Lee Health Standard Resources
All nursing units throughout the system will use the references that are listed under the first section titled All Nursing Units. In addition, you may use other standard references on this list that are appropriate for the patient populations served on your unit. Accessing available ebooks from a hospital campus should link straight to the resource. Most resources, unless noted, can be accessed remotely with an OpenAthens account. Click here to apply for an account.
Adult Oncology
Cancer Basics
3rd edition
2022
Available on the Medical Library website
Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy: Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice
2nd Edition
2023
Print copy available from the Medical Library at GCMC.
Available on the Medical Library website.
Clinical Guide to Antineoplastic Therapy: A Chemotherapy Handbook
4th edition
2020
Available on the Medical Library website
Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook
Edition: 23rd
2020
Available on the Medical Library website (R2 Library)
Oncology Nursing Scope & Standards of Practice
2019
Print copy available at the Medical Library at LMH.
Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs
Edition: 4th
2024
Available on the Medical Library website (EBSCO)
All Nursing Units
CultureGrams
CultureGrams is a reference resource for cultural information. It contains primary-source reports on 209 countries and territories—including every United Nations member state—focusing on 25 cultural categories, including language, personal appearance, greetings, visiting, family, life cycle, and more.
Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice
Edition: 12th
2025
Available on the Medical Library website
Lippincott Nursing Procedures
Edition: 9th
2023
Available on the Medical Library website.
Micromedex-Drug Information & Patient Education
Preferred online reference available on VirtuaLee>Apps>Systemwide Applications>Micromedex
(Only available on campus or via CITRIX)
Mosby's 2025 Nursing Drug Reference
38th Edition
2025
Available on the Medical Library website.
Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (American Nurses Association)
Edition: 4th
2021
Available on the Medical Library website; print copies available at CCH, LMH, and HPMC.
Stedman’s Medical Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols
Available on the Medical Library website.
Ambulatory Care
Ambulatory Care Nursing Orientation and Competency Assessment Guide
Edition: 6th
2023
Available on the Medical Library Website
Core Curriculum for Ambulatory Care Nursing
Edition: 4th
2019
Available on the Medical Library Website
CultureGrams
CultureGrams is a reference resource for cultural information. It contains primary-source reports on 209 countries and territories—including every United Nations member state—focusing on 25 cultural categories, including language, personal appearance, greetings, visiting, family, life cycle, and more.
Jones & Bartlett Learning’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting
Edition: 6th
2023
Available on the Medical Library Website
Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice
Edition: 12th
2025
Available on the Medical Library website
Lippincott Nursing Procedures
Edition: 9th
2023
Available on the Medical Library website.
Micromedex-Drug Information & Patient Education
Preferred online reference available on VirtuaLee>Apps>Systemwide Applications>Micromedex
(Only available on campus or via CITRIX)
Mosby's 2025 Nursing Drug Reference
38th Edition
2025
Available on the Medical Library website.
Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (American Nurses Association)
Edition: 4th
2021
Available on the Medical Library website; print copies available at CCH, LMH, and HPMC.
Preceptor Guide for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing
Edition: 2nd
2024
Available at the MPO in the LPG Nurse Administration Office (9800 South HealthPark Cir., Suite 200)
Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing
Edition: 10th
2023
Available on the Medical Library website.
Stedman’s Medical Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols
Available on the Medical Library website.
Study Guide for Jones & Bartlett Learning’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting
Edition: 6th
2023
Available on the Medical Library Website
Cardiac Catheterization
Fogoros' Electrophysiologic Testing
Edition: 7th
2023
Available on the Medical Library website.
Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Handbook
Edition: 5th
2023
Available on the Medical Library website.
Kern’s Cardiac Catheterization Handbook
Edition: 7th
2020
Available on the Medical Library website.
Critical Care
AACN Core Curriculum for Progressive and Critical Care Nursing
8th ed.
2023
Print copy available from the Medical Library at CCH, HPMC, and LMH.
AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing
Edition: 5th
2024
Print copy available from the Medical Library at HPMC.
AACN Procedure Manual for Progressive and Critical Care
8th edition
2023
Available on the Medical Library website.
Emergency Services
Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum
7th Edition
2017
Print copy available from the Medical Library at LMH.
Emergency Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice
3rd edition
2023
Print copy available from the Medical Library at LMH.
Sheehys Emergency Nursing: Principles and Practice
7th ed.
2020
Print copies available at the Medical Library at LMH and CCH.
Sheehy’s Manual of Emergency Care
Edition: 8th
2023
Available on the Medical Library website.
The Harriet Lane Handbook
Edition: 23rd
2024
Available on the Medical Library website (Clinical Key)
Endoscopy
SGNA Gastroenterology Nursing: A Core Curriculum
Edition: 6th
2019
Print copies available at the Medical Library at HPMC and LMH.
SGNA Manual of Gastrointestinal Procedures
Edition: 7th
2018
Print copies available at the Medical Library at CCH, HPMC, and LMH.
SGNA Position Statements
SGNA online only. Free.
https://www.sgna.org/Practice-Resources/Position-Statements-Standards
Intravenous Therapy
Policies and Procedures for Infusion Therapy: Acute Care
Edition: 7th
2024
Print copy at each campus VAN and available on the Medical Library website.
Neonatal (NICU)
AWHONN Assessment and Care of the Late Preterm Infant
Edition: 3rd
2024
Available on the Medical Library website. (EBSCO)
AWHONN Neonatal Skin Care Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline
Edition: 4th
2018
Available on the Medical Library website.
(Only available on campus or via CITRIX)
AWHONN Nursing Care and Management of the Second Stage of Labor
Edition: 3rd
2019
Available on the Medical Library website.
(Only available on campus or via CITRIX)
AWHONN Perinatal Nursing
Edition: 5th
2021
Available on the Medical Library website (Stat!Ref)
AWHONN The Use of Human Milk During Parent-Newborn Separation: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline 2021
Edition: 2021
JOGNN, 50(5), E9-E43
Available via the Medical Library
Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing
Edition: 6th
2021
Available on the Medical Library website.
Guidelines for Perinatal Care
Edition: 8th
2017
Available on the Medical Library website (R2)
HalesMeds.com
Formerly known as Medications and Mother’s Milk, by Hale and Rowe
Available on the Medical Library website.
(Only available on campus or via CITRIX)
(Springer Publishing)
How to Use This Resource: https://www.halesmeds.com/resources
MacDonald's Atlas of Procedures in Neonatology
Atlas of Procedures in Neonatology by Macdonald and Ramasethu
Edition: 6th
2020
Available on the Medical Library website.
Merenstein & Gardner's Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care
Edition: 9th
2021
Available on the Medical Library website.
The Harriet Lane Handbook
Edition: 23rd
2024
Available on the Medical Library website (Clinical Key)
Nephrology
Bailie and Mason’s 2024 Dialysis of Drugs Pocket Guide
Authors: George Bailie, Nancy Mason
Publisher: Renal Pharmacy Consultants, 2024
Print copy at each dialysis campus.
Core Curriculum for Nephrology Nursing
Edition: 7th
2020
Handbook of Dialysis Therapy
Edition: 6th
2023
Available on the Medical Library website (ClinicalKey)
Nephrology Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
Edition: 9th
2022
Available on the Medical Library website (R2 Library)
Policies and Procedures for Infusion Therapy: Acute Care
Edition: 7th
2024
Print copy at each campus VAN and available on the Medical Library website
Neurology
AANN Core Curriculum for Neuroscience Nursing
7th Edition
2022
Print copy available from the Medical Library at LMH.
The Clinical Practice of Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing
2020
8th Edition
Available on the Medical Library website.
Obstetrics (Mom-Baby, L&D)
AWHONN: Analgesia and Anesthesia in the Intrapartum Period
2020
Available on the Medical Library website (R2 Library)
AWHONN: Assessment & Care of the Late Preterm Infant
Edition: 3rd
2024
Available on the Medical Library website (EBSCO)
AWHONN Cervical Ripening and Labor Induction and Augmentation
Edition: 5th
2020
Available on the Medical Library website (R2 Library)
AWHONN Core Curriculum for Maternal Newborn Nursing
Edition: 6th
2023
Print copy available at the Medical Library at HPMC
AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitoring: Principles and Practices
Edition: 6th
2021
Print copies available at the Medical Library at CCH and HPMC.
