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Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing

Use this guide to find information resources about orthopaedic and trauma nursing including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 17/09/2024

Key Resources

Publication cover Royal College of Nursing (2019) Competences: a competence framework for orthopaedic and trauma practitioners, London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2021) Traction: principles and application. RCN guidance, London: RCN.
We would like to thank the RCN Trauma and Orthopaedic Nursing member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

Book cover Clarke, Sonya and Drozd, Mary (2023) Orthopaedic and trauma nursing: an evidence-based approach to musculoskeletal care. Chichester: Wiley and Sons
Book cover Cunningham S and Moore T (2021) Nursing skills in supporting mobility. London: Routledge.
Wallmann-Foundations-of Wallmann H W and Donatelli R (eds.) (2022) Foundations of orthopedic physical therapy. New York: Routledge.
Book cover Greaves I, Porter K M and Garner J (2022) Trauma care manual. 3rd edn. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Book cover Hertz K and Santy-Tomlinson J (2024) Fragility fracture nursing: holistic care and management of the fragility fracture and the orthogeriatric patient. Switzerland: Springer.
Book cover Jester R, Santy-Tomlinson J and Rogers J (eds.) (2021) Oxford handbook of trauma and orthopaedic nursing. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
MacKenzie C, Cornell C and Memtsoudis S (eds.) (2020) Perioperative care of the orthopedic patient. 2nd edition. New York: Springer.
Book cover McQuillan K A and Makic M B F (eds.) (2020) Trauma nursing: from resuscitation through rehabilitation. 5th edn. Missouri: Elsevier.
Book cover Oliver S M (2020) Oxford handbook of musculoskeletal nursing. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Book cover Price J, McAlinden O and Veal Zoë (2024) (eds.) Essentials of nursing children and young people. 2nd edn. London: Sage.
Shortland A and Gough M (2022) Musculoskeletal system in children with cerebral palsy: a philosophical approach to management. London: Mac Keith Press.

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