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International Students' Booklist

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Nursing & Midwifery (Victoria)

  1. Brick, J 2009, Academic culture: a student's guide to studying at university, Macmillan Education, Sydney, NSW.
  2. Chaffe, J 2012, Thinking critically, 10th edn, Wadsworth Cengage, Boston, USA.
  3. Cottrell, S 2008, The study skills handbook, 3rd edn, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, UK.
  4. Cottrell, S 2011, Critical thinking skills: Developing effective analysis and argument, 2nd edn, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, UK.
  5. Hughes, J & Jones, C 2011, Practical grammar: Level 3, Heinle Cengage, Hampshire, UK.
  6. McCarthy, M & O'Dell, F 2011, Academic vocabulary in use, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
  7. Oshima, A & Hogue, A 2006, Writing academic English: Level 4, 4th edn, Pearson Longman, White Plains, NY.
  8. Sowton, S 2012, 50 steps to improving your academic writing, Garnet Education, Reading, UK.
  9. Van Emden, J & Becker, L 2004, Presentation skills for students, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, UK.
  10. Tiziani, A. (2010). Havard's Nursing Guide to Drugs. (8thed.). Sydney: Elsevier
  11. Gatford, J. D. & Phillips. N. (2010). Nursing calculations (7thed.). Sydney: Elsevier.
  12. Hally, B. A. (2009). A guide for international nursing students in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney: Elsevier.
  13. Hutton, A. (2009). Pocket medical terminology. Sydney: Elsevier.

This booklist is intended to cover a basic introduction to the Australian Health Care system, English and medical terminology for nurses including abbreviations and mathematical and calculation assistance. Students can purchase the grammar books at:

  • Bookery Education
  • 259 Collins Street
  • Melbourne
  • (between Swanston & Elizabeth Street)
  • (03) 9654 2883