Favorite things you bought during RN school to help your studies?

[northmississippi]

Mine would be my 2 voice recorders for each of my classes, my medical dictionary, watch, and nursing fundamentals made easy book.

What was yours?

[live&love&heal]

mine would be the following:

- voice recorder -i was able to listen to voice recordings and recall what i missed in class

- lunchbag - save me lots of money from spending money at fast food joints

- multi-color pens - i'm visual and used it for notes

- rolling backpack- i carry lots of books so this saved my back

- my laptop - so helpful.i used it to write papers, type notes, write emails, look up things on Google, YouTube, Facebook, allnurses.com and more!

[blondie12]

Hands down my iPad; its lightweight, and I've got most of my books on there as pdf's.....I graduate next month from LPN school and my journey would have been harder without it.

All iPad users: What apps were your favorite and most useful?

[belle_v2g, BSN, RN]

All iPad users: What apps were your favorite and most useful?

Medscape

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[satherp5]

Great thread!!! I start NS in exactly 1 month. I'll definitely be hitting up amazon for some of the supplies mentioned here.

[ImKosher]

My favorite things I bought and now my daily bag to school?

-Laptop (Office 2013, Supplemental Book CD)

-Davis Success Series

-Saunders Comprehensive Review

-Sony Voice Recorder

-Smartphone (favorite apps, Micromedex, Pandora, iTriage, Medscape, Facebook)

-Weekly planner(love writing things down)

-1 1/2 in Binder

-MDF Stethoscope (getting a Cardiology iii asap)

-pen light (i have used this on many occasions)

-Binder pencil bag (this is a life savor with all my pens, highlighters, pencils, memory sticks, and other small things)

-Index cards - (I have a whole pack in case for impromptu studyig)

-Headphones - (sometimes you need to tune out everyone)

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

Chocolate, snickerdoodles, cold milk, and two kittens. And a big stockpot for making soups.

[SunshineDaisy, ASN, RN]

My rolling back pack, my laser printer!

[runsalot]

Expresso machine.. (cheap one.. student budget) and a mega pack of index cards and the Sucess book for what ever class I am currently in.. Start with the Test for Sucess. And the Saunders Nclex review.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

My iPhone. Great FREE apps, recorder for classes. Camera for graduation :)

[Skips, MSN, RN]

My Med-Surg Success book has been a lifesaver!

[Jlm1206]

I don't drink much coffee but I bought enough Coke to last a lifetime!

It's soooooo bad for you but I honestly CANNOT survive without an ice cold Coca Cola!

[Stephalump]

My rolling backpack, my iPad, my Saunders Review, my Keurig, and a memory foam mattress. And all 8,000 highlighters I've owned.