Australian Nurses’ Dictionary, 8th Edition
Essential pocket reference for nurses and midwives in Australia and New Zealand
The Australian Nurses’ Dictionary is an established and trusted reference resource you can keep in your pocket for use in class or on a clinical placement.
It provides easy-to-understand definitions specifically for Australian nurses and midwives, along with simple illustrations to enhance understanding and provide context. It includes a miniature but very complete colour atlas of human anatomy and an invaluable pronunciation guide.
Fully updated to incorporate emerging technology, the eighth edition includes a broad scope of definitions and explanations of key terms used in nursing, along with appendices that provide useful additional information in key reference areas.
Essential pocket reference for nurses and midwives in Australia and New Zealand
The Australian Nurses’ Dictionary is an established and trusted reference resource you can keep in your pocket for use in class or on a clinical placement.
It provides easy-to-understand definitions specifically for Australian nurses and midwives, along with simple illustrations to enhance understanding and provide context. It includes a miniature but very complete colour atlas of human anatomy and an invaluable pronunciation guide.
Fully updated to incorporate emerging technology, the eighth edition includes a broad scope of definitions and explanations of key terms used in nursing, along with appendices that provide useful additional information in key reference areas.
Key Features
- Pocket-sized – concise and small enough to access easily across learning and clinical practice settings
- Useful across a broad range of courses, including Diploma of Nursing, Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Midwifery
- Contains everyday nursing terminology used in Australia and New Zealand – suitable for international nursing students and professional nurses whose first language is not English
- Very broad scope of definitions and explanations of key terms in nursing
- Anatomy atlas and pronunciation guide – ideal for rapid checking
- Useful appendices include common nursing abbreviations, units of measurement and normal ranges
New to this edition
- New and updated science-based entries/terminology
- Inclusion of COVID-19/pandemic-related terminology
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