Fluids and Electrolytes made easy...

meeep, BSN, RN · Feb 22, 2014

There's a book with that exact title. I have heard it's decent!

**NICU Guy, BSN, RN** · Feb 22, 2014

Fluids & Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series®): Lippincott: 9781608312900: Amazon.com: Books

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It would be interesting if you took a person (outside of nursing school) and gave them the complete "Made Incredibly Easy" series, could they pass NCLEX by just reading the books?

Hbrmom81 · Feb 22, 2014

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nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Feb 22, 2014

Fluids & Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series®): Lippincott: 9781608312900: Amazon.com: Books
There is your answer
It would be interesting if you took a person (outside of nursing school) and gave them the complete "Made Incredibly Easy" series, could they pass NCLEX by just reading the books?

That single person (not they) could probably get a lot of the questions right, but they might not get all the critical thinking and nursing judgment things. :: you think? ::

That said, the "....Incredibly Easy" series is well-done and many people find it helpful. There are also a number of F&E help posts here in AN you should check out.

NuGuyNurse2b · Feb 23, 2014

I love the "...Made Easy" series. This is what I've been doing - read the textbook (once), read the corresponding "...Made Easy" book, then read the class slides, and it all pools together and has helped me tremendously. I struggled in Fundamentals but now with MedSurg and thanks to the recommendations on here, I bought the MedSurg Made Easy and it has helped me condense and remember the materials much easier.

If there's a caveat, it's this (and I admit I kinda was hoping it would be the case): it doesn't make the topics any easier. It just makes it easier for you to try to grasp/understand the concepts. The chapters are still pretty lengthy and packed full of info, even if they just filtered out all the stuff and focus on what you really need to know, it's still a lot of stuff to know. And as GrnTea alluded to, you still need to "think like a nurse" on your own. Which is why I bought the Prioritization, Delegation & Assignment book.

rosyariana · Feb 23, 2014

Thank you everyone! I have bought the F&E made easy book and it does make it easier to understand! Ty!

barcode120x, RN, NP · Feb 23, 2014

Best way for me was flash cards. Took quite awhile since there are a decent amount of electrolytes and some are very similar to one another in terms of SE's when they are elevated or decreased, but through straight memorization you'll get it down fast.