5 books for a 2 credit class!!! im taking 6 classes..and i need 5 books for just one class so far and 2 books for another!! isnt that crazy? i wonder if there are any more 5 books per class!
MvbRn, ASN, BSN 348 Posts Specializes in CVICU, CPCU, Cath Lab/IR. Has 13 years experience. Aug 8, 2008 I am taking two courses and 14 books are my count so far.
gillytook 207 Posts Aug 9, 2008 I had to have like 10 or 12 books for my first nursing class. However, I am still using those books in every other nursing class I am taking.
dst4ever 57 Posts Aug 9, 2008 Has anyone read The Student Nurse Handbook:Difficult Concepts Made Easy by Gayle Twiname and Sabdra Boyd? If so what nuggets in it did you find useful?
mylilduke 13 Posts Aug 9, 2008 I had to pay over 2100 bucks for books for my first semester. They say we won't have to pay for anymore books after that. Then they sent a letter saying we will still be adding books each semester.CaSsAnDrA
shrimpchips, LPN 659 Posts Aug 10, 2008 5 books for a 2 credit class!!! im taking 6 classes..and i need 5 books for just one class so far and 2 books for another!! isnt that crazy? i wonder if there are any more 5 books per class!I need 5 books for a 2 credit hour nursing class, too! it's ridiculous. I only have 2 of the 5 because the other 3 I have to order through ANA but I hear they're no thicker than a magazine which is disappointing. At least I was told we'll need those books later on in the program.And for another class I need **11** books, which is ridiculous. The class is actually split into 2 semesters but I'm going to need them all eventually so why not get them all now?they're so expensive
rnmomtobe2010 1,051 Posts Aug 10, 2008 I am only taking 3 classes this quarter and I have 8 books...Lordie...
gillytook 207 Posts Aug 10, 2008 How many of those books are refence manuals dsuch as Taber's, lab refences or a drug guide. That is what drove my total up the first semester. 10-12 books for the first semester, 4 for OB/Peds and this semester none. Next semester there is one for mental health and a few inexpensive ones and magazines for nursing seminar. Of the first batch of books, I use all but one repeatedly. In fact, I have gone back and purchased some of them for my PDA so that I have them on hand at clinicals and don't have to drag a rolling backpack to the hospital with me.
