The American Journal of NursingСAPPs recently released list of the 17 best nursing textbooks for 2014 contains two books with contributions from UL Lafayette faculty members.
The College of Nursing and Allied Health ProfessionsСAPP Dr. Melinda Oberleitner, associate dean, and Dr. Helen Hurst, graduate program coordinator, each authored chapters in textbooks recognized on the journalСAPPs Book of the Year list.
The winners are cited in the January issue. A panel of judges selected by the American Journal of Nursing chose up to three winners in 20 categories.
Oberleitner authored two chapters included in СAPPTheoretical Basis for NursingСAPP by Dr. Melanie McEwen and Dr. Evelyn Wills, a retired professor of nursing at UL Lafayette.
СAPPTheoretical Basis for Nursing СAPP placed second in the research category. Chapters written by Oberleitner that are included in the textbook are entitled СAPPTheories, Models, and Frameworks in Nursing Administration and ManagementСAPP and СAPPApplication of Theory in Nursing Administration and Management.СAPP
Hurst wrote a chapter entitled СAPPAntepartum-Intrapartum ComplicationsСAPP included in the Association of WomenСAPPs Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal NursesСAPP textbook entitled СAPPCore Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing.СAPP
The textbook placed first in the critical care/emergency nursing category, and second in the child health category.
The prestigious, peer-reviewed American Journal of Nursing has been published since 1900. It has released its Book of the Year awards list yearly since 1969.
Learn more about the Book of the Year program on the website.
Shown, are, Dr. Helen Hurst, left, and Dr. Melinda Oberleitner