Best Nurse & Patient Communications Books of 2025

Gulanick & Myers’ Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes, 10th Edition is a comprehensive guide for nurses to create and customize effective nursing care plans. The book includes over 200 care plans based on the latest evidence-based guidelines and national and international treatment protocols. It also features highlighted QSEN competencies, ICNP® diagnoses, and care plans on LGBTQ health issues and electrolytes and acid-base balance. The prioritized care planning guidance helps select the most important interventions for patients. Overall, this book is an essential resource for nurses to think like a nurse, providing the building blocks to create individualized care plans.

The book "Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior" is a comprehensive guide for healthcare practitioners to use motivational interviewing techniques to help patients manage chronic and acute conditions and make healthier choices. The book is structured around the current four-process model of MI and includes lessons learned from the authors' ongoing clinical practice and practitioner training workshops. It also covers advice-giving, brief consultations, merging MI with assessment, MI in groups, and making telehealth consultations more effective. This book is a valuable resource for both health care professionals-in-training and experienced practitioners alike.

Nurse as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice is a top-rated book that comprehensively covers the major principles of teaching and learning for all audiences. It focuses on multiple audiences, making it perfect for both undergraduate and graduate nursing courses, and prepares nurse educators, clinical nurse specialists, and nurse practitioners and students for their expanding role as nurses and educators. The Sixth Edition covers relevant topics in nursing education and health promotion not often found in other texts, such as health literacy, teaching people with disabilities, and the ethical, legal, and economic foundations of the educational process. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for anyone looking to improve their teaching skills in the nursing field.

The Family Practice Guidelines is a comprehensive nursing resource that provides up-to-date practice guidelines and professional standards of care across the lifespan. The sixth edition includes new content on COVID-19 treatment and vaccines, guidelines for dermatology, respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, genitourinary considerations, neurologic conditions, and infectious diseases. The book offers detailed, step-by-step instructions for physical examinations, diagnostic testing, health promotion, dietary information, common procedures, and patient resources. Overall, this book is an essential text for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and primary care clinicians who want to provide quality care to their patients.

Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants is an easy-to-understand guide for nursing assistants. The book covers over 75 procedures, patient scenarios, and emphasizes the importance of treating residents with respect while providing safe and efficient care. The book also includes guidelines for communication, delegation, and special needs of older persons. The book is a great resource for nursing assistants preparing for state certification exams. The use of clear language, full-color photographs, and illustrations make it an engaging read for anyone interested in the field of nursing.

The Adult Telephone Protocols: Office Version is a comprehensive resource that provides triage guidelines for 95% of the most common adult complaints. The book covers protocols ranging from everyday problems such as back pain and insect bites to more serious conditions such as breathing difficulty and seizures. Completely updated and revised, the 5th edition includes six new protocols and updated triage guidance to include video visit options. Written by David Thompson, MD, FACEP, who has over 20 years of experience in telehealth and clinical informatics, this book is a valuable decision-support tool for medical call centers and doctor's offices. Overall, this book is a must-have for any family practice medicine books collection.

The "Family Practice Guidelines, Fifth Edition" is a comprehensive resource book for primary care clinicians and students. It features step-by-step instructions for physical examinations and diagnostic testing, health promotion, care guidelines, patient resources, and abundant patient-education handouts. The book is organized in a consistent format for ease of use, and it highlights key considerations with Practice Pointers. It also includes individual care points for pediatric, pregnant, and geriatric patients, 138 printable Patient Teaching Guides, 18 procedure guidelines, and routine health maintenance guidelines. Overall, this book is an excellent reference for primary care providers, and its updated guidelines and recommendations make it a valuable addition to any clinical practice.

The All-in-One Nursing Care Planning Resource by Swearingen is a comprehensive nursing care planning reference book that covers medical-surgical, pediatric, maternity, and psychiatric-mental health care areas. The book features over 100 care plans and includes a unique interprofessional "patient problem" focus that teaches students how to communicate with patients in conversational terms. The book is easy to use, with a consistent format for each care plan and prioritized patient problems. The full-color design makes it more user-friendly, and the safety icons correspond to the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses initiative. This book is an invaluable resource for nursing students and professionals.

This book, titled "Fast Facts for the L&D Nurse: Labor and Delivery Orientation," is an essential resource for new labor and delivery (L&D) nurses. It provides quick and easy-to-follow guidance on everyday procedures, necessary equipment, and emergency situations, all presented in a bulleted format. The third edition is updated with the latest evidence-based practices from ACOG and SMFM, with a new chapter on aromatherapy and updated information on breastfeeding, labor progression, amniotic fluid embolism, and prematurity. The book is designed to facilitate quick access to critical information, making it an invaluable tool for new L&D nurses.

Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes, 9th Edition is a comprehensive guide for nurses covering the most common medical-surgical nursing diagnoses and clinical problems seen in adults. With 217 care plans, the book reflects the latest best practice guidelines, and features new care plans, updated content and language, enhanced QSEN integration, and a new emphasis on interprofessional collaborative practice. Organized from "actual" to "risk" diagnoses, the book provides prioritized care planning guidance to help nurses select the most important interventions for their patients. Overall, this book is an essential resource for nurses seeking to create effective nursing care plans.