ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING
Susan Apold, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, dean, Division of Nursing, Concordia College-New York, Bronxville, the judge for this category, selected no winners this year.
COMMUNITY-PUBLIC HEALTH
Chosen by Stephanie Chalupka, EdD, RN, PHCNS-BC, FAAOHN, professor and director, Master of Science in Nursing Program, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA.
1. Handbook of African American Health
Edited by Robert L. Hampton, Thomas P. Gullotta, and Raymond L. Crowel. New York City, Guilford Press.
CONSUMER HEALTH
Chosen by Patricia Agre, EdD, RN, director of patient education, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City.
1. My Pregnancy Pocket Guide
By Aubrey Wade. Philadelphia, F.A. Davis Company.
2. Prescription or Poison? The Benefits and Dangers of Herbal Remedies
By Amitava Dasgupta. Alameda, CA, Hunter House.
3. The Breast Cancer Companion: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
By Nancy Sokolowski and Valerie Rossi. New York City, Demos Medical Publishing.
CRITICAL CARE-EMERGENCY NURSING
Chosen by Christine Cutugno, PhD, RN, CCRN, assistant professor, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, New York City.
1. ASTNA Patient Transport: Principles and Practice
Edited by Renee Semonin Holleran. 4th edition. St. Louis, Mosby Elsevier.
2. High-Acuity Nursing
By Kathleen Dorman Wagner, Karen L. Johnson, and Melanie G. Hardin-Pierce. 5th edition. Boston, Pearson Education.
3. Critical Care Nursing of Older Adults: Best Practices
Edited by Marquis D. Foreman, Koen Milisen, and Terry T. Fulmer. 3rd edition. New York City, Springer Publishing Company.
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Mary Anne Rizzolo, EdD, RN, FAAN, consultant, National League for Nursing, New York City, the judge for this category, selected no winners this year.
GERONTOLOGIC NURSING
Chosen by Elaine J. Amella, PhD, GNP-BC, FAAN, professor, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
1. Quick Reference to Adult and Older Adult Forensics: A Guide for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals
By Kathleen M. Brown and Mary E. Muscari. New York City, Springer Publishing Company.
2. Integrating Gerontological Content into Advanced Practice Nursing Education
By Carolyn Auerhahn and Laurie Kennedy-Malone. New York City, Springer Publishing Company.
3. Palliative Care for Advanced Alzheimer's and Dementia: Guidelines and Standards for Evidence-Based Care
Edited by Gary A. Martin and Marwan N. Sabbagh. New York City, Springer Publishing Company.
HISTORY AND PUBLIC POLICY
Chosen by Joanne R. Warner, PhD, RN, dean, University of Portland School of Nursing, Portland, OR.
1. American Nursing: A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work
By Patricia D'Antonio. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press.
2. Officer, Nurse, Woman: The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War
By Kara Dixon Vuic. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press.
3. Evidence-Based Design for Healthcare Facilities
Edited by Cynthia McCullough. Indianapolis, IN, Sigma Theta Tau International.
HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE
Chosen by Lissi Hansen, PhD, RN, associate professor, School of Nursing, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.
1. Palliative Care for Advanced Alzheimer's and Dementia: Guidelines and Standards for Evidence-Based Care
Edited by Gary A. Martin and Marwan N. Sabbagh. New York City, Springer Publishing Company.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Chosen by Joyce P. Griffin-Sobel, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, assistant dean for curriculum and technology, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, New York City.
1. Integrating Technology in Nursing Education: Tools for the Knowledge Era
By Kathleen Garver Mastrian, Dee McGonigle, Wendy L. Mahan, and Brett Bixler. Sudbury, MA, Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Chosen by Jo Manion, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, author, speaker, and consultant, Oviedo, FL.
1. Innovation Leadership: Creating the Landscape of Health Care
Edited by Tim Porter-O'Grady and Kathy Malloch. Sudbury, MA, Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
2. The Nurse Executive's Coaching Manual
By Kimberly A. McNally and Liz Cunningham. Indianapolis, IN, Sigma Theta Tau International.
