My bookshelf is sagging with overpriced texts & my wallet is screaming, "Get your hands offa me."
I'm a big fan of libraries... great places to study, scope, socialize & sleep.
Any of your nursing texts on reserve at the library, so that you don't have to buy every required text?
Also, are there any great nursing texts that you love because you can use them for multiple classes & clinicals?
It is not just about saving money, it is about eliminating clutter. I have found a good use for some of my old books. My bedroom have a severe slope & I feel like I'm sleeping on a hill. My thick textbooks level the bed nicely.
"I'm new" and starting 1st Sem Nursing Aug 18. I also feel the need to buy all textbooks on "required list". Up to this point, in prereqs I have always gotten far better prices when buying at "half.com" than at the bookstore and also I usually can resell for about what I paid on "half.com". I will be keeping my A&P book and probably all nursing books from here on out. I do agree with the post concerning buying the previous edition. Sometimes when I have sold a book back, I then purchased the edition just previous to it(at a 40 to 50 percent savings) for my "library". My school specifically requests the "latest edition" on all nursing books. However, with these books my school's bookstore price is better than most I have found on the internet. The Med-Surg Kit & Stethoscope Kit seem pricey though, but I don't know enough about this yet to try to buy elsewhere. My total will be about $400 for everything(except uniforms) and from what I've seen here that's not bad.:) God bless us everyone!:)
jgreenlady
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Hi,
"I'm new" and starting 1st Sem Nursing Aug 18. I also feel the need to buy all textbooks on "required list". Up to this point, in prereqs I have always gotten far better prices when buying at "half.com" than at the bookstore and also I usually can resell for about what I paid on "half.com". I will be keeping my A&P book and probably all nursing books from here on out. I do agree with the post concerning buying the previous edition. Sometimes when I have sold a book back, I then purchased the edition just previous to it(at a 40 to 50 percent savings) for my "library". My school specifically requests the "latest edition" on all nursing books. However, with these books my school's bookstore price is better than most I have found on the internet. The Med-Surg Kit & Stethoscope Kit seem pricey though, but I don't know enough about this yet to try to buy elsewhere. My total will be about $400 for everything(except uniforms) and from what I've seen here that's not bad.:) God bless us everyone!:)