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16 Best Nursing Books

Goal: Find the best Nursing books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best nursing books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

16 Best Nursing Books

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1

I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out

True Stories of Becoming a Nurse

by Lee Gutkind

2

RNotes

Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guide

by Ehren Myers

3

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

Also recommended by:

A.J. Jacobs

4

Notes on Nursing

What It Is, and What It Is Not

by Florence Nightingale

5

Bedlam Among the Bedpans

Humor in Nursing

by Amy Y. Young

6

Cooked

An Inner City Nursing Memoir

by Carol Karels

7

Critical Care

A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between

by Theresa Brown

8

Every Patient Tells a Story

Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis

by Lisa Sanders

9

First Year Nurse

Wisdom, Warnings, and What I Wish I'd Known My First 100 Days on the Job

by Barbara Arnoldussen

10

How to Survive and Maybe Even Love Your Life as a Nurse

by Kelli S. Dunham

11

Intensive Care

The Story of a Nurse

by Echo Heron

12

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook

An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care

by Betty J. Ackley

13

Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness

by Anne Waugh

14

The Language of Kindness

A Nurse's Story

by Christie Watson

15

The Shift

One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives

by Theresa Brown

16

Your First Year As a Nurse

by Donna Cardillo

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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