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Electronic and print resources for all areas of nursing.

This page lists required and recommended books for the Midwifery program, as well as links for videos and apps. Most of these are available through Stony Brook University Libraries, so be sure to click the links to access them.

Note that somebooks allow for limited usage. When you are finished using one of these, please close out. Also, do NOT download the entire book because this may result in it being unavailable for everyone else for 24 hours.

Midwifery ebooks in Library

Advanced Health Assessment of Women, Fourth Edition by Helen Carcio; R. Mimi Secor
ISBN: 9780826124241
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by Lynn S. Bickley; Peter G. Szilagyi; Richard M. Hoffman; Rainier P. Soriano
ISBN: 9781496398178
Publication Date: 2020-08-26
Best Practices in Midwifery by Barbara A. Anderson; Judith Rooks; Rebeca Barroso
ISBN: 9780826131782
Publication Date: 2016-07-01
Breastfeeding by Ruth A. Lawrence; Robert M. Lawrence
ISBN: 0323680135
Publication Date: 2021-05-28
Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility by Marc A. Fritz; Leon Speroff
ISBN: 9780781779685
Publication Date: 2010-12-28
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery and Women's Health by Nell L. Tharpe; Cindy L. Farley; Robin G. Jordan
ISBN: 9781284194036
Publication Date: 2021-02-11
Comprehensive Gynecology by David M. Gershenson; Gretchen M. Lentz; Fidel A. Valea; Rogerio A. Lobo
ISBN: 9780323653992
Publication Date: 2021-07-22
Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care by Suzanne Campbell; Judith Lauwers; Rebecca Mannel; Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee; Becky Spencer
ISBN: 9781284111163
Publication Date: 2018-07-06
Creasy and Resnik's Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice by Robert Resnik; Charles J. Lockwood; Thomas Moore; Michael F. Greene
ISBN: 9780323479103
Publication Date: 2018-10-10
Current Diagnosis and Treatment Obstetrics and Gynecology by Lauren Nathan; Ashley S. Roman; Neri Laufer; Alan H. DeCherney
ISBN: 9780071833905
Publication Date: 2019-02-12
Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation by Christof Schaefer (Editor); Paul W. J. Peters (Editor); Richard K. Miller (Editor)
ISBN: 9780124080782
Publication Date: 2014-10-09
Gabbe's Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies by Mark B. Landon (Editor); Henry L. Galan (Editor); Eric R. M. Jauniaux (Editor); Deborah A. Driscoll (Editor); Vincenzo Berghella (Editor); William A. Grobman (Editor); Sarah J. Kilpatrick (Editor); Alison G. Cahill (Editor)
ISBN: 9780323937276
Publication Date: 2025-01-08
Gynecologic Health Care by Frances E. Likis; Kerri Durnell Schuiling
ISBN: 1284182347
Publication Date: 2020-09-15
Hale's Medications & Mothers' Milk 2023 by Thomas W. Hale; Kaytlin Krutsch
ISBN: 9780826160638
Publication Date: 2022-06-28
The Labor Progress Handbook by Penny Simkin; Ruth Ancheta; Lisa Hanson
ISBN: 9781119170471
Publication Date: 2017-02-13
The Nation's Health by Leiyu Shi; Douglas A. Singh
ISBN: 9780763784577
Publication Date: 2010-09-29
Netter's Obstetrics and Gynecology by Roger P. Smith
ISBN: 0443107394
Publication Date: 2023-06-12
Pharmacology for Women's Health by Mary C. Brucker; Tekoa L. King
ISBN: 9781284057485
Publication Date: 2015-09-24
Prenatal and Postnatal Care by Robin G. Jordan; Cindy L. Farley; Karen Trister Grace
ISBN: 9781119318347
Publication Date: 2018-04-23
Primary Care of Women by Barbara Hackley; Jan M. Kriebs
ISBN: 9781284045970
Publication Date: 2016-08-30
Tappero & Honeyfield's Physical Assessment of the Newborn by Catherine L. Witt (Editor); Carol Wallman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780826140623
Publication Date: 2024-02-28
Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); American Heart Association; Gary M. Weiner (Editor); Jeanette Zaichkin (Associate Editor)
ISBN: 9781610025249
Publication Date: 2021-07-01
Varney's Midwifery by Julia C. Phillippi; Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon
ISBN: 9781284250565
Publication Date: 2023-10-09
Williams Gynecology, Fourth Edition by Joseph I. Schaffer; Barbara L. Hoffman; Karen D. Bradshaw; Lisa M. Halvorson; Marlene M. Corton; John O. Schorge
ISBN: 9781260456868
Publication Date: 2020-04-24
Williams Obstetrics, 26th edition by F. Gary Cunningham; Kenneth J. Leveno; Jodi S. Dashe; Barbara L. Hoffman; Catherine Y. Spong; Brian M. Casey
ISBN: 9781260462739
Publication Date: 2022-04-07

Videos, Apps, and Other Links for Midwifery

Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination
Features more than 8 hours of video content to visually illustrates head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for use by students and faculty in medical, nursing, and related programs. The videos are meant to compliment the Bates textbook. Also includes OSCE clinical skills videos.

Merck Manual: Evaluation and Care of the Normal Neonate
AAFP: A Comprehensive Newborn Examination: Part I
General, Head and Neck, Cardiopulmonary
AAFP: A Comprehensive Newborn Examination Part II
Skin, Trunk, Extremities, Neurologic
U.S. Preventative Taks Force: Published Recommendations
Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)
The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. (From National Library of Medicine)
ASCCP Guidelines App
NPWH Well Woman Visit Mobile App
ePPS App

NurseJournal: Contains information on job specialization, potential salaries, and FAQs.