Free ebook introducing the nursing profession, including ethics, patient safety, clinical care, public health, and nursing specialties.
Free ebook + audiobook content
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History of Nursing
+ Exercise: Who is considered the "father of medicine" and is one of the first records of nursing? 2 minutes
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Nursing Theories and Models
+ Exercise: Which of the following is a correct description of a specific nursing theory mentioned in the text? 2 minutes
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Nurse's Roles and Responsibilities
+ Exercise: What are some of the nurse's responsibilities? 2 minutes
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Ethics and Legality in Nursing
+ Exercise: What are the ethical principles that nurses must follow when performing their duties? 2 minutes
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Communication in Nursing
+ Exercise: What is the importance of communication in nursing? 2 minutes
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Patient safety
+ Exercise: What is the role of nurses in patient safety? 2 minutes
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Infection Control
+ Exercise: What is the role of nurses in infection control? 2 minutes
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Nursing and Public Health
+ Exercise: What is the role of nurses in promoting public health? 2 minutes
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Nursing Care for the Adult Patient
+ Exercise: What are some of the responsibilities of nurses in the care of adult patients, as described in the text? 2 minutes
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Pediatric Nursing Care
+ Exercise: What is the process to become a pediatric nurse? 2 minutes
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Geriatric Nursing Care
+ Exercise: What does geriatric nursing involve? 2 minutes
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Maternal and Neonatal Nursing Care
+ Exercise: What is the specialty of nursing that focuses on the care of pregnant women and newborns? 2 minutes
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Mental Health Nursing
+ Exercise: What is the role of the nurse in mental health? 1 minutes
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Nursing in the Emergency department
+ Exercise: Which of the following statements best describes Emergency Nursing? 2 minutes
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Technology and Informatics in Nursing
+ Exercise: What is the role of technology and informatics in modern nursing? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Critical and Intensive Care
+ Exercise: What is the role of nurses in critical and critical care? 2 minutes
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Pharmacology for Nurses
+ Exercise: Which of the following statements best describes pharmacokinetics, a subdiscipline of pharmacology? 2 minutes
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Technical Procedures in Nursing
+ Exercise: What are some of the essential nursing technical procedures mentioned in the text? 2 minutes
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Nursing Administration
+ Exercise: What is the role of management in nursing? 1 minutes
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Nursing in Oncology
+ Exercise: What is the role of oncology nurses in the care of cancer patients? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Cardiology
+ Exercise: What is the role of cardiology nurses in the management of cardiac conditions? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Nephrology
+ Exercise: What is the main responsibility of nephrologist nurses? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Neurology
+ Exercise: What is the role of nurses specializing in neurology? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Endocrinology
+ Exercise: What is the main role of endocrinologist nurses? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Gastroenterology
+ Exercise: What is the role of nurses in gastroenterology? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Dermatology
+ Exercise: What is the role of nurses in dermatology? 1 minutes
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Nursing in Orthopedics
+ Exercise: What is the role of orthopedic nurses in patient rehabilitation? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Ophthalmology
+ Exercise: What is the role of eye nurses in preventing serious eye conditions? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Otorhinolaryngology
+ Exercise: What is the role of a nurse in Otorhinolaryngology? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Urology
+ Exercise: What is the specialization within the field of nursing that focuses on treating patients with urological problems? 1 minutes
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Nursing in Pulmonology
+ Exercise: What is the role of pulmonologist nurses? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Immunology
+ Exercise: What is the role of a nurse in immunology? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Hematology
+ Exercise: What is the field of specialization of hematology nursing? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Rheumatology
+ Exercise: What does rheumatology nursing focus on? 2 minutes
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Nursing Research
+ Exercise: What is the importance of nursing research? 2 minutes
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Nursing Education