3. Eat That Cookie! Make Workplace Positivity Pay Off . . . for Individuals, Teams and Organizations
By Liz Jazwiec. Gulf Breeze, FL, Fire Starter Publishing.
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Chosen by Margaret Comerford Freda, EdD, RN, CHES, FAAN, professor of clinical obstetrics, gynecology, and women's health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
1. Maternal and Child Nursing Care
By Marcia L. London, Patricia A. Wieland Ladewig, Jane W. Ball, Ruth C. Bindler, and Kay J. Cowen. 3rd edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson Education.
2. Physical Assessment of the Newborn: A Comprehensive Approach to the Art of Physical Examination
Edited by Ellen P. Tappero and Mary Ellen Honeyfield. 4th edition. Santa Rosa, CA, NICU Ink Book Publishers.
3. Merenstein and Gardner's Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care
Edited by Sandra L. Gardner, Brian S. Carter, Mary Enzman-Hines, and Jacinto A. Hernandez. 7th edition. St. Louis, Mosby Elsevier.
MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING
Chosen by Julie Zerwic, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, professor and interim executive associate dean, Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago.
1. Acute Stroke Nursing
Edited by Jane Williams, Lin Perry, and Caroline Watkins. Chichester, UK, Wiley-Blackwell.
2. How to Manage Pain in the Elderly
By Yvonne D'Arcy. Indianapolis, IN, Sigma Theta Tau International.
NURSING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
Chosen by Thomasine D. Guberski, PhD, CRNP, associate professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore.
1. Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation
By Patricia Benner, Molly Sutphen, Victoria Leonard, and Lisa Day. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.
2. Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses
By Cynthia Saver. Indianapolis, IN, Sigma Theta Tau International.
3. No Time to Teach: The Essence of Patient and Family Education for Health Care Providers
By Fran London. Atlanta, Pritchett and Hull Associates.
NURSING RESEARCH
Chosen by Yolanda R. Davila, PhD, RN, associate professor, School of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
1. Statistics and Data Analysis for Nursing Research
By Denise F. Polit. 2nd edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson Education.
2. When Research Goes Off the Rails: Why It Happens and What You Can Do About It
Edited by David L. Streiner and Souraya Sidani. New York City, Guilford Press.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Chosen by Karen Cassidy, EdD, MSN, MBA, RN, adjunct professor, University of Louisville School of Nursing, Louisville, KY.
1. Current Issues in Nursing
Edited by Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead. 8th edition. St. Louis, Mosby Elsevier.
2. Nutrition and Diet Therapy
By Carroll A. Lutz and Karen Rutherford Przytulski. 5th edition. Philadelphia, F.A. Davis Company.
PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Chosen by V. Jude Forbes-De La Cruz, MSN, RN-BC, FNP-C, APRN, advanced practice nursing psychiatric provider, Correctional Managed Care, University of Texas Medical Branch, Austin.
1. Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice
By David A. Clark and Aaron T. Beck. New York City, Guilford Press.
2. Dementia Beyond Drugs: Changing the Culture of Care
By G. Allen Power. Baltimore, MD, Health Professions Press.
3. Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Planning: Assessment Guides, Diagnoses, and Psychopharmacology
By Elizabeth M. Varcarolis. 4th edition. St. Louis, Saunders Elsevier.
PUBLIC INTEREST AND CREATIVE WORKS
Chosen by Charles Kaiman, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, clinical nurse specialist in adult psychiatric and mental health, Albuquerque, NM.
1. Nursing: The Finest Art
By M. Patricia Donahue. 3rd edition. Maryland Heights, MO, Mosby Elsevier.
2. Nursing in the Storm: Voices from Hurricane Katrina
By Denise Danna and Sandra E. Cordray. New York City, Springer Publishing Company.
3. When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough: Stories of Nurses Standing Up for Themselves, Their Patients, and Their Profession
Edited by Suzanne Gordon. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press.
To read the judges' descriptions of all of these books, go to http://links.lww.com/AJN/A18.