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Empower faculty, librarians, and students with a unified platform of trusted, evidence‑based textbooks, journals, multimedia, clinical skills videos, and assessment tools.
Support the full learning cycle with integrated resources that help students build strong foundational and advanced knowledge, apply clinical judgements, and assess and review readiness for exams and practice, even when clinical placement opportunities are limited.
Give students the foundation they need with evidence‑based foundational and advanced nursing textbooks, journals, multimedia, and study tools. Multimodal, culturally inclusive content supports diverse learning styles and equity. Faculty resources, including slide decks, additional case studies and test banks, make it easier to enrich your coursework with high quality materials to engage your students.
Teach and reinforce skills and support students in developing clinical reasoning with step by step clinical skills modules, high‑fidelity 2D/3D Complete Anatomy models, and bite‑sized Osmosis videos that bring complex concepts to life. These resources support pre‑lab preparation, flipped‑classroom teaching, simulation, and independent study, helping students safely bridge classroom learning to clinical practice, even where placement opportunities are limited.
Monitor engagement, completion, and performance with embedded knowledge checks, interactive questions with remediation, and adaptive assessments. Intuitive analytics give faculty and libraries visibility into usage, progression, and areas of struggle, supporting earlier interventions, data‑informed curriculum decisions, and better alignment between teaching, resources, and program outcomes.
200+ Foundational nursing textbooks, multimedia and study tools
Ready-to-use teaching resources
Easy LMS integration and SSO
Librarian
Nursing Faculty
All Learn content
100+ Advanced nursing textbooks
50 + Journals
Librarian
Nursing Faculty
Includes either Learn or Advanced Learn content
150+ Clinical skills with videos and checklists
High-fidelity 2D and 3D anatomy models from Complete Anatomy
300+ Osmosis tutorial videos in Anatomy and Physiology
Interactive questions with inline remediation
Librarian
Nursing Faculty
ClinicalKey Student Nursing is an integrated learning platform built specifically for nursing education, providing students and faculty with access to an evidence-based collection of content, including textbooks spanning over 65+ specialties. It is available in three packages, Learn, Advanced Learn, and Engage, so institutions can select the combination of content and functionality that best fits their curriculum needs.
Across all packages, students and faculty benefit from:
200+ foundational nursing textbooks
Study tools including notes, highlights, and an offline bookshelf
A presentation maker with auto-cited, copyright-free images
Teaching resources including lesson plans and PowerPoint presentations
Seamless LMS integration via LTI and SSO
Higher-tier packages add advanced textbooks, journals, clinical skills videos, anatomy models, and formative assessment tools. See FAQ 5 for a full package comparison.
The content available depends on your institution’s package:
Learn: 200+ foundational nursing textbooks covering core disciplines, including acclaimed titles such as Ross & Wilson’s Anatomy & Physiology, spanning nearly 70 specialties.
Advanced Learn: Everything in Learn, plus 100+ advanced nursing textbooks and a library of 50+ peer-reviewed nursing journals to support deeper academic research and progression.
Engage: Everything in Learn and/or Advanced Learn, plus 150+ clinical skills videos and checklists, 300+ Osmosis anatomy and physiology videos, high-fidelity 2D/3D anatomy models from Complete Anatomy, and interactive question banks.
All packages include an offline bookshelf, so students can download key texts for use during clinical placements where internet access may be limited.
Faculty tools are available across all packages and include:
Sharing direct links to specific content
Creating curated content collections and custom reading lists
Building teaching materials using copyright-free images from the platform’s extensive image library, with no additional licensing complications
Accessing ready-to-use teaching resources including lesson plans and PowerPoint presentations
Institutions on the Engage package also have access to:
Formative quizzes with inline remediation to support student self-directed practice
Engagement analytics and completion tracking to identify learning gaps and at-risk students
These tools make it straightforward for faculty to align ClinicalKey Student Nursing resources directly with course objectives and reading schedules, regardless of package.
All students on ClinicalKey Student Nursing can access a range of self-directed tools to support their learning, including note-taking, highlighting, an offline bookshelf, and a presentation maker with auto-cited images.
Additional learning tools available by package:
Advanced Learn: Adds 100+ advanced nursing textbooks and 50+ journals, enabling students to engage with current research and build academic rigour.
Engage: Adds interactive formative quizzes with inline remediation, 300+ Osmosis tutorial videos, 150+ clinical skills videos and checklists, and high-fidelity anatomy models, supporting diverse learning styles and building the clinical reasoning skills students need in practice.
All packages support evidence-based practice by providing access to trusted, continually updated content.
Yes. ClinicalKey Student Nursing is designed to support nursing students across their full educational journey, and the three available packages each address different stages and needs:
Learn: Ideal for foundational classroom learning.
Advanced Learn: Supports deeper learning and academic progression, with advanced textbooks and journals to supplement clinical placements with research-level content.
Engage: Bridges the theory-practice gap with clinical skills videos and checklists, anatomy tools, and formative assessment, helping students build confidence and clinical judgement before and during placements.
The breadth of specialties across all packages means students can find relevant content whether they are studying fundamentals, preparing for a specialty placement, or consolidating knowledge after a clinical shift.
Product feature | Learn | Advanced Learn | Engage | Full offering |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Foundational textbooks | X | X | X | |
Presentation maker | X | X | X | |
Notes, highlights and offline bookshelf | X | X | X | |
Teaching resources (PPTs, lesson plans) | X | X | X | |
Advanced textbooks | X | X | ||
Journal library | X | X | ||
Clinical skills modules with videos and checklists | X | X | ||
Interactive 2D/3D anatomy | X | X | ||
Osmosis anatomy & physiology videos | X | X | ||
Peer-reviewed question banks | X | X | ||
Engagement analytics and performance dashboards | X | X | ||
Interactive questions with inline remediation | X | X | ||
Completion tracking | X | X | ||
Ability to assign content | X | X |
