XanEdu is pleased to partner with Open RN to help lower the cost of nursing course materials.
The mission of Open RN is to lower the cost of nursing textbooks through creation of 7 free OER textbooks for foundational nursing courses. Digital copies are always free to download and low cost print texts are available through campus bookstores and Amazon. FlexEd digital courseware is available for each released title and enhances the content through a comprehensive suite of integrated tools, resources, and supplemental content.
Open RN books are written with student comprehension at the forefront and are aligned to NCLEX testing requirements.
The first book, Nursing Pharmacology, is the winner of the OE Excellence Award.
Learn more about what distinguishes Open RN textbooks and the history of Open RN.
Open RN’s textbook series includes the following titles:
FlexEd courseware is available for most Open RN titles. FlexEd keeps student costs low while providing supplemental content, teaching materials via an integrated online platform.
FlexEd is affordable courseware that builds on the high quality, free content from Open RN to keep costs low for students. As a complete course in a box, FlexEd provides everything from lecture slides to assessments, study aids and case studies - all integrated with any LMS.
Students benefit from many features including study aids, flashcards, integrated Daily Med and supplemental content to guide them toward NCLEX success.
The transition is easy - all teaching materials are included, and the XanEdu team is here to help with course set up, LMS integration and any customization needs.
Students benefit from FlexEd’s affordable pricing, introductory videos, and integrated tools such as Daily Med.
All Open RN textbooks are free to download!
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If you have questions about Open RN textbooks or FlexEd’s Open RN courseware, XanEdu is here to help! Our team is here to answer questions and guide you on how these OER materials can work for your specific teaching needs.
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Key items that distinguish Open RN textbooks from other commercial nursing textbooks
About Open RN
The Open RN project is funded by a $2.5 million dollar grant from the Department of Education to create OER Nursing Textbooks with associated virtual reality scenarios.
The project is led by Chippewa Valley Technical College, and the textbooks are being collaboratively written with faculty from Wisconsin technical colleges. The books will be reviewed by statewide nursing faculty, deans, healthcare alliance members, and other industry representatives to ensure the content is current and accurate.
Other states and colleges are encouraged to adopt and customize these books for their specific requirements, to save students money re-purposing the high-quality Open RN base materials.
Why Open RN?
Textbook costs have skyrocketed over the past decade, as much 88% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, causing decreased accessibility by students who elect to not purchase the textbook or use an older edition. It can also take several years for textbook editions to be updated with current, evidence based practice.
Open RN textbooks will be able to easily be updated as new evidence based practices occurs. The Open RN textbooks also contain active learning activities to assist students in learning challenging concepts and applying them to patient care in a manner in which they will be tested with the new NCLEX Next Generation test questions.
The estimated maximum impact of this project for nursing students in Wisconsin Technical College Nursing programs is $1.5 million dollars annually in textbook savings. Other nursing programs across the country will also be able to easily “remix” the textbook content to customize their own content, which will lead to even more cost savings nationally.
ISBN: 978-1-73491-411-5
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'Nursing Pharmacology' introduces the principles of pharmacology, including drug classifications and their effects on the body. Emphasis is on the use of the components of the nursing process when administering medications.
Modules:
1. Apply basic pharmacology principles to medication management
2. Examine legal, ethical, social, and cultural issues related to medication administration
3. Apply components of the nursing process to the administration of antimicrobial drugs
4. Apply components of the nursing process to the administration of central nervous system drugs
5. Apply components of the nursing process to the administration of analgesic and musculoskeletal system drugs
6. Apply components of the nursing process to the administration of autonomic nervous system drugs
7. Apply components of the nursing process to the administration of respiratory system drugs
8. Apply components of the nursing process to the administration of cardiovascular and renal systems drugs
9. Apply components of the nursing process to the administration of gastrointestinal system drugs
10. Apply components of the nursing process to the administration of endocrine system drugs
ISBN: 978-1-73491-413-9
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'Nursing Skills' focuses on the development of evidence-based clinical skills and physical assessment across the lifespan. Content includes mathematical calculations and conversions related to clinical skills. In addition the course includes techniques related to obtaining a health history and basic physical assessment skills using a body systems approach.
