Australian Nurses' Dictionary

Fully updated and revised, the trusted Australian Nurses’ Dictionary, 6e remains the only pocket-sized dictionary specific to Australia and New Zealand.

Compiled by Jennie King, Rhonda Hawley and Barbara Weller, this dictionary features comprehensive nursing definitions, guidelines, terminology, policies and procedures, and provides a quick reference source for students and nurses in the clinical setting.

In addition to numerous everyday nursing terms, definitions extend to include specialist areas such as complementary therapies, health informatics, nursing management, midwifery, education, research and ethics.

• Over 5,500 entries
• More than 100 supporting illustrations and tables
• Pronunciation guide for every definition.

Pronunciation guide
Atlas of human anatomy
A-Z entries

Appendices
1. Commonly used prefixes, suffixes and combining forms
2. Commonly used nursing abbreviations
3. Units of measurement 
4. Table of normal values 
5.  Drug  calculations  
6. Resuscitation  
7. Immunisation 
8. Code of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses and Code of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct for Midwives in Australia                                                   
9. Aspects of nursing and the law 
10. Infection control guidelines 
11. National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards 
12. Useful addresses