The best Nursing Dictionaries

Below mentioned are some of the best nursing dictionaries, identified by some of the popular bookstores:

Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th Edition

Mosby’s Medical Dictionary has been identified as one of the top selling nurses dictionary by many bookstores. The dictionary contains over 51,000 authoritative and comprehensive definitions including those of major disorders, diseases, procedures and drugs. It offers complete and reliable

information in possibly all areas of nursing as well as medicine and other health care related professions.  Additionally, the dictionary is also equipped with about 2,400 colored photographs and drawings, which gives it an edge over most of the other dictionaries. Another great advantage is that it includes British spellings for some entries as well, which can help distinguish the alternate spellings. 

Churchill Livingstone Medical Dictionary, 16th Edition

This book has over 12,000 terms, 3,000 of which have been added recently to cater to definitions concerning physiotherapy, radiography, occupational therapy, optometry, nutrition, pharmacology, paramedical terms, anatomy and sports rehabilitation.  The dictionary contains over 150 illustrations (2 color) to visually facilitate the readers understand those definitions. It also comes with a companion DVD, which includes a spellchecker application that you can download onto your computer to ensure correct spellings when you type medical terminologies on documents. 

Bailliere's Nurses' Dictionary, 25th Edition

Identified as the top selling nurses dictionary by Amazon and Elsevier Health Sciences Bookshop, Bailliere’s Nurses’ Dictionary has been extensively revised over the decades and the most recent edition includes new entries for addressing the changing scenarios of healthcare and nursing services. The current edition particularly focuses the needs of nurses, and is packed with useful information for reference services. It has PVC binding for on-ward usage, and is portable size as well. The 25th edition has expanded appendices, with new terms in many subjects including sports medicine, nutrition, health advice, nurse prescribing, management and administration, nurse prescribing, research, complementary therapies, clinical governance and emergency/trauma care. 

Mosby's Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 6th Edition

This is a concise version of the Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professionals as mentioned above. It includes a total of 38,700 definitions. It offers condensed definitions for providing the absolutely essential information including content on procedures, diseases, equipment, drugs and a lot more. The key feature obviously is the portability due to its small size and flexible cover that can fit in everywhere.  It also includes pronunciations for major entries throughout the dictionary, which can help a great deal in everyday usage of correct terminologies.

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