So... I'm starting my first semester of nursing classes this August (whippie!!!) and I'm super excited. However, I've got a list of "required" text that I'm not sure about and wanted to ask students their opinion based on the titles of the texts, whether its a book that should be bought or rented. I would love to buy them all to add to my bookshelf, however I don't have $700 to shell out for books right now. This doesn't even include ATI study books, drug reference books, and RNotes I would like to purchase as well.
I will be taking Nursing Care Across the Life Span I and Gerontological Nursing for this first semester. I believe the books are mostly for this first semester only, or do y'all think I will be using them to reference back to in further semesters?
Texts:
Fundamentals of Nursing, Author: Potter, P., Perry, A.G.
Pediatric Nursing: The Critical Components of ..., Author: Rudd, K; Kocisko
Cyclopedia Medical Dictionary, Author: Taber's
Basic Pharmocology for Nurses, Author: Clayton, B.R.; Stock, Y. Coope
Nutrition and Diet Therapy for Nurses, Author: Tucker, S
Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory & Diagnostic, Author VanLeewen, A.
Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults, Author: Miller, Carol A.
Electronic:
Vsim Gerentology Student License, Author: Laerdal Medical
I bought several of my books on Ebay. Some were international/current editions -- the only differences with those were that they were usually paperbacks, and sometimes were in black and white instead of color. In several cases, they were approx $25-50 each instead of $100+. I just made sure that the ISBN numbers matched.
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I bought several of my books on Ebay. Some were international/current editions -- the only differences with those were that they were usually paperbacks, and sometimes were in black and white instead of color. In several cases, they were approx $25-50 each instead of $100+. I just made sure that the ISBN numbers matched.