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Discipline specific OER for academics

Nursing and Midwifery

This page is designed to support academics with teaching by providing a wealth of OER specifically for Nursing and Midwifery.

Explore our curated collection that highlights Australian OER, and resources on the following topics:

  • Clinical Nursing Skills and Procedures
  • End of Life Care
  • Health Interventions and Management
  • Leadership in Nursing
  • Midwifery
  • Nursing Education and Teaching
  • Nursing Fundamentals
  • Nutrition in Nursing
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 

NOTE: While there is currently limited Australian-specific OER on these subjects, we encourage you to explore international OER and consider adapting these materials to better suit local contexts and curriculum needs.


Clinical Nursing Skills and Procedures 

Australian OER

  • Documentation in Nursing and Midwifery: Australian edition by Tanya Langtree and Elspeth Wood (2022) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
    Designed for students in undergraduate nursing programs and addresses principles of documentation, relevant legislation, and methods and systems of documentation in the Australian context.

International OER

Cultural Safety

End of Life Care

Health Interventions and Management

Australian OER 

International OER 

Leadership in Nursing 

Australian OER

  • Leading in Health and Social Care by Sheree Lloyd, Richard Olley and Eleanor Milligan (Eds.) (2023) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
    This textbook captures best international practice and is focused on the practical needs of leaders in health and social care.

International OER 

Midwifery 

Nursing Education and Teaching

Australian OER

International OER 

Nursing Fundamentals 

Australian OER

  • Foundations of Nursing Skills by Leisa Sanderson; Tracey Gooding; Penelope Coogan; Sandra Dash; Kate Hurley; Jessica Best; and Amy McCrystal, (2025), James Cook University, is licensed under CC BY NC 

International OER

Nutrition in Nursing 

  • Nutrition for Nurses by Emerald Charity Bilbrew, Jody Vogelzang and Kelli Whittington (2024), OpenStax, is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health


Where to find more OER?

There are many platforms available that contain OER, the platforms listed below are a good starting place to find resources on nursing and midwifery.

  • GW Nursing
    Collection of Open Educational Resources (OER) for use by nurse educators worldwide. These interactive multimedia learning materials are outcomes of several grant-funded research projects sponsored by the US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
  • Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
    Helping to close the gap by providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Includes reports, journal articles and a range of sources.
  • Lowitja Institute LitSearch
    Search tool provides access to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health literature in PubMed. Refine your search to “Open Access” or select "Free Access" and check the license of individual article before reusing the content.
  • Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
    Open public health courses and materials from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
  • MedEdPORTAL: : The Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources
    Open-access, peer-reviewed teaching materials for health professions education. Also includes iCollaborative, educational resources that have not undergone the formal MedEdPORTAL peer review process. MedEdPORTAL is included in Medline.
  • National Academies Press 
    Books published by the National Academies Press can be downloaded for free in PDF format. Search the Health and Medicine collection.
  • The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)
    Collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education.