Got my books!

[CrunchyMama]

I got my books and other supplies yesterday and wow! $800+!! There's so many, I'm so overwhelmed! Also I had to get this big duffle bag full of IV bags, cath kit and a bunch of syringes and whatnot....which cost $150! When I started A&P a year ago....I looked through the book and started having second thoughts...like what am I getting myself into! It seemed so hard! A&P was but I'm looking through all these nursing books and drug books and I'm likie holy crap!! I'm scared!! Well some good news....I finished chapter 1 in the fundementals book, lol! Ahhhhhh......:zzzzz

[CrunchyMama, ASN, RN]

Thanks everyone! It's good to know that I'm not the only one freaking out, lol! I'm going to be scared for quite some time! I thank whoever started this site...it's good to come here with people going through the same things. Good luck everyone!!!

[K.P.A.]

I'm not buying all the books. Too much money. The idiots guide to patho-physiology and cartoon CD' shouldn't be necessary if one has a good pathophysiology text. As for 3-2-1 calc drug calculation training tools. Math is no different because the variables are drug related. That's like $250 savings already. The APA style manual will be in the library reference section but it's pretty inexpensive and from what I hear...it's a good defensive tool :-)

[JBGC4]

For those of you, like me, who pay out of your own pocket, go to the bookstore, gather all the ISBN #'s for your required texts. Go the computer and go to booksprice.com. Here, they compare all book prices that you can rent/buy used and new from places like, Amazon, Ebay, half.com, and many, many others. I did this and save about $400. Really.

[K.P.A.]

You can rent for the semester too. It's 25% of new price.

[CaptScrubs13]

I agree with K.P.A.

I saved over $200 by ordering some of my books through other sites (some books we had to buy directly from our bookstore..bummer). I also rented some books (Microbiology text, and Human Development).. saved a ton by renting vs. buying..plus I don't have to worry about selling them after the semester is over.