Nursing Students General Students
Published Aug 23, 2014
AQEELSMOM
121 Posts
what would you say is the best ob textbook? and best companion study guide? if any of you used maternal-child nursing care by susan ward, how did you find it? my school is using a pearson published book that is way out of my budget.
RN403, BSN, RN
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I bought this book and found it very helpful to use as a reference during school:
Maternity & Women's Health Care
by Lowdermilk, Perry, Cashion, and Alden
My only complaint would be that I wish I would have rented it rather than buying it as we only used it during our OB rotation. You can rent it from B&N for around $22 and could probably rent it for less on Amazon.
Could you possibly rent the book that your school requires? Usually, it is cheaper. I found that these specialty books were only used for that rotation and then we never touched them again. So, I would say go for renting if you can - plus - it is cheaper!
Bookrenter.com has never failed me and they usually have great prices - that could be another option - should you decide to rent.
As a study reference, I used Maternal/Neonatal Nursing Made Incredibly Easy. The 2010 version is still up to date material wise and is around $20 to buy at B&N....probably cheaper on Amazon.
thank you very much for your suggestions! i will check those out. i have learnt from the first two semesters that the required texts aren't always the best texts for learning, so now I look for the best texts on the topic, and learn from them. my grades actually improved and my study time went down when i ditched the required texts and learnt from other sources.
thanks for the bookrenter tip as well, i havent heard of that site and will check it out.