Good summer reads (related to nursing/nursing school)

[TessaMae]

so i (like many others) have been in school nonstop since the summer of 2007. i thought a post would be a great place for everyone out there to list some of their favorite books related to nursing school and why. i am going to be having surgery in two weeks and will need something to keep me busy plus i want to keep my mind in the game. my last year of the rn program starts in september! :hpygrp: the college is going to provide us with a "recommended" summer reading list in june but until then, i thought some good books on strategies to improve test skills, clinical skills, or just survive nursing school in general would be more useful than the tv habbit i fear i will develop.

i read how to survive and maybe even love nursing school ( i believe that is the title, i lent it to a friend)

i liked it because it was written by a nurse, it had some humor in it, and much of what she said seems to hold true. i read it prior to starting my first year of school, some some of the information i didn't take as seriously as i should have (you know the "that wont happen to me" syndrome...lol)

so anyone else have books to recommend?

[cursedandblessed]

i read some on culturally competent care. i find the differences in culture facinating. the nursing made incredibly easy magazines are fun reads and informative too. i bought a book on ekg interpretation to read.

[melmarie23, MSN, RN]

Chicken Soup for the Nurses Soul. There are two actually.

[Nepenthe Sea]

I'm reading several different books right now, which are all medical or nursing-related. One is Kaplan's 'How to Survive Clinical', but obviously, you're past that point! I am also reading 'Caring for Patients From Different Cultures'. There are quite a few different cultural groups inthe small city where I live, and the nursing instructors have already been stressing the importance of learning about them.

Have you read any Echo Heron books? I have a couple of other books that are non-fiction and about nurses (don't remember the names) that I find with all the other nursing books at the book store. Amazon.com has a few I've never heard of before, too.

Have a fun summer!