Nursing & Ancillary Services

Nursing is an essential, admirable job, and one that takes years of intensive study and hard work. Some of this comes from hands-on practice and skills, and plenty of it comes from time spent pouring over nursing books and learning the ins and outs of the trade.

Booktopia is proud to play a small role in helping to educate the next generation of nurses, and to help continue the education of our existing nurses. We stock a huge range of nursing books, from entry-level introductions, to study guides, and advanced topics.

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Best-selling nursing books
Any nurse needs to have a solid foundational knowledge of drugs. From the NSAIDs to the opioids, it’s all clearly laid out in Havard’s Nursing Guide to Drugs. This title is an excellent resource for best practice drug administration, patient teaching, dosages, side effects, contraindications, precautions, and everything else you need to know. It also includes considerations for pregnant patients.

Another best-seller is The Nurse’s Anatomy and Physiology Colouring Book. This release offers a fun, stress-free, and interactive way of learning and revising the detailed anatomy and physiology required to be an effective nurse. It offers a break from the draining hours of reading that it usually takes to absorb this kind of information, offering a huge amount of information in an informal format.

Skills in Clinical Nursing is another popular title. Designed for undergraduate nursing students in Australia, this book is a visual manual that helps learners link theory to practice. It covers all the basics, from effectively using personal protective equipment to safe patient moving and health assessments.

Find your next great nursing study guide
Critical Care Nursing is a handy guide to have on your bookshelf, whether you’re an undergraduate just starting out, or an experienced nurse already working in the field. This edition includes information on using complex lifesaving equipment, managing deteriorating patients, quality and safety standards, and more. It also includes case studies to help put these learnings into context.

There are few professions that have quite so much difficult terminology as healthcare. Mastering Medical Terminology is a hugely practical study guide to have on hand to learn about and maintain your knowledge of the various terms you’ll hear in any healthcare setting. This guide is written specifically for students and practitioners in Australia and New Zealand, and includes a basic guide to word structures, followed by more complex terminology associated with the human body, systemic conditions, and clinical applications.