The Book of Year Awards for 2010 was just published in the most recent issue of the American Journal Nursing, January 2011 – Volume 111 – Issue 1 – pp 66-68. As it states in the article, the books are “The most valuable texts of 2010, as chosen by AJN’s panel of judges.” The following are links to the books on our website. You can also contact me at ashleyw@mattmccoy.com and I can send you a pdf of the article or an Excel file of the list. Here are the winners:
COMMUNITY-PUBLIC HEALTH
Handbook of African American Health
Hampton, Robert L. / Hardcover / Guilford Publications Incorporated / Pub Date 07/10 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 1606237160
List Price: $85.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=1606237160
CONSUMER HEALTH
My Pregnancy Pocket Guide
Wade, Aubrey RN, MSN / Spiral / Davis, F.A. / Pub Date 11/09 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0803621833
List Price: $19.99*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0803621833
Prescription or Poison?: The Benefits and Dangers of Herbal Medicine
Dasgupta, Amitava PhD / Softcover / Hunter House, Inc. / Pub Date 10/09 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0897935500
List Price: $19.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0897935500
Breast Cancer Companion: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
Sokolowski, Nancy RN / Softcover / Demos Publications, Incorporated / Pub Date 07/10 / ©2011 / Edition 01
ISBN: 1932603999
List Price: $16.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=1932603999
CRITICAL CARE-EMERGENCY NURSING
ASTNA (Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association) Patient Transport: Principles and Practice
Holleran, Renee Semonin RN, PhD, CCRN / Hardcover / Mosby / Pub Date 09/09 / ©2010 / Edition 04
ISBN: 0323057497
List Price: $97.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0323057497
High-Acuity Nursing. Text with Internet Access Code
Wagner, Kathleen Dorman EdD, MSN, RN / Book with Ancillary Softcover + Internet Access Code / Prentice Hall Health / Pub Date 08/09 / ©2010 / Edition 05
ISBN: 0135049261
List Price: $87.09*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0135049261
Critical Care Nursing of Older Adults: Best Practices
Foreman, Marquis D. PhD, RN, FAAN / Softcover / Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated / Pub Date 11/09 / ©2010 / Edition 03
ISBN: 0826110967
List Price: $80.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0826110967
GERONTOLOGIC NURSING
Quick Reference to Adult and Older Adult Forensics: A Guide for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals
Brown, Kathleen M. PhD / Softcover / Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated / Pub Date 05/10 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0826124224
List Price: $55.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0826124224
Integrating Gerontological Content into Advanced Practice Nursing Education
Auerhahn, Carolyn EdD / Softcover / Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated / Pub Date 06/10 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 082610536X
List Price: $45.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=082610536X
Palliative Care for Advanced Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Guidelines and Standards for Evidence-based Care
Martin, Gary A. PhD / Softcover / Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated / Pub Date 08/10 / ©2011 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0826106757
List Price: $60.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0826106757
HISTORY AND PUBLIC POLICY
American Nursing: A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work
D’Antonio, Patricia / Hardcover / Johns Hopkins University Press / Pub Date 06/10 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0801895642
List Price: $60.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0801895642
Officer, Nurse, Woman: The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War
Vuic, Kara Dixon / Hardcover / Johns Hopkins University Press / Pub Date 01/10 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0801893917
List Price: $50.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0801893917
Evidence-Based Design for Healthcare Facilities
McCullough, Cynthia RN, MSN / Softcover / Sigma Theta Tau International / Pub Date 08/09 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 1930538774
List Price: $39.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=1930538774
HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE
Palliative Care for Advanced Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Guidelines and Standards for Evidence-based Care
Martin, Gary A. PhD / Softcover / Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated / Pub Date 08/10 / ©2011 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0826106757
List Price: $60.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0826106757
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Integrating Technology in Nursing Education: Tools for the Knowledge Era
Mastrian, Kathleen Garver PhD, RN / Softcover / Jones & Bartlett Publishing / Pub Date 03/10 / ©2011 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0763768715
List Price: $73.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0763768715
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Innovation Leadership: Creating the Landscape of Healthcare
Porter-O’Gra / Softcover / Jones & Bartlett Publishing / Pub Date 09/09 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0763765430
List Price: $75.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0763765430
