Conflicting info in books

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Specializes in Paramedic 15 years, RN now.

My school uses Potter and Perry and the ATI books. There is often differences in information. I'm only first semester but I am already worried about the differences. For instance, the wait time between BP during orthostatics. Does anyone know if I should be concerned about these things?

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Specializes in ICU.

Don't drive yourself bonkers about discrepancies. You will even see them within the same book. Try to get the main concepts down, and hope that on your tests, the professor won't be super nit-picky & have you choose between "30 seconds" and "31 seconds."

My program used the "Harry Potter" (as I came to call it) book also.

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Specializes in critical care: trauma/oncology/burns.

I agree with Cruffler

For instance: some texts/articles reference a normal CVP reading as 2-6, other's cite 2-8...Ask your Professor which one he/she adheres to

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Specializes in ICU.

Potter and Perry also has incorrect answers to the quizzes at the end of the chapters. It's enough to drive you nuts if you let it.

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Specializes in ICU.
Potter and Perry also has incorrect answers to the quizzes at the end of the chapters. It's enough to drive you nuts if you let it.

Picky, picky, picky! You actually want the answers to be CORRECT?:D

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Specializes in ICU.
Picky, picky, picky! You actually want the answers to be CORRECT?:D

LMAO! When we first got the books I would do the quiz and check my answers and see I got one wrong and I would go NUTS trying to figure out how my answer was wrong! Then when we discovered that a bunch of answers in the book where wrong then you couldn't figure out WHO was wrong..you or the book! LMAO!

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