Nursing Faculty Seeking Assistance

[Heather Blicher]

*Sent on behalf of Ann Raia (see her contact info below)

Hello! 

We have nursing faculty that would like to put together a nursing study guide for students to use as a quick reference throughout the program. We have found some resources but any help locating available OER that could help with this is appreciated! They are hoping to get this put together by mid-January (yikes!) so anything and everything helps!

This is the description provided by the nursing faculty working on the project:

Description:

Nursing study guide supports RN students in mastering medical terminology, nursing concepts, and clinical reasoning through plain language and concrete examples. The use of clear, accessible language helps English Learners (EL) and students new to medical vocabulary connect complex terms to real-world meanings (for example, “hypertension” = “high blood pressure”). The guide features visual diagrams, concept maps, and step-by-step examples of nursing care plans that link pathophysiology, assessment findings, and nursing interventions. Organized by body system, it builds confidence in reading, writing, and speaking medical language while strengthening critical thinking, documentation, and NCLEX preparation.

Keywords:
nursing education, RN program, English learners, medical terminology, plain language, concept mapping, care plans, NCLEX preparation, clinical reasoning, visual learning, documentation, student success resource

Thank you!

Ann Raia (She/Her) Director of Library Services  405-682-1611  Ext. 7468   annmari...@occc.edu  www.occc.edu  7777 South May Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73159

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Heather Blicher (she/her)

Director, Community College Consortium for OER

hea...@oeglobal.org| CCCOER.org | OEGlobal.org

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[Kimberlee Carter]

Hello,

I wonder if you would be able to pull from the following resources. There are H5P sets of medical terms (by body system) broken into word parts and also pronounced in the digital textbook.

Building a Medical Terminology Foundation 2e – Simple Book Publishing

Building a Medical Terminology 2e – Student Companion Workbook – Simple Book Publishing

Building a Medical Terminology Foundation 2e: Anatomical Colouring Book

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Kimberlee (Kim) Carter BEd., MA
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[Selena Burns]

Texas Higher Board of Education in collaboration with OpenStax funded a suite of OER nursing materials. Could their collection be helpful?

https://oertx.highered.texas.gov/hubs/ONE-nursing

[Lindsay Josephs]

Hi Ann and Heather! OpenStax, in collaboration with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), released an 8-textbook nursing collection. All 8 books are free online, peer-reviewed, and OER.

• Clinical Nursing Skills
• Fundamentals of Nursing
• Maternal-Newborn Nursing
• Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Nutrition for Nurses
• Population Health for Nurses
• Pharmacology for Nurses
• Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

All books are available here: https://openstax.org/subjects/nursing.

Additionally, all of these books come with free instructor and student resources. The resources vary by book but include items like test banks, PowerPoint slides, skills checklists, and answer guides. 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Best,

Lindsay Josephs

Marketing and Communications Lead, OpenStax