AWHONN High Risk & Critical Care Obstetrics
Edition: 4th
2019
ISBN: 978149637998
Available on the Medical Library website (STAT!Ref)
AWHONN Neonatal Skin Care Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline
Edition: 4th
2018
Available on the Medical Library website.
(Only available on campus or via CITRIX)
AWHONN Nursing Care and Management of the Second Stage of Labor
Edition: 3rd
2019
Available on the Medical Library website.
(Only available on campus or via CITRIX)
AWHONN Perinatal Nursing
Edition: 5th
2021
Available on the Medical Library website (Stat!Ref)
Breastfeeding and Human Lactation
Edition: 6th
2021
ISBN: 9781284151565
Available on the Medical Library website (R2 Library)
Fetal Heart Rate Auscultation
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
2024
Edition: 4th
Available from the Medical Library (Go to VirtuaLee, Click on Departments, then Medical Library, then "Resources" in the left hand menu)
For Healthcare Professionals: Guidelines on Prevention of and Response to Infant Abduction
Edition: 10th
2014
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Gabbe's Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies
9th edition
2025
Available on the Medical Library website (ClinicalKey)
Guidelines for Perinatal Care
Edition: 8th
2017
Available on the Medical Library website (R2)
HalesMeds.com
Formerly known as Medications and Mother’s Milk, by Hale and Rowe
Available on the Medical Library website.
(Only available on campus or via CITRIX)
(Springer Publishing)
How to Use This Resource: https://www.halesmeds.com/resources
Manual of High-Risk Pregnancy & Delivery
Edition: 5th
2010
Available on the Medical Library website (R2 Library)
Perioperative Care of the Pregnant Woman
AWHONN
2019
Edition: 2nd
Available from the Medical Library (R2 Library)
Pediatric Oncology
Atlas of EEG Video-Monitoring by Joseph Sirven. MD and John Stern MD
Edition: 4th
2011
ISBN 0071597425. OUT OF PRINT.
Print copy available at the Medical Library at LMH.
Essentials of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing: A Core Curriculum
Edition: 4th
2014
ISBN: 9780990525509. OUT OF PRINT.
Print copy available at the Medical Library at HPMC.
Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents with Cancer and Blood Disorders
Edition: 4th
2011
ISBN: 978-0-9661-9-355
Print copy available at the Medical Library at HPMC.
The Pediatric Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Curriculum
Edition: 4th
2019
ISBN 978-0990525530 at APHON website; member: $95; retail $110
Pediatrics
Handbook of Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Sedation
Edition: 5th
2020
Available on the Medical Library website (R2 Library)
Micromedex: NeoFax/Pediatrics
Preferred online reference available on VirtuaLee>Apps>Systemwide Applications>Micromedex
(Only available on campus or via CITRIX)
Pediatric Injectable Drugs (The Teddy Bear Book)
Edition: 12th
2025
Available on the Medical Library website (STAT!Ref)
Pediatric Nursing Procedures
Edition: 4th
2016
Available on the Medical Library website.
The Harriet Lane Handbook
Edition: 23rd
2024
Available on the Medical Library website (Clinical Key)
Post-Anesthesia Care
2023-2024 PeriAnesthesia Nursing Standards, Practice Recommendations and Interpretive Statements
2023
Available on the Medical Library website (R2 Library)
AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice
2024
Available on the Medical Library website (STAT!Ref)
Drain's PeriAnesthesia Nursing, A Critical Care Approach
Edition: 8th
2024
Available on the Medical Library website (EBSCOhost)
Radiology
ARIN Core Curriculum
Edition: 3rd
2014
Sterile Processing
Comprehensive Guide To Steam Sterilization And Sterility Assurance In Health Care Facilities
2017
Available on the Medical Library website
ST79 Self-Assessment For Health Care Facilities
2023
Available on the Medical Library website
Surgical Services
Alexander’s Care of the Patient in Surgery
Edition: 16th
2019
Available on the Medical Library website (R2 Library)
Print copy of the 17th edition (2023) is available at the Medical Library at LMH.
AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice
2024
Available on the Medical Library website (STAT!Ref)
Wound and Ostomy Care (WOCN)
Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries: Clinical Practice Guideline 2019 (NPIAP)
2019
Click here to access online.