Electronic Requirements

An E-mail address to send and receive mail from your classmates and teacher
Ability to do a literature search using a nursing data base
Ability to subscribe to course and nursing list servers.
Ability to do word processing

Course Texts

Note: These citations are written in the form you should use for all bibliographies

	Ruggiero, V.R. (1996). Becoming a critical thinker (2nd ed.). Rapid City, SD: Houghton Mifflin.
	Meltzer, M., & Palau, S.M. (1997). Learning Strategies in Nursing Reading studying & test taking (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: W.P. Saunders.
	Creasia, J.L., & Parker, B. (1996). Conceptual Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice (2nd ed.). New York: Mosby.
	Potter, P.A. & Perry, A.G.(1997). Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process, and Practice. NewYork: Mosby.

Texts used in this course that are required for other Nursing Courses

Note: If you do not buy your own copy now, you will need to buy it for other courses. There are assignments using these texts in this course, but you could use the library copy if necessary.

	American Psychological Association. (1995). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
	Williams, S.R. (1993). Nutrition and Diet Therapy. St. Louis : Mosby.

Texts useful for this course that are on library reserve (under LaBonne)

	Chitty, K.K.(1993). Professional Nursing: Concepts and Challenges. Philadelphia: WB Saunders.
	Nightengale, F.(1969). Notes on Nursing: What it is and what it is not. New York: Dover Publishing.
	Rubenfeld, M.G.(1995). Critical Thinking in Nursing: An interactive approach. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott.