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First Semester

The following is a list of required textbooks, equipment and resources needed for semester one of the PND program. Many of the listed items will be required in several courses throughout the program. Prices quoted are approximate and subject to change. Information for purchasing textbooks can be found at your campus Seneca bookstore.

Required Textbooks

PNA100: Anatomy and Physiology for the Practical Nurse

• Free online resource: Rice University (2017). Anatomy and physiology. OpenStax.

PNH101: Healing Practices for the Practical Nurse
PNL110: Practical Nursing Skills Lab
PNC121: Practical Nursing Clinical Preparation
PNR100: Role Development for the Practical Nurse

• Potter, P.A., Perry, A.G., Stockert, P., Hall, A., Astle, B & Duggleby, W. (2019). Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing (6th Ed.). Elsevier Mosby. (Textbook)
  • ISBN: 978-1-77172-113-4
  • $159.00

PNH101: Healing Practices for the Practical Nurse
PNC121: Practical Nursing Clinical Preparation

• Lewis, S. L., Bucher, L., Heitkemper, M. M., Harding, M. M., S., Barry, M. A., Lok, J., Tyerman, J., & Goldsworthy, S. (2019). Medical-surgical nursing in Canada. (4th Cdn. ed.). Elsevier.
  • ISBN: 9781771720489
  • $161.00

PNH101: Healing Practices for the Practical Nurse

• EHR_GO online resource
• Purchase information will be provided by course professor week 1 of class

MDM101: Mathematics for Medication

• Killian, T. N. (2022) Gray Morris’s calculate with confidence (2nd Cdn. ed.), Elsevier.
  • ISBN: 9780323695718
  • $93.99

Prices are approximate and subject to change.

First Semester Lab Equipment

• Stethoscope (required) – Recommend a Littman Classic II
• Sphygmomanometer (BP cuff) - $49.95 (recommended)
• watch with second hand (required)
• wound care kit (required – purchase through Seneca Bookstore online)
• non-marking closed-toe shoes

PNL110 Uniform (required)

You may wear any colour scrubs to lab skills class in semesters one and two.

When you begin to attend clinical practice in long term care, hospital or any clinical setting, you must wear the navy blue Seneca monogrammed scrubs that may be purchased from the Seneca bookstore. There is no clinical placement in semester one.