BSN Required Booklist – Spring 2025
1. American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). American Psychological Association. ISBN: 9781433832161
BCIT Library Call # BF 76.7 A46 2020
2. Astle, B. J., Duggleby, W., Potter, P. A., Stockert, P. A., Perry, A. G., & Hall, A. M. (Eds.). (2024). Potter and Perry's Canadian fundamentals of nursing (7th ed.). Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323870672
BCIT Library Call # RT 41 P68 2024
3. Austin, W, Kunyk, D, Peternelj-Taylor, C, & Boyd, M. (2022). Psychiatric & mental health nursing for Canadian practice (5th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 9781975179045
BCIT Library Call # RC 440 A87 2023
4. Balzer-Riley, J. W. (2024). Communication in nursing (10th ed.). Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323871471
BCIT Library Call # RT 86.3 B34 2024
5. Boscart, V., McCleary, L. & Sheiban Taucar L. (2023). Ebersole and Hess' gerontological nursing and healthy aging in Canada (3rd ed.). Elsevier Canada. ISBN: 9780323778763
BCIT Library Call # RC 954 G4551 2023
6. El Hussein, M & Osuji, J. (2019). Brunner & Suddarth’s Canadian textbook of medical-surgical nursing (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 9781975151829
BCIT Library Call # RT 41 T642 2020
7. Giddens, J. F. (2025). Concepts for nursing practice (4 th ed). Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323812085
BCIT Library Call # RT 42 C66 2025
8. Hartrick Doane, G. & Varcoe, C. (2021). How to nurse: Relational inquiry in action (2nd ed.). Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 9781975166120
BCIT Library Call # RT 86.4 D63 2021
9. Ignatavicius, D. D., & Andersen, S. (2025). Alfaro’s clinical judgment in nursing: A how-to practice approach (8th ed.) Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323937771
BCIT Library Call # RT 86.A34 2025
10. Keenan-Lindsay, L., Sams, C.A., O'Connor, C.L., Perry, S.E., Hockenberry, M.J., Leonard Lowdermilk, D., & Wilson, D. (2022). Perry's Maternal child care nursing in Canada (3rd ed.). Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323759212
BCIT Library Call # RG 951 P47 2022
11. MacDonald, S.A. & Jakubec S.L. (2022). Stanhope and Lancaster’s community health nursing in Canada (4th ed.). Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323693974
BCIT Library Call # RT 98 C65625 2022
12. Norris, T. (2019). Porth's essentials of pathophysiology. (5 th ed). Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 9781975151812
BCIT Library Call # RB 113 P668 2020
13. Perry, A.G., Potter, A. P., Ostendorf, W.R., & Laplante, N. (2025). Clinical nursing skills and techniques (11th ed.). Elsevier. ISBN: 9780443115929
(note: BCIT Library currently has 10th ed. and previous, not 11th)
BCIT Library Call # RT 51 P365 2022 10th edition
14. Robinson, D.J. (2017). Mental Status Exam Explained (3rd ed.). Rapid Psychler Press. ISBN: 9781894328319
BCIT Library Call # RC 469 R63 2017
15. Singh, M.D., Thirsk, L.M., Stahlke, S., Perumal, R.V., LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Haber, J. (Eds.). (2022). LoBiondo-Wood and Haber's nursing research in Canada: Methods, critical appraisal, and utilization (5th ed.). Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323779005
BCIT Library Call # RT 81.5 N8724 2022
16. Tucker, R. (2023). Karch’s focus on nursing pharmacology (9th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 9781975180409
BCIT Library Call # RM 300 K37 2023
17. Vallerand, A.H., & Sanoski, C.A. (2025). Davis's Canadian drug guide for nurses (19th ed.). F.A. Davis. ISBN: 9781719650052
BCIT Library e-book
18. Wilson, S.F. & Giddens, J. (2022). Health assessment for nursing practice (7th ed.). Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323763202
BCIT Library Call # RT 48 W55 2022