+ Exercise: What is the role of nursing education in preparing nurses? 2 minutes
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Nursing in Palliative Care
+ Exercise: Which of the following statements best describes the role of a palliative care nurse? 2 minutes
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Occupational Health Nursing
+ Exercise: What is the role of occupational health nurses? 1 minutes
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Environmental Health Nursing
+ Exercise: What is the role of a nurse in environmental health? 2 minutes
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Family Health Nursing
+ Exercise: What is the role of family health nurses in the health system? 1 minutes
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Women's Health Nursing
+ Exercise: What is the role of nurses specializing in women's health? 2 minutes
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Men's Health Nursing
+ Exercise: What is Men's Health Nursing and what are its main functions? 2 minutes
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Child and Adolescent Health Nursing
+ Exercise: What is the role of pediatric nurses in child and adolescent health? 2 minutes
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Elderly Health Nursing
+ Exercise: What is the specialization within the nursing profession that focuses on elderly care? 1 minutes
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Collective Health Nursing
+ Exercise: What is the focus of nursing in public health? 2 minutes
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Indigenous Health Nursing
+ Exercise: What is the role of nurses in indigenous health? 2 minutes
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Health Nursing of Vulnerable Populations
+ Exercise: What does Nursing in the Health of Vulnerable Populations seek to achieve? 2 minutes
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Health Nursing of Homeless Populations
+ Exercise: What is the role of nurses in the Health Nursing of Homeless Populations? 2 minutes
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Health Nursing of Populations from the Field, Forest and Waters
+ Exercise: Which of the following options best describes the challenges faced by nurses working in the health of rural, forest and water populations? 2 minutes
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Health Nursing of Quilombola Populations
+ Exercise: What is the role of nursing professionals in quilombola communities? 2 minutes
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Health Nursing of Populations in Situations of Deprivation of Liberty
+ Exercise: What is the role of nurses who work with populations in situations of deprivation of liberty? 2 minutes
About the free ebook with audio
Introduction to the Nursing Profession
This free ebook offers a clear foundation for understanding nursing as a profession centered on safe, ethical, evidence-informed, and compassionate care. It explores how nurses support people, families, and communities across prevention, treatment, recovery, rehabilitation, and end-of-life care.
Build a broad nursing perspective
Learn how nursing developed into a modern health profession and how theories, professional responsibilities, communication, ethics, and legal principles guide everyday practice. The ebook emphasizes the importance of clinical judgment, respectful relationships, accurate documentation, teamwork, and patient advocacy.
Connect care with safety and public health
Discover essential principles of patient safety, infection prevention, medication awareness, technical procedures, and health information technology. The material also examines nursing's role in public, family, occupational, environmental, and community health, including care that responds to social vulnerability and cultural diversity.
Understand nursing across care settings
The ebook introduces nursing considerations for patients throughout the lifespan and in varied clinical contexts, from maternal, child, adult, and older-person care to mental health, emergency, critical care, palliative care, and specialty services. It highlights the need to adapt care to individual needs while working collaboratively with the wider health team.
What you will strengthen
- Professional awareness: recognize nursing roles, accountability, and ethical duties.
- Safety mindset: identify practices that help reduce risks and prevent harm.
- Person-centered communication: support therapeutic, respectful interactions.
- Clinical context: relate nursing principles to common health specialties and populations.
- Evidence-informed practice: appreciate the value of research, education, and continuous improvement.
This resource is designed as an accessible introduction for anyone seeking to understand the scope, values, and diverse practice areas of nursing.
What nursing ethics and legal topics are covered in this ebook?
It introduces professional accountability, ethical decision-making, patient rights, confidentiality, and legal responsibilities in nursing practice.
Does the ebook explain patient safety and infection control in nursing?
Yes. It covers core safety principles, risk reduction, infection prevention, and the nurse's role in protecting patients.
Which nursing specialty areas are introduced?
It presents nursing in emergency, intensive care, mental health, oncology, cardiology, pediatrics, geriatrics, public health, and other specialties.
This ebook/audiobook includes:
1 hours and 56 minutes of audio content
Digital certificate of course completion (Free)
Exercises to train your knowledge
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