STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it has been recognised with three American Journal of Nursing (AJN) 2012 Book of the Year awards, including two for first place. Elsevier's books were honoured in the Gerontologic Nursing, Maternal and Child Health, and Critical Care-Emergency Nursing categories.
The AJN has published an annual best-of list in nursing publishing since 1969. The judges who review the submissions in the Book of the Year programme are experts in their categories and select and write reviews of the top three.
Ebersole and Hess' Toward Healthy Aging: Human Needs and Nursing Response, edited by Theris A. Touhy and Kathleen Jett (Mosby Elsevier), is stated to be the only gerontological nursing text that follows a wellness-based, holistic approach to older adult care. This title was awarded first place in the Gerontologic Nursing category, which recognises publications focused on understanding older adults and their complex physical, emotional and social needs in all healthcare settings.
Nursing Care of Children: Principles and Practice, edited by Susan Rowen, James, Kristine Ann Nelson and Jean Weiler Ashwill (Saunders Elsevier), takes on a family focus, and teaches growth, development and information on the major body system alterations needed. This title also received first place in the Maternal and Child Health category, which concerns family health and paediatrics.
Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care, by the Emergency Nurses Association, edited by Belinda B. Hammond and Polly Gerber Zimmermann (Mosby Elsevier), seeks to offer complete, current coverage of the essentials emergency nurses need to know. These include conditions commonly seen in the emergency setting, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, developmental considerations and patient education. This title received third place in the Critical Care-Emergency Nursing category, which recognises publications that address patients in critical care environments and their complex acute and emergent care needs.
