Optional reading
Preparing for your course
You'll find a full online reading list on your course Moodle community page, here’s some titles to get you started.
Please note, you're not required to purchase any texts as there are many resources available to you from the library services both physically and digitally, however you may consider some as a valuable investment.
Pre-registration optional reading
Jump to your subject:
General (all fields)
- Watson C (2018) The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story
- Benbow W, Jordan G, Knight A and White A. (2021) A Handbook for Student Nurses. Cheltenham, Lantern.
- Charalambous, L. (2022) Shiftwork, Sleep, and Managing Fatigue In H Blake and G Stacey (eds.) Health and Wellbeing at Work for Nurses and Midwives London: Elsevier.
Study skills
- Mason-Whitehead, E. and Mason, T. (2008) Study Skills for Nurses (2nd Edition) UK, Sage
- Price, B and Harrington, A. (2016) Critical thinking and writing for nursing students (2nd Edition) UK, Sage
Clinical skills
- Randle, J, Coffey, F. Bradbury, M. (2009) Oxford Handbook of Clinical Skills in Adult Nursing
- Dawson, P. (2012) Oxford handbook of clinical skills for children's and young people's nursing
- Stacey, G, Felton, A and Bonham, P, (2012) Placement Learning in Mental Health Nursing: A guide for students in practice
Adult
- Lister, S.E, Hofland, J. Grafton, H (2020) The Royal Marsden manual of clinical nursing procedures. Oxford, Wiley Blackwell.
Child
- Bruce, E. Williss, J and Gibson, F. (2022) The Great Ormond Street Hospital Manual of Children and Young People's Nursing Practices 2nd edition. New Jersey, Wiley Blackwell.
Mental Health
- Ryrie, Norman. (2018) Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing 4th edition. New York, OUP.
- Wright, and McKeown. (2018) Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. UK, Sage.
Learning Disability
- Barr, O. and Gates, B. (2018) Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing. Oxford, OUP.
Familiarise yourself with current psychology, science, health, equality and diversity issues and the relevant codes of conduct for the career(s) you are interested in. Here are some useful resources:
If you want to brush up on your biology to prepare for lectures in October then you may find the following resources helpful:
- Aveyard, H and Sharp, P (2017) A Beginner’s Guide to Evidence based Practice in Health and Social Care. 3rd Edition. ISBN-13: 978-0335227082
- Kapit W and Elson LM (2013) The Anatomy Colouring Book. ISBN-13: 978-0064539142
- McArdle W.D, Katch F.I and Katch V.L. (2014) Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance. 8th Edition. ISBN-13: 978-1451191554
- Neumann DA. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. ISBN-13: 978-0323287531
- Pocock G, Richards CD, Richards DA (2017) Human Physiology. Fourth or Fifth Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0198737223
- Soames, R. and Palastanga, N. (2018) Anatomy and Human Movement. 7th ed. Elsevier ISBN: 9780702072260
Sport Rehabilitation BSc
- Brukner, P. and Khan, K. (2017) Clinical Sports Medicine; Injuries Volume 1. 5th ed. London: McGraw Hill. ISBN: 1760421669
- Brukner, P. and Khan, K. (2019) Clinical Sports Medicine; The Medicine of Exercise Volume 2. 5th ed. London: McGraw Hill. ISBN: 1760420514
- Haff, G. and Triplett, T. (2016) Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning. 4th ed. Leeds: Human Kinetics. ISBN: 9781492501626
- Peterson, L. and Renström, P. (2017) Sports Injuries: prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. 4th ed. Abingdon: Taylor and Francis
Physiotherapy BSc
- Kapit W and Elson LM (2013) The Anatomy Colouring Book. ISBN-13: 978-0064539142 Neumann DA. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. ISBN-13: 978-0323287531
- Pocock G, Richards CD, Richards DA (2017) Human Physiology. Fourth or Fifth Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0198737223
- Youngson, R (2012) Time to Care: How to love your patients and your job. ISBN-13: 978-1475237849
- Aveyard, H and Sharp, P (2017) A Beginner’s Guide to Evidence based Practice in Health and Social Care. 3rd Edition. ISBN-13: 978-0335227082
- McArdle W.D, Katch F.I and Katch V.L. (2014) Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance. 8th Edition. ISBN-13: 978-1451191554
Physiotherapy BSc and Sport Rehabilitation BSc optional pre-course study tasks
These are optional materials that will help you with your studies prior to starting the course and give you a taster of what is to come. Don’t panic if you don’t have the time to do these yet. We'll cover it all once you have started the course.
MSc Advanced Nursing
Texts
- Advanced Practice in Nursing and the Allied Health Professions, 3rd Edition, Paula McGee (Editor)
- Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach, 5e Paperback – 21 Aug. 2013 by Ann B. Hamric PhD RN FAAN (Author)
- Becoming a Reflective Practitioner Paperback – 30 Jun. 2017 by Christopher Johns (Editor)
Websites
MA Research Methods (Health)
- Benton and Craib (2011) Philosophy of Social Science: The Philosophical Foundations of Social Thought. There are some second-hand copies of this available online for £1.