Modules:
1. Use aseptic technique
2. Perform mathematical calculations related to clinical practice
3. Measure blood pressure and other vital signs
4. Obtain a health history
5. Perform a general survey assessment
6. Perform a head/neck assessment
7. Perform a basic eye/ear assessment
8. Perform a basic neurological assessment
9. Perform a musculoskeletal assessment
10. Perform an integumentary assessment
11. Provide wound care
12. Perform a basic cardiovascular assessment
13. Perform a basic respiratory assessment
14. Manage oxygen therapy
15. Perform tracheostomy care and suctioning procedures (oral, nasal, pharyngeal, and tracheostomy)
16. Perform an abdominal assessment
17. Demonstrate specimen collection procedures
18. Administer medications via the enteral route (oral)
19. Administer medications via topical, transdermal, eye, ear, inhalation, rectal and vaginal routes
20. Maintain enteral tubes (feeding, irrigation, suction, medication administration)
21. Administer medications via the parenteral routes (Intradermal/Subcutaneous/Intramuscular)
22. Manage intravenous therapy
23. Facilitate alternative methods of elimination (urinary and bowel)
ISBN: 978-1-73491-415-3
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'Nursing Fundamentals' focuses on basic nursing concepts to provide evidence-based care to diverse patient populations across the lifespan. Current and historical issues impacting nursing will be explored within the scope of nursing practice. The nursing process will be introduced as a framework for organizing the care of patients.
Modules:
1. Differentiate scopes of practice within the nursing profession
2. Maintain a safe, effective care environment for adults of all ages
3. Use appropriate communication techniques
4. Use the nursing process
5. Adapt nursing practice to meet the needs of diverse patients in a variety of settings
6. Provide nursing care for patients with sleep/rest/mobility alterations
7. Provide nursing care for patients with comfort alterations
8. Provide nursing care for patients with nutritional, fluid, and electrolytes disturbances
9. Provide nursing care for patients with commonly occurring alterations in elimination patterns
10. Provide nursing care for patients with integumentary disorders
11. Provide nursing care for patients with infection
12. Provide nursing care for patients with cognitive and sensory impairments
13. Provide nursing care for patients and families experiencing grief and loss
14. Provide nursing care for patients with alterations in oxygenation
ISBN: 978-1-73491-419-1
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'Nursing: Management and Professional Concepts' covers nursing management and professional issues related to the role of the registered nurse. Emphasis is placed on preparing for practice as a registered nurse.
Modules:
1. Apply principles of prioritization when evaluating nursing care in complex situations
2. Apply principles of delegation and supervision when evaluating nursing care
3. Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to plan care
4. Examine the impact of economics on health care
5. Compare mechanisms of achieving quality patient care through evidence based practice
6. Analyze ethical dilemmas in health care
7. Analyze legal implications of nursing practice in healthcare
8. Prepare for the RN role
9. Advocate for the nursing profession through political action and involvement in professional organizations
10. Manage a nursing team
ISBN: 978-1-73491-417-7
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'Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts' covers topics related to the delivery of community and mental health care. Specific health needs of individuals, families, and groups will be addressed across the lifespan. Attention will be given to diverse and at-risk populations. Mental health concepts will concentrate on adaptive/ maladaptive behaviors and specific mental health disorders. Community resources will be examined in relation to specific types of support offered to racial, ethnic, economically diverse individuals and groups.
Modules:
1. Assess a community including the relationships among individuals, groups, and health
2. Manage nursing care for the health needs for the community (including vulnerable populations such as disabled, homeless, mentally ill, elderly, teens, chronically ill, culturally diverse)
3. Analyze the role of the nurse in providing safe care related to environmental hazards and emergency preparedness
4. Analyze concepts of mental health nursing
5. Manage care for patients experiencing anxiety disorders
6. Manage care for patients experiencing mood disorders
7. Manage care for patients experiencing personality disorders
8. Manage care for patients experiencing thought disorders
9. Manage care for patients with mental health disorders of childhood and adolescence
10. Manage care for patients experiencing substance abuse
11. Manage care for patients and families experiencing domestic violence
12. Manage care for patients experiencing eating disorders
ISBN: 978-1-73491-410-8
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Nursing Assistant by Open RN helps prepare students for employment as nursing assistants as well as for entry to other health-related programs. This book is recognized by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services as a key part of the state's nurse aide training program. Upon successful completion of a Nursing Assistant program, a student is eligible to take the Wisconsin Nursing Assistant competency evaluation for inclusion on the Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry and employment in nursing homes, hospitals, home health agencies, hospices, community based residential facilities, assisted living centers, and homes for the developmentally disabled.
