These fantastic Nursing titles received recognition as the most valuable texts of 2011, as chosen by AJN’s panel of judges, in the following categories:
CATEGORY: Advanced Practice Nursing
Philosophies and Theories for Advanced Nursing Practice
Edited by Janie B. Butts and Karen L. Rich
CATEGORY: Community–Public Health
Caring for the Vulnerable: Perspectives in Nursing Theory, Practice, and Research, Third Edition
Edited by Mary de Chesnay and Barbara A. Anderson
CATEGORY: Gerontologic Nursing AND Mental Health
Geropsychiatry and Mental Health Nursing, Second Edition
Edited by Karen Devereaux Melillo and Susan Crocker Houde
CATEGORY: Information Technology
Health Technology Literacy: A Transdisciplinary Framework for Consumer-Oriented Practice
By Maryalice Jordan-Marsh
CATEGORY: Hospice and Palliative Care
Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients
By Kathleen Ouimet Perrin, Caryn A. Sheehan, Mertie L. Potter, aand Mary K. Kazanowski
CATEGORY: Nursing Research
Community-Based Collaborative Action Research: A Nursing Approach
By Carol Pillsbury Pavlish and Margaret Dexheimer Pharris
CATEGORY: Professional Development and Issues
The Nursing Student’s Guide to Clinical Success
By Lorene Payne
Congratulations to our award-winning authors!




