Textbooks

We recommend purchasing the electronic version of the following textbooks, as page numbers for required readings will align with the electronic version. Some of the benefits of electronic textbooks are outlined in our Transition to Electronic Textbooks announcement.

PONP-RN

Required

• Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada. (2023).  ORNAC standards, guidelines, and position statements for perioperative registered nurses (16th ed.). Canadian Standards Association.
• Rothrock, J. C. (2023). Alexander's care of the patient in surgery (17th ed.). Mosby. ISBN: 9780323827232

Optional

These are instrumentation books. Tighe is used in PONP lessons as an optional text. If you decide to purchase or borrow, only one instrumentation book would be necessary — not both.

• Nemitz, R. (2023). Surgical instrumentation: An interactive approach (4th ed.). Elsevier Mosby. ISBN: 9780323809528
• Tighe, S. M. (2016). Instrumentation for the operating room (9th ed.). Elsevier Mosby. ISBN: 9780323243162

Where to Purchase

Canadian Standards Association

The ORNAC Standards are available from the Canadian Standards Association (search ORNAC). Your hospital/OR may also have a current copy that you could borrow. Please check with the OR manager/educator at your site prior to purchasing.

Dalhousie Health Sciences Bookstore

E-book codes can be purchased from the Dalhousie Health Sciences Bookstore:

• Address: 6136 University Ave., Halifax, NS
• Phone: 902-494-3020

Visit the bookstore in person or order online.

Other Options

If preferred, textbooks are available through the publisher, and are also sometimes available online through websites such as Amazon or Chapters/Indigo.

PONP-LPN

Required

• Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada. (2023).  ORNAC standards, guidelines, and position statements for perioperative registered nurses (16th ed.). Canadian Standards Association.
• Phillips, N., & Hornacky, A. (2021). Berry & Kohn’s operating room technique (14th ed.). Mosby. ISBN: 9780323709163

Optional

These are instrumentation books. Nemitz is used in PONP lessons as an optional text. If you decide to purchase or borrow, only one instrumentation book would be necessary — not both.

• Nemitz, R. (2023). Surgical instrumentation: An interactive approach (4th ed.). Elsevier Mosby. ISBN: 9780323809528
• Tighe, S. M. (2016). Instrumentation for the operating room (9th ed.). Elsevier Mosby. ISBN: 9780323243162

Where to Purchase

Canadian Standards Association

The ORNAC Standards are available from the Canadian Standards Association (search ORNAC). Your hospital/OR may also have a current copy that you could borrow. Please check with the OR manager/educator at your site prior to purchasing.

Dalhousie Health Sciences Bookstore

E-book codes can be purchased from the Dalhousie Health Sciences Bookstore:

• Address: 6136 University Ave., Halifax, NS
• Phone: 902-494-3020

Visit the bookstore in person or order online.

Other Options

If preferred, textbooks are available through the publisher, and are also sometimes available online through websites such as Amazon or Chapters/Indigo.