gravity
Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology (1st Canadian Edition)
This adapted open-access Canadian Nursing Pharmacology textbook was designed specifically for the entry-level undergraduate nursing student. It is also applicable to other health disciplines for use. This textbook explores pharmacological concepts by showing the connections between pathophysiology, pharmacological principles, and common medication classes. This textbook also provides learning tools to improve the students retention with quizzes, videos, concept maps, drug cards, and is organized using a concept-based teaching approach.

Interactive Study Tools

Nursing Flashcards
From studystack.com
MedlinePlus Health Check Tools
From MedlinePlus. "Assess your health with interactive tools such as calculators, quizzes, and questionnaires. You can check your risk for heart disease, calculate your ideal weight and body mass, find out how many calories your favorite exercise burns, and more."
MedlinePlus Interactive Health Games
Provided by MedlinePlus, "boost your health knowledge by playing with the 35 interactive health games."
Nursing: Wisc-Online OER
Interactive tutorials in the area of nursing. You will find 25 free learning objects that can help you learn, study, or teach Nursing.

Test Success : Clinical Judgment and Test Taking Strategies
Publication Date: 2023

Strategies for a great start. Practice questions for success. Reduce the stress and anxiety you feel before an exam with test-taking strategies that really work.
Study skills : for nursing, health and social care
Publication Date: 2020

Study Skills is an accessible textbook for nursing, health and social care students seeking to improve their study skills, develop their resilience, enhance their employability and cultivate a love of lifelong learning.
Davis essential nursing content + practice questions. Fundamentals
Publication Date: 2017

Succinct content review in outline format focus on must-know information, while case studies and NCLEX-style questions develop your ability to apply your knowledge in simulated clinical situations. Choose from over 1,000 questions in the text and on DavisPlus to enhance your skills. A 100-question final exam at the end of the book as well as two, unique 75-item comprehensive examinations online at DavisPlus.com provide the practice you need to feel confident about fundamentals. You'll also find proven techniques and tips to help you study more effectively, learn how to approach different types of questions, and improve your critical-thinking skills. An access code inside new printed texts unlocks the questions online at DavisPlus, with answers and rationales for correct and incorrect responses. You can even design your own quizzes to test your knowledge and skills based on a specific content area, concept, or question type. View a sneak peek of this text here.
TL;DR A Very Brief Guide to Reading and Writing in University by Joel Heng Hartse
Publication Date: 2023

If you want to know what professors expect you to write so you can get those grades with as little pain as possible, this is the book for you!

A Guide to Numeracy in Nursing (OER)
A Guide to Numeracy in Nursing is a workbook for learning how to use and understand numbers in a nursing context. Chapters include subjects of basic math skills, unit conversions, medication math, interpreting lab values, and introductory statistics. Within each chapter, there is a main lesson followed by sample exercises and sets of practice questions.

Math for Nursing

Khan Academy Math
Math resources across a wide variety of math levels and topics
Hippocampus
A resource for foundational math skills

Videos

Khan Academy: Health & Medicine VIdeos
Khan Academy's YouTube Channel
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Health OER
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology's official YouTube channel
MedlinePlus Videos
Health videos made available to you by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Watch health videos on topics such as anatomy and body systems, surgical procedures and health news. Test your knowledge with interactive tutorials and games. Check your health with calculators and quizzes.