Nurse Executive’s Coaching Manual
McNally, Kimberly MN, RN / Softcover / Sigma Theta Tau International / Pub Date 03/10 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 1930538952
List Price: $39.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=1930538952
Eat That Cookie!: Make Workplace Positivity Pay Off…For Individuals, Teams, and Organizations
Jazwiec, Liz / Softcover / Fire Starter Publishing / Pub Date 09/09 / ©2009 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0984079440
List Price: $28.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0984079440
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Maternal and Child Nursing Care. Text with Internet Access Code for mynursingkit
London, Marcia L. RN, MSN, APRN, CNS / Book with Ancillary Hardcover + Internet Access Code / Prentice Hall Health / Pub Date 03/10 / ©2011 / Edition 03
ISBN: 0135078466
List Price: $124.53*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0135078466
Physical Assessment of the Newborn: A Comprehensive Approach to the Art of Physical Examination
Tappero, Ellen P. RN / Softcover / NICU Ink Book Publishers / Pub Date 08/09 / ©2009 / Edition 04
ISBN: 1887571175
List Price: $70.75*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=1887571175
Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care
Gardner, Sandra L. RN, MS, CNS / Softcover / Mosby / Pub Date 04/10 / ©2011 / Edition 07
ISBN: 0323067158
List Price: $69.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0323067158
MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING
Acute Stroke Nursing
Williams, Jane / Softcover / Wiley-Blackwell / Pub Date 04/10 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 1405161043
List Price: $54.99*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=1405161043
How to Manage Pain in the Elderly
D’Arcy, Yvonne / Softcover / Sigma Theta Tau International / Pub Date 12/09 / Edition 01
ISBN: 1930538847
List Price: $29.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=1930538847
NURSING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation
Benner, Patricia / Hardcover / Jossey-Bass Incorporated, Publishers / Pub Date 11/09 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0470457961
List Price: $40.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0470457961
Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses
Saver, Cynthia L. RN, MS / Softcover / Sigma Theta Tau International / Pub Date 06/10 / ©2011 / Edition 01
ISBN: 1930538758
List Price: $34.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=1930538758
No Time to Teach: The Essence of Patient and Family Education for Health Care Providers
London, Fran MS, RN / Softcover / Pritchett & Hull Association, Inc. / Pub Date 06/09 / ©2009 / Edition 02
ISBN: 1933638494
List Price: $22.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=1933638494
NURSING RESEARCH
Statistics and Data Analysis for Nursing Research
Polit, Denise F. PhD / Softcover / Prentice Hall Health / Pub Date 08/09 / ©2010 / Edition 02
ISBN: 0135085071
List Price: $71.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0135085071
When Research Goes Off the Rails: Why It Happens and What You Can Do About It
Streiner, David L. / Hardcover / Guilford Publications Incorporated / Pub Date 10/09 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 1606234110
List Price: $60.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=1606234110
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Current Issues in Nursing
Cowen, Perle Slavik PhD, RN / Softcover / Mosby / Pub Date 02/10 / ©2011 / Edition 08
ISBN: 0323065716
List Price: $62.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0323065716
Nutrition and Diet Therapy
Lutz, Carroll RN, MA / Softcover / Davis, F.A. / Pub Date 07/10 / ©2011 / Edition 05
ISBN: 0803622023
List Price: $61.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0803622023
PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice
Clark, David A. / Hardcover / Guilford Publications Incorporated / Pub Date 10/09 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 160623434X
List Price: $65.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=160623434X
Dementia Beyond Drugs: Changing the Culture of Care
Power, G. Allen MD / Softcover / Health Professions Press / Pub Date 01/10 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 193252956X
List Price: $32.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=193252956X
Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Planning: Assessment Guides, Diagnoses, Psychopharmacology
Varcarolis, Elizabeth M. RN, MA / Softcover / Saunders, W. B. / Pub Date 02/10 / ©2011 / Edition 04
ISBN: 1437717829
List Price: $39.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=1437717829
PUBLIC INTEREST AND CREATIVE WORKS
Nursing, the Finest Art: An Illustrated History
Donahue, M. Patricia PhD, RN, FAAN / Hardcover / Mosby / Pub Date 05/10 / ©2011 / Edition 03
ISBN: 032305305X
List Price: $59.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=032305305X
Nursing in the Storm: Voices from Hurricane Katrina
Danna, Denise RN / Softcover / Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated / Pub Date 12/09 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0826118372
List Price: $35.00*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0826118372
When Chicken Soup Isn’t Enough: Stories of Nurses Standing Up for Themselves, Their Patients, and Their Profession
Gordon, Suzanne / Hardcover / ILR Press / Pub Date 04/10 / ©2010 / Edition 01
ISBN: 0801448948
List Price: $24.95*
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=0801448948