This textbook is an open educational resource (OER) and is aligned with Wisconsin Technical College System’s Nursing Assistant program and provides a solid foundation for becoming a Nursing Assistant. Nursing Assistants (NAs), also called nursing aides, are important members of the health care team. NAs work under the supervision of licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPNs/VNs) and registered nurses (RNs). NAs provide basic care and help patients with activities of daily living.
Chippewa Valley Technical College created this OER textbook with funding from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) by using Open RN workflows, remixing Open RN OER textbooks, and creating new content specifically for Nursing Assistant students. The Open RN project has published five OER nursing textbooks that have been widely adopted across the United States and is funded by a $2.5 million grant from the Department of Education.
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ISBN: 978-1-95706-801-5
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This OER textbook, Nursing Advanced Skills, is an open educational resource with CC-BY licensing developed specifically for prelicensure nursing students. The e-book and downloadable versions are free. Affordable print versions are published in collaboration with XanEdu and available on Amazon and in college bookstores.
Content is based on the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Advanced Skills course (543-112) and the NCLEX-RN Test Plan.
Content includes advanced skills for registered nurses, such as intravenous infusion, blood product administration, management of central lines and chest tube systems, basic electrocardiogram interpretation, and nasogastric/feeding tube insertion, and builds on basic nursing skills discussed in the Open RN Nursing Skills OER textbook.
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Also available: FlexEd: Nursing Skills
FlexEd is affordable courseware that builds on the high quality, free content from Open RN to keep costs low for students. As a complete course-in-a-box, FlexEd provides everything from lecture slides to assessments, study aids, and case studies, all integrated with any LMS.
FlexEd’s comprehensive suite of content and tools makes it easy for instructors to transition because all teaching materials are included, but the flexible platform also offers customization options.
Students benefit from an ‘all in one’ content source - high quality OER textbook foundation, carefully curated supplemental materials including videos, flashcards, self assessments and integrated tools like Daily Med. No additional subscriptions or costs required.
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Nursing Pharmacology by Open RN ISBN: 978-1-73491-411-5 Availability: In Stock/Ready to Ship. Contact Us for discounted Bookstore or School District bulk orders. Order single printed copies on Amazon (paperback, softcover full-color): $52.02/copy
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Nursing Skills by Open RN ISBN: 978-1-73491-413-9 Availability: In Stock/Ready to Ship. Contact Us for discounted Bookstore or School District bulk orders. Order single printed copies on Amazon (paperback, softcover full-color): $65.75/copy
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Nursing Fundamentals by Open RN ISBN: 978-1-73491-415-3 Availability: In Stock/Ready to Ship. Contact Us for discounted Bookstore or School District bulk orders. Order single printed copies on Amazon (paperback, softcover full-color): $65.75/copy
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Nursing Management and Professional Concepts by Open RN ISBN: 978-1-73491-419-1 Availability: In Stock/Ready to Ship. Contact Us for discounted Bookstore or School District bulk orders. Order single printed copies on Amazon (paperback, softcover full-color): $43.75/copy
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Nursing Mental Health and Community Concepts by Open RN ISBN: 978-1-73491-417-7 Availability: In Stock/Ready to Ship. Contact Us for discounted Bookstore or School District bulk orders. Order single printed copies on Amazon (paperback, softcover full-color): $65.00/copy
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Nursing Assistant by Open RN ISBN: 978-1-73491-410-8 Availability: In Stock/Ready to Ship. Contact Us for discounted Bookstore or School District bulk orders. Order single printed copies on Amazon (paperback, softcover full-color): $55.00/copy
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Nursing Advanced Skills by Open RN ISBN: 978-1-95706-801-5 Availability: In Stock/Ready to Ship. Contact Us for discounted Bookstore or School District bulk orders. Order single printed copies on Amazon (paperback, softcover full-color): $57.50/copy
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If you have questions about Open RN textbooks or FlexEd’s Open RN courseware, XanEdu is here to help! Our team is here to answer questions and guide you on how these OER materials can work for your specific teaching needs.
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Contact us to learn more: Schedule a no pressure demonstration by completing the form below, and let’s talk about how these tools will fit your unique teaching